Whole Foods is delivering, Walmart is delivering, and now, Target is delivering, too. The retail giant is hoping to make things a bit easier for its urban shoppers to get their big ticket items home with a new solution — same-day delivery of your in-store purchases. So if you don’t want to drag your new television or several packs of LaCroix sparkling water home with you on a crowded subway, just don’t. Instead, let Target do the heavy lifting for you.
By the end of the month, the retailer says, nearly 60 locations across five major cities — Boston, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. — will offer customers the option of having their purchases delivered to their doorstep as part of the checkout process. The five cities, of course, are home to many car-less individuals who rely upon public transportation to get from Point A to Point B. And while that is fine for getting yourself around, getting yourself and some serious baggage around is another issue.
Thanks to the new delivery option, customers can request their purchases to be delivered later that day during just about any two-hour window that is most convenient. While this service isn’t entirely free, for just $7, it’s well worth the lack of trouble. After all, that is probably less than you would have to pay for an Uber or Lyft to get you back from Target to your home. There is a caveat, though — if you’re buying oversized items like large furniture sets, you may incur an additional $25 handling fee.
Already, Target has tried out this service at four New York City stores to apparently great success — at the very least, customers have liked it enough that Target is willing to expand the delivery option to many more stories in several more cities. Thus far, Target says that the most popular delivery items have come from the Home category. Because really, who wants to schlepp home patio furniture on the subway?
To determine whether your local Target offers delivery, you will either want to look for signage that alerts you to the new service or ask local team members about the availability. After going through your standard checkout process, just let your cashier know you would like home delivery. From there, choose your delivery window, provide your address and delivery details, then simply walk out of the store.
Few things ruin a quiet evening faster than a robot vacuum roaring through the living room. Most of us end up pausing the cleaning run, which defeats the whole purpose of owning one. Matic thinks it has the answer with its new Serene robot vacuum, and the big selling point is how little noise it makes.
The Matic Serene runs at 52 decibels even when cleaning at full power. To put that in perspective, Matic compares it to the hum of your refrigerator. It is available now for $1,695, which is $200 more than the original Matic’s current price.
Outdoor security cameras are not always practical if you live in an apartment or rental. Drilling into an exterior wall may be off-limits, while pointing a regular indoor camera through a window can create another problem once reflections start showing up after dark.
Baseus is trying to solve both issues with the new PrimeSentinel W1, a $69.99 security camera designed specifically to monitor the outdoors through glass. It mounts directly to a window without drilling and uses a 4K Starlight sensor with an F1.0 aperture for full-color monitoring during the day and at night.
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