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Instacart Teams With Industrious on Same-Day Delivery at Coworking Spaces
July 13, 2023

Capitalizing on shifts in how consumers work, Instacart is going after the coworking spaces market with its latest partnership, seizing on businesses’ desire to draw consumers back into physical workplaces. The grocery aggregator’s business arm announced Thursday (July 13) a partnership with Industrious, a coworking space company with more than...

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Domino’s Gives in to Uber Eats as Resisting Becomes Unfeasible
July 12, 2023

With aggregators having become a key part of how consumers discover and access restaurants, Domino’s — a brand that had been conspicuously and deliberately absent from these third-party marketplaces — has finally caved. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant, which spans more than 20,000 locations around...

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USPS Steps Up Competition for Small Packages With New Option
July 10, 2023

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has launched a new shipping offering designed to let customers send packages within a delivery window of two to five days across the continental United States. The new USPS Ground Advantage is a part of the Postal Service’s 10-year “Delivering America”...

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DoorDash Ceases NYC 15-Minute Delivery Test as Ultrafast Bubble Pops
July 07, 2023

As businesses look to balance consumers’ on-demand expectations with the high cost of fulfillment, ultrafast delivery has been faltering, and DoorDash has become the latest to pull back its efforts in the space. In news first reported by Business Insider and confirmed to PYMNTS, the...

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New Platforms Test Legacy Carriers’ Ability to Go the Last Mile, Says AxleHire CEO
July 03, 2023

According to Raj Ramanan, who has just taken the reins as CEO of AxleHire, the last mile is the last and best chance for eCommerce firms to make the best impression. At a high level, “consumers hold brands accountable for the delivery experience,” he told...

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DoorDash Adds Hourly Pay Option for Gig Economy Drivers
June 28, 2023

DoorDash will now let its gig workers choose to be hourly workers. The aggregator will let drivers choose to earn a minimum hourly rate, to use the existing method in which they are paid per offer, and to switch from one to the other, DoorDash said...

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H-E-B Joins Grocers Bringing Delivery In-House to Boost eCommerce Margins
June 23, 2023

This week in grocery, H-E-B expands its direct delivery capabilities, Albertsons looks to win in retail media, and grocers in the United Kingdom see inflation three times larger than in the United States. Texan grocer H-E-B, which has more than 400 stores in its home state and Mexico, announced...

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FedEx: Consumers Shifting Spending From eCommerce to Entertainment and Services
June 20, 2023

FedEx has seen consumers shift their spending from eCommerce to entertainment and services. The company said this Tuesday (June 20) while reporting another decline in package volume during the most recent quarter, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. FedEx saw continued demand weakness during the quarter ending May 31, with lower...

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Domino’s Takes Tip From 7-Eleven With Pinned-Location Delivery
June 20, 2023

As Domino’s looks for ways to retain delivery customers’ loyalty in the face of increasing competition from aggregators’ pizza offerings, the chain is making it possible to get food brought to more types of locations, taking a page from 7-Eleven‘s book. The pizza giant announced Tuesday (June 20)...