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

Home Depot teamed with Instacart to offer customers same-day delivery on home improvement products. The partnership offers delivery in as fast as an hour from nearly 2,000 stores, according to a Thursday (May 23) press release. It comes as Home Depot is dealing with a downturn in consumer spending. “Our...

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

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...

Aggregators Supercharge Food Industries’ Digital Transformation in Connected Economy
Connected Economy // May 08, 2024

The connected economy is making strides via a partnership between Uber Eats and Instacart. The two companies announced Tuesday (May 7) that in the coming weeks, Instacart customers will be able to order from a range of restaurants on its platform through a new “Restaurants” tab, enabled by Uber Eats. “Through this partnership,...

Instacart Brings Groceries and Restaurant Food Together With Uber Eats Deal
Delivery // 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 a wide range of restaurants using a new “Restaurants” tab on the company’s app.  “Through this...

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Walmart and Amazon Lead Retail’s Biggest Moments of 2024

May 27, 2024
As we approach the middle of the year, here are five of the major ways that the retail landscape has changed in 2024 so far. Amazon Pivots on ‘Just Walk Out’ Last month, news broke that Amazon is pulling back on Just Walk Out technology in its own grocery stores, even as it pushes sales of […]

Wage Hikes and Regulations May Spur Gig Platform Consolidation

January 15, 2024
Wage hikes and new regulations impacting the ways in which gig workers are classified may shake up online platforms, pinching profits and spurring consolidation. In the meantime, a few firms...

Instacart Brings Digital Marketing to Brick-and-Mortar as CPG Ads Get Smarter

January 08, 2024
With grocery brands looking for more personalized, targeted ways to reach shoppers, Instacart is enabling in-store digital marketing with smart cart advertising. The grocery aggregator announced Monday (Jan. 8) that...

Peacock Pins Subscription Hopes on Instacart Partnership

November 29, 2023
Instacart is offering its Instacart+ members access to Peacock, a move that comes as subscription services increasingly tap partnerships across industries to expand their audiences. The grocery aggregator announced Wednesday (Nov. 29)...

Quick Reads
Home Depot Teams With Instacart to Bolster eCommerce Offerings

May 23, 2024
Home Depot teamed with Instacart to offer customers same-day delivery on home improvement products. The partnership offers delivery in as fast as an hour from nearly 2,000 stores, according to a Thursday (May 23) press release. It comes as Home Depot is dealing with a downturn in consumer spending. “Our brick-and-mortar stores are foundational to The Home Depot, and expanding […]

Instacart Brings Groceries and Restaurant Food Together With Uber Eats Deal

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...

Instacart Becomes Kohl’s Same-Day Delivery Partner, Continues Expansion Beyond Grocery

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...

Instacart and AWG Partner to Ease Access to Grocery Technology

March 25, 2024
Instacart and Associated Wholesale Growers (AWG) have expanded their partnership to offer eCommerce and same-day delivery solutions to AWG’s member retailers.  This extended collaboration will simplify members’ access to Instacart’s grocery technology...