Logistics is having its moment in the limelight. What was once an invisible force is now becoming an essential, and increasingly visible, pillar of global commerce. It’s a silent but powerful backbone that few consumers think about, but every successful company depends upon it. “Whether...
Uber’s membership program continues to drive cross-selling activities across the company’s platform, a nod to the movement toward its app as a digital front door to a host of everyday activities. But investors sent the shares 4% lower at the start of trading on Wednesday...
Instacart is reportedly rolling out an app targeting Generation Z consumers, centered around group orders of drinks and party snacks. This app, Fizz, lets multiple users contribute to a single order, pay for their own purchases and have them delivered together for a flat fee...
DoorDash is preparing to acquire New York City-based hospitality tech company SevenRooms. The company characterized the deal as “a significant expansion of DoorDash’s Commerce Platform capabilities,” according to a Tuesday (May 6) press release. “We’re enhancing the DoorDash Commerce Platform to help merchants serve their...
April 25, 2025
As the digital and physical worlds of commerce continue to intertwine, Amazon and Walmart are reinventing themselves at a blistering pace. What was once a head-to-head contest for online supremacy has now evolved into a complex chess game, with both giants doubling down on logistics, artificial intelligence (AI), physical store innovation and customer experience. Retail […]
March 13, 2025
Inflation’s still sticky. Most consumers live paycheck to paycheck. And yet, despite the pressures of daily life — meeting the essentials while eyeing what’s left over to pay for a...
February 03, 2025
Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani envisions autonomous delivery robots transforming urban logistics by optimizing the pickup and delivery of food and other products to lower the cost of last-mile delivery...
January 31, 2025
Amazon is emerging as a key competitor to Walmart in the healthcare sector, leveraging its technological reach and consumer base. With strategic partnerships, including those with Teladoc and mental health...
May 12, 2025
Amazon will have FedEx deliver large packages to the retailer’s customers for the first time in six years. The companies reached a multiyear agreement that renews a relationship that ended in 2019, Bloomberg reported Monday (May 12). The deal follows a January announcement by UPS that it will cut the number of packages it delivers […]
May 06, 2025
Instacart is reportedly rolling out an app targeting Generation Z consumers, centered around group orders of drinks and party snacks. This app, Fizz, lets multiple users contribute to a single...
May 06, 2025
DoorDash is preparing to acquire New York City-based hospitality tech company SevenRooms. The company characterized the deal as “a significant expansion of DoorDash’s Commerce Platform capabilities,” according to a Tuesday...
May 06, 2025
Grubhub and Blue Apron owner Wonder has reportedly raised $600 million in new funding. The deal brings Wonder nearer to developing what CEO Mark Lore described to Bloomberg News Tuesday (May 6) as a “super app...
