April 03, 2024
Uber Eats and Waymo Roll Out Autonomous Delivery in Phoenix
Uber is expanding its Phoenix-based partnership with autonomous vehicle company Waymo. The company announced Wednesday (April 3) that it is now offering Uber Eats deliveries in the Arizona capital via Waymo vehicles. “Starting today...
April 03, 2024
Amazon’s Retail Dominance Kept in Check by Walmart’s Food Sales
Since 2019, PYMNTS Intelligence has closely tracked the battle between the U.S.’s two top retailers, Walmart and Amazon, and each quarter we share our findings in our “Whole Paycheck Report.” ...
April 03, 2024
Amazon Web Services Eliminates Hundreds of Roles to ‘Optimize Resources’
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is eliminating hundreds of roles in two of its organizations as it focuses on other areas. The job cuts will impact several hundred roles in the...
April 03, 2024
Shipt Sees Financial Pressure Driving Online Seasonal Sales
As economic pressures continue to constrain consumers’ spending power, Shipt is seeing on-demand delivery shoppers turn to deals and concentrate their engagement around peak times. In an interview with PYMNTS,...
April 03, 2024
Chase Shows Super App Ambitions With Media Platform Launch
J.P. Morgan Chase unveiled its latest venture, a retail media network called Chase Media Solutions, Wednesday (April 3), marking a move toward personalized advertising within the banking sector. Retail media networks have...
April 03, 2024
Messaging Platform Telegram Pivots to Crypto Payments for Ads
Throughout nearly their entire history, cryptocurrencies have represented the archetypal innovation in search of a problem. And while they’ve succeeded as an unregulated store of value, as well as a tool for scammers,...
April 03, 2024
Got Leather? Almost a Third of Consumers Prefer Carrying Physical...
Digital wallets — Apple Pay, Google Wallet, PayPal and more — give consumers a secure, convenient and contactless way to pay for purchases online and in person. Because they store credit- and debit-card...
April 02, 2024
Costco and Sesame Expand Partnership to Include Weight Loss Program
Costco and healthcare marketplace Sesame have expanded their partnership to include a weight loss program. This collaboration now offers Costco members exclusive pricing on individualized clinical consultations around weight loss, Sesame said in a...
April 02, 2024
How The Stargate Project Could Change AI
OpenAI and Microsoft’s reported $100 billion data center project could create advanced, human-like language models that understand context, emotions and nuance, potentially revolutionizing artificial intelligence (AI) and commerce, experts said. The project underscores the...
