The Next Big Battle in Retail

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With Best Buy and Target promising price-match guarantees against online competition, and Amazon.com now collecting sales taxes in more states, "showrooming" might officially be over.

At the same time, eBay and Wal-Mart are testing out innovative new delivery options in their fight against Amazon. The Motley Fool's Alison Southwick asks contributor Demitrios Kalogeropoulos for his thoughts on the brewing same-day-delivery battle, and on which companies seem best positioned to deliver the goods.

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