platform economy

Uber Invites Consumers to Give up Car, Try Alternative Transportation

Uber Invites Consumers to Give up Car, Try Alternative Transportation
Uber Invites Consumers to Give up Car, Try Alternative Transportation
June 27, 2024  |  Ridesharing

Uber is inviting consumers to give up their personal car for five weeks and adopt a “car-light lifestyle.” Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Payments Orchestration Can Give Platforms Competitive Advantage
Payments Orchestration Can Give Platforms Competitive Advantage
June 03, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

The “platformization” of various business verticals promises to streamline online commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Home Depot Teams With Instacart to Bolster eCommerce Offerings
Home Depot Teams With Instacart to Bolster eCommerce Offerings
May 23, 2024  |  Partnerships

Home Depot teamed with Instacart to offer customers same-day delivery on home improvement products. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Instacart: Grocery Shoppers Ditch Merchants That Don’t Offer Smart Carts
Instacart: Grocery Shoppers Ditch Merchants That Don’t Offer Smart Carts
May 08, 2024  |  Earnings

Instacart is seeing in-store technologies impact grocery shoppers’ spending and loyalty. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Orchestration Merchants Give Options for Who, How and Where to Pay, Spreedly Says
Orchestration Merchants Give Options for Who, How and Where to Pay, Spreedly Says
April 11, 2024  |  Platform Payments

Andy McHale, senior director of product and market strategy at Spreedly, told PYMNTS that online platforms offer advantages to all stakeholders — and they can offer...

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Guesty Raises $130 Million to Expand Short-Term Rental, Hospitality Platform
Guesty Raises $130 Million to Expand Short-Term Rental, Hospitality Platform
April 10, 2024  |  Investments

Guesty raised $130 million in a Series F funding round to expand the capabilities and global footprint of its property management software platform for the short-term...

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Instacart Taps Third-Party Integrations to Grow Its Presence in Consumers’ Lives
Instacart Taps Third-Party Integrations to Grow Its Presence in Consumers’ Lives
March 29, 2024  |  Technology

Instacart is taking a tip from eCommerce giants such as Amazon, expanding its reach into more parts of consumers’ day-to-day routines with its new Instacart Developer Platform (IDP). Get...

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Gig Worker Wage Policies Pinch Consumer Demand, Driver Pay
Gig Worker Wage Policies Pinch Consumer Demand, Driver Pay
March 20, 2024  |  Gig Economy

What started as a move toward fairer compensation has evolved into a heated debate, pitting the interests of drivers against those of gig economy giants....

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