Online footwear retailer sprints toward faster delivery

Vancouver-based specialty online footwear retailer Shoes.com is sprinting toward new levels of fast delivery.

Shoes.com is offering home and office delivery in two hours or less on select items on its Canadian website.

The service costs $19.95 per order and launches Thursday, Sept. 17 in Vancouver and Toronto and surrounding municipalities, with plans to expand to Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal and Ottawa by the end of 2015.

Shoes.com will use a network of local fulfillment centers that have access to the retailer’s technology, operations and marketing.

“Our mission remains to innovate and deliver new and better ways to delight customers," said Roger Hardy, co-founder and CEO of Shoes.com. “The introduction of 2-hour delivery for Canadian consumers not only demonstrates our company mission, it puts Shoes.com at the forefront of Canada's e-commerce market like never before, and will ultimately transform the way Canadians shop online.