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Delivery is the process of transporting goods from a source location to a predefined destination. There are different delivery types. Cargo are primarily delivered via roads and railroads on land, shipping lanes on the sea and airline networks in the air.
(source: en.wikipedia.org)
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2.0KRidesharingLyft Directs Drivers To Pursue Amazon Positions As Rides Decline
While the coronavirus forces consumers to stay inside, Amazon is joining forces with Lyft to attract drivers for grocery and package deliveries....
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5.1KCoronavirusInstacart Shoppers Plan Strike Monday For Better COVID-19 Protections, Pay
Instacart shoppers plan to walk off the job on strike Monday (March 30), according to a Medium post Friday (March 27) by worker...
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2.5KWalmart Amazon whole paycheckWalmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Responding, Reorganizing And Resetting For COVID-19
As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread in the U.S. and the measures to contain it become more drastic and more strictly...
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1.2KRetailIn-Home Delivery Heads For Premium Market
There’s not much that won’t be delivered to the home during this COVID-19 crisis. From lattes to lingerie to langoustines, retailers of...
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1.4KRetailIndia’s COVID-19 Restrictions Hinder Amazon, Flipkart Delivery
Only a few days into a lockdown to combat the COVID-19 crisis, online shopping firms such as Flipkart and Amazon are encountering...
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1.6KCoronavirusCoronavirus: Delivery Hero Rolls Out Contactless Delivery; Wendy’s To Extend Franchisee Payment Terms
Delivery Hero has rolled out contactless delivery and cashless payments for orders throughout “risk zone markets,” as the delivery platform strengthens its...
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1.4KCoronavirusPaytronix Shares Customer Outreach Practices For Businesses
Customer engagement and loyalty company Paytronix is sharing helpful business practices to use to reach out to customers during the coronavirus outbreak...
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1.7KAutomated RetailHow Farmer’s Fridge Uses Cloud-Based Inventory For Smart Vending
The automated retail market opened 2020 on pace to easily continue its double-digit growth. The continued adoption of technologies such as artificial...
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1.7KCoronavirusFarmers Step Up Deliveries In Rural America
American farmers, spurred by the coronavirus‘ upending of American normality, have begun making home deliveries of fresh food in areas where popular...
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1.4KB2B PaymentsBringg Announces Early Release Of B2B Delivery, Fleet Service
Online delivery platform Bringg has announced the early release of its new BringgNow solution to help with speedy online deliveries. The solution...
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3.3KPartnerships / AcquisitionsAs Deliveroo Surges, Regulators Question Amazon Merger
As food delivery companies are surging in the U.K. in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, a proposed merger between Amazon and...
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2.4KDeliveryIndia’s Flipkart To Continue Delivery After Govt. Safety Assurances
Flipkart, Walmart’s India eCommerce arm, has gotten approval from authorities to continue operating in the country following a country-wide lockdown, according to...
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1.5KGig EconomyGojek Execs To Create $6M Fund For Gig Workers
Executives at delivery FinTech Gojek have pledged to give 25 percent of their salaries over the next year to merchants, drivers and...
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1.6KDeliveryDelivery Drones Take Flight With UPS, Wingcopter Collaboration
UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) is collaborating with German drone maker Wingcopter to advance next-generation delivery drones worldwide. Drone pioneer Wingcopter...
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2.1KFaster PaymentsThe Tipping Point For Instant Digital Payouts To Restaurant Workers
The last few weeks have been hard times for the restaurant industry in the U.S. — big chains and mom-and-pop joints alike...
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2.9KCoronavirusInstacart Plans On Hiring 300,000 US Shoppers To Fulfill Orders As China’s Tencent To Track Students’ Health
Here are the latest updates on the impacts of the coronavirus from around the world. Instacart will add 300,000 more full-service shoppers...
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3.2KDeliveryH&M To Leverage Supply Chain For Medical Deliveries
Fashion brand H&M has announced it will use its extensive supply chain network to help hospitals in need of supplies like masks...
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1.6KCoronavirusJumia To Aid With Delivery Of Essentials In Africa
Nigeria-based eCommerce and payments startup Jumia is supporting the fight against COVID-19 in Africa by using its platform to offer information, delivery...
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10.4KCoronavirusCoronavirus Update: Target Increases Pay, Provides Bonuses; Asda To Bring Over 5,000 Workers Onboard
The coronavirus is changing retail compensation, operations, logistics and hiring. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus focusing on retail. Target is providing...
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2.4KRidesharingUber CEO Sees Cash Position As Downturn Defense
In business, cash is king. It’s a saying that underpins examining companies’ balance sheets and cash flow. The more money in the...
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2.9KRestaurant innovationHow The Cloud Keeps Restaurant Inventory Less Cloudy
Keeping multiple restaurant locations well-supplied with ingredients requires precise understandings of different venues’ needs and careful logistics coordination. Inability to track and...
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1.6KRidesharingUber Considers Med Delivery As Ridership Plummets
Uber has been hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with rides down as much as 70 percent in places like Seattle....
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3.4KAmazon DeliveryPandemic Prompts Amazon To Shutter Prime Pantry For Now
As online shopping soars due to the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon made the decision to temporarily close Prime Pantry, according to a report...
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10.9KCoronavirusThe Light At The End Of The COVID-19 Tunnel
It is easy to get a little bit confused when one takes a step back and looks at the unfolding public reaction...
