As consumers, restaurants and third parties continue to struggle with the economics of delivery, the race to find alternatives to using human drivers is heating up. For its part, Flytrex, a Tel Aviv-based drone delivery company that promises to fulfill food orders within five minutes,...
Uber is driving into Paris with 15-minute grocery delivery, taking on the many rival startups in Europe all looking for a piece of the store-to-door delivery pie. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The U.S. Postal Service is adding 45 new facilities for the holiday shipping season to handle the expected increase in volume, adding 112 new machines to sort packages and hiring 40,000 seasonal workers, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Get...
Where once, in the early days of food delivery services, the prospect of getting meals delivered on demand was a powerful draw for consumers, now consumers’ “bring-it-to-me” expectations have grown, and companies that can fulfill only their food needs risk losing out to multi-use competitors....
In “The Way Payments Are Now Done,” 33 payment executives discuss what payments’ “new normal” looks like. Simon Law, co-founder and CEO of LoginID, discusses how the digital shift has impacted the delivery space, and all of the interactions between drivers and consumers. Read his...
As restaurant aggregators compete to gain consumers’ loyalty amid a growing desire for on-demand delivery, one contender is going back to the source. Many attribute the growth of the on-demand economy to the rise of Amazon, and the U.K.-based restaurant and grocery delivery service Deliveroo...
Move over, car and bike delivery — drones are the next mode of transportation being harnessed to deliver goods. Wing, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, is partnering with Walgreens pharmacies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas to offer drone delivery service of items,...
Online used car buying and selling platform Vroom, Inc. has opened a new Houston hub to allow the retailer to inspect, detail and place temporary tags on all vehicles being delivered or picked up in Texas, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 20) press release. Get...
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