Delivery news and trends

DoorDash Will Pay $17 Billion to Acquire Instacart

October 29, 2026
DoorDash and Instacart logos
FedEx Converts Digital Insights Into New Market Expansion
Earnings // October 28, 2026

FedEx is using its digital insights to unlock new markets, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release detailing its results for the quarter ended Sept. 30. The company is leveraging its data to offer visibility and supply chain management tools to customers,...

US Foods Counts AI Gains in Seller Hours and Cases per Mile
Artificial Intelligence // October 28, 2026

A US Foods seller used to spend up to four hours preparing a proposal for a prospective restaurant, reading menus, spreadsheets and handwritten notes. A generative artificial intelligence tool now does that work, Amazon Web Services said in a case study. AWS also claimed a...

UPS Credits Healthcare Customers For 6.7% Revenue Increase
Earnings // October 27, 2026

UPS is crediting its healthcare and small business customers with an uptick in revenue as it prepares for a surge in holiday eCommerce demand. The delivery giant reported quarterly earnings Tuesday (Oct. 27) showing a 6.7% in overall revenue, driven by an 18.2% increase in...

DoorDash Could Close Instacart Deal This Week
Acquiring // October 26, 2026

DoorDash could announce a deal to buy Instacart as soon as Thursday (Oct. 29) morning, CNBC reported Wednesday (Oct. 28), citing unnamed sources. Reached by PYMNTS, an Instacart spokesperson declined to comment on the report. DoorDash did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request for comment....

Interviews & Exclusives
Amazon Builds Its Own Answer to Walmart’s 5,000 Stores

September 17, 2026
Amazon needs more than faster warehouses to close Walmart’s delivery advantage. It may need to build and manufacture its own version of a neighborhood store network. Amazon knows this, and the digital retail giant is already acting on it strategically. Project Mercury, Amazon’s plan, reported on Wednesday (Sept. 16), to expand its same-day delivery hubs […]

The World Cup’s Other Final: Platforms, Pizzas and a Planet Hitting ‘Buy Now’

July 25, 2026
Spain took home the trophy. The digital economy took everything else: our attention, our sleep, our snack budgets and, apparently, our remaining sense of distance. Uber data supplied to PYMNTS...

AI Can Pick the Shoes but Amazon Still Moves the Box

June 11, 2026
Ecosystems now scale more efficiently than stores, and that new reality is transforming retail. Amazon announced Wednesday (June 10) that it is expanding its Supply Chain Services platform with a...

Amazon and Walmart Are Now Chasing the Same Shopper

April 10, 2026
Imagine buying a high-amp car battery, a crocheted purse and a bag of fresh groceries all in one go without thinking twice about where to shop. That’s the line Amazon...

Quick Reads
DoorDash Will Pay $17 Billion to Acquire Instacart

October 29, 2026
DoorDash is set to acquire online grocery delivery platform Instacart in a deal worth $17 billion. The acquisition, announced Thursday (Oct. 29), creates a combined entity offering grocers and retailer access to DoorDash’s delivery network and Instacart’s grocery and fulfillment technology, the companies said in a Thursday (Oct. 29) news release. “Grocery is one of the hardest things to […]

FedEx Converts Digital Insights Into New Market Expansion

October 28, 2026
FedEx is using its digital insights to unlock new markets, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release detailing its results for the quarter ended Sept. 30. The...

UPS Credits Healthcare Customers For 6.7% Revenue Increase

October 27, 2026
UPS is crediting its healthcare and small business customers with an uptick in revenue as it prepares for a surge in holiday eCommerce demand. The delivery giant reported quarterly earnings...

DoorDash Could Close Instacart Deal This Week

October 26, 2026
DoorDash could announce a deal to buy Instacart as soon as Thursday (Oct. 29) morning, CNBC reported Wednesday (Oct. 28), citing unnamed sources. Reached by PYMNTS, an Instacart spokesperson declined...