With Best Buy and Target promising price-match guarantees against online competition, and Amazon.com (AMZN -1.87%) now collecting sales taxes in more states, "showrooming" might officially be over.

At the same time, eBay (EBAY -2.14%) and Wal-Mart (WMT +0.80%) 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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Demitri Kalogeropoulos
Demitri Kalogeropoulos is a contributing Motley Fool consumer staples analyst covering retail, entertainment, and consumer electronics. Demitri previously served as a senior trade analyst at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Virginia and a master’s in international affairs from George Washington University.
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