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2.4KDeliveryFedEx Looks To Fill Gap Created By Grounded Planes
Logistics and shipping company FedEx said it can pick up the slack caused by the grounding of several airliners due to the...
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4.3KAmazonMany Amazon Sellers Prep For The Worst
Amazon is concentrating on selling and shipping coronavirus-related products like household staples and medical supplies, making sellers of other goods nervous, CNBC...
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2.5KCoronavirusFood Focus Shifts To Takeout, Delivery; McDonald’s, Doordash To Help Franchisees, Workers; Blue Apron Stock Up
The dining industry — from quick-service restaurants (QSRs) to on-demand delivery platforms — is making preparations to contend with the coronavirus. Here...
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1.6KMobile Order AheadWhy Intuitive Apps Require More Than Slick Interfaces
Ordering apps have become ubiquitous among large quick-service restaurants (QSRs), making it difficult to stand out from the pack. But one complication...
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1.6KDeliveryUber Eats Drops Fee For Non-Chain Eateries In US, Canada
In an attempt to give relief during the coronavirus pandemic, Uber Eats will be waiving delivery fees for independent restaurants in the...
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2.0KCoronavirusEuropean Bank Branches Close, Limit Hours
The coronavirus could have far-reaching effects on grocery stores, entertainment and banking, while boosting delivery services and identity verification services. Here are...
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5.0KCoronavirusUber Pledges Free Food Delivered To Medical Providers
Uber is pledging to deliver free meals to first responders and healthcare workers on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic across...
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7.1KAmazonAmazon Experiences Technical Setback For Grocery Orders Amid High Coronavirus Demand
With worried consumers putting pressure on the eCommerce company’s abilities, Amazon experienced a technical problem impacting grocery orders via Amazon Fresh and...
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4.0KMobile Order AheadQdoba’s Upgraded App Leaves No Reward Point Behind
Mobile order-ahead is growing faster than ever before, with digital ordering and delivery having grown 300 percent faster than in-store dining since...
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2.0KCoronavirusTravel, Retail Take A Hit From The Coronavirus
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3.5KPersonnelAmazon Delivery Exec Leaves For FinTech SoFi
Amazon’s VP of Delivery Experience Maria Renz is quitting the firm after more than 20 years and is heading over to digital...
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11.4KCoronavirusAmazon To Deliver Coronavirus Test Kits In Seattle
To assist in bringing at-home testing kits for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, to homes of Seattle-area residents, Amazon Care...
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2.2KInnovationDHL Supply Chain Expands Robotics Deployment
To further the use of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) across the country, DHL Supply Chain and Locus Robotics have unveiled an expanded...
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2.4KCoronavirusRiders, Drivers With Coronavirus Sidelined By Uber
Uber is making a move to sideline drivers and riders who are infected with the coronavirus or have been exposed to it,...
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1.3KRetailWalgreens Brings On-Demand Delivery To Additional Cities With Postmates
Walgreens and Postmates are bringing their on-demand delivery collaboration to 13 more cities. Shoppers in San Francisco, Chicago, Charlotte and Phoenix, among...
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3.3KGig EconomySenator Wants Gig Companies To Give Workers Financial Support
Sen. Mark Warner has written several gig companies, including Uber, Lyft, Instacart, Postmates, Grubhub and DoorDash, about financial help for workers as...
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2.9KRetailInstacart Launches Doorstep Grocery Delivery Amid Coronavirus Scare
Instacart said on Thursday (March 5) that it would launch its door-step grocery drop-off service to all customers amid the fear of...
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4.4KWalmartWalmart Consolidating Grocery And Main Apps
Walmart has announced that it’s going to merge its Walmart Grocery app with the main Walmart mobile app, to create a more...
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2.5KRetailWhen The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Buy (Campbell’s) Soup
When the going gets tough, the tough — buy soup, apparently. And lots of it if recent reports from last weekend are to be...
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1.3KRetailTarget Expands Same-Day Services With Fresh Food, Alcohol
Same-day services at Target will soon include fresh food staples and alcohol, according to CNBC. Along with items like paper towels, packaged...
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5.8KDeliveryZomato Pays $206M For Uber Eats India, Filing Says
Uber said that it has sold its food delivery operation in India to Zomato, a local competitor, for $206 million, according to...
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5.1KAmazonAmazon Speeds Up Deliveries In Four Cities
Amazon has established smaller warehouses around Dallas, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Orlando to make its same-day deliveries faster. The eCommerce giant announced on...
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4.2KDeliveryDHL: What Happens When Robots Run The Warehouse
Amazon Prime is shrinking delivery windows, and consumers now expect items to arrive in a day – or less – making supply...
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3.4KDeliveryAfrican eComm Firm Taps Local Agents, Businesses To Streamline Logistics
Of Africa’s one billion-plus population, some 400 million use the internet, putting the continent among the most digitally connected populations worldwide. Yet,...
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1.6KToday In DataThe Evolving State Of The Restaurant And Delivery Industries
The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association illustrates an industry contending with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. The...
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1.9KGig EconomyEU Antitrust Chief Backs Gig Workers
Uber‘s drivers and takeout delivery workers have found allies in the European Union (EU), as its antitrust chief wants to help them...
