In America, we move most of our goods by road. This makes trucks and 18-wheelers a crucial, even definitive, part of any supply chain. It also highlights the compounding impact of any efficiencies that firms can capture around their fuel, labor, and maintenance costs, or...
Uber is acquiring Delivery Hero’s foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan for $950 million. The deal, announced Tuesday (May 14), is expected to close in the first half of next year and comes as Delivery Hero has been looking to reduce its operations in Asia. “Due to its existing presence in Taiwan,...
Amazon said Thursday (May 9) that the updated fees for merchants using its fulfillment, storage and shipping services reflect underlying costs and are “significantly less” than those announced by other major fulfillment services. “We have been listening to seller feedback and working with our seller partner community...
Instacart is seeing in-store technologies impact grocery shoppers’ spending and loyalty. The aggregator’s CEO, Fidji Simo, noted in a letter shared with investors Wednesday (May 8) discussing its first-quarter 2024 earnings results that, according to merchants who have deployed the company’s Caper Cart smart self-checkout shopping carts, “people are seeking out stores” that...
May 08, 2024
Uber and Lyft bring to mind the oft-quoted Robert Frost poem. You know the one — about two roads that diverged. The rest of the poem is about the woods, the path not taken … but more than a century after its publication, it proves apt for online platforms, for the digital age. Uber and […]
April 15, 2024
As brands see their ad spending across traditional digital media channels doesn’t go as far as it once did, eCommerce merchants are seizing on the opportunity to open up new...
April 15, 2024
In the shipping and logistics space, preferences among clients vary widely: some favor national services while others opt for smaller regional solutions that promise rapid delivery. According to Gregg Zegras,...
April 03, 2024
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,...
May 14, 2024
Uber is acquiring Delivery Hero’s foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan for $950 million. The deal, announced Tuesday (May 14), is expected to close in the first half of next year and comes as Delivery Hero has been looking to reduce its operations in Asia. “Due to its existing presence in Taiwan, Uber is best placed to build upon the significant local […]
May 07, 2024
South Korean eCommerce giant Coupang is seeing growing adoption of its latest products and services. Its fulfillment and logistics, grocery delivery and meal delivery offerings made gains during the first quarter, Bom Kim, founder and...
May 07, 2024
Instacart has teamed with Uber to offer its customers restaurant deliveries via Uber Eats. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (May 7) and due to roll out in the weeks ahead, lets Instacart customers order from...
May 02, 2024
Instacart has become the exclusive same-day delivery partner of Kohl’s. With Kohl’s now on the Instacart App, nearly 109 million households can access same-day delivery from 1,172 Kohl’s department stores across the United...
