Wal-Mart Mulls Getting Customers to Deliver Packages to Online Buyers

Wal-Mart is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com. Tapping customers to deliver goods would put the world's largest retailer squarely in middle of a new phenomenon sometimes known as "crowdsourcing," or the "sharing economy."