Hours culture hits home
13 September 2012
Residents of any major British city are used to having promotional leaflets for the latest nightclub or hair salon thrust into their hands. But in central London last week, the flyers being distributed outside Tube stations were for something rather more
Urbanfetch is a new website that promises to deliver a variety of goods, including CDs, books, electronic gadgets and rental videos, to selected postcodes within an hour.
The service has been transplanted from New York, where it has been catering to the whims of busy office workers since October. It is one of a handful of ventures set to compete for business...