On Wednesday (March 31), arts and crafts retailer Michaels announced a partnership with Instacart to pilot test same-day craft supply delivery. For Instacart, this announcement marks a major departure from grocery delivery, the bread and butter, pardon the pun, of its business. The program suggests that Instacart’s...
While the events of the past year have brought a huge boost to restaurant delivery services as consumers placed takeout and delivery orders at unprecedented level, this delivery boom has also called attention to the strain that the model places on all parties involved. Delivery...
It doesn’t take too much time browsing the comments on Amazon’s help page under the search phrase, “Why is my order taking so long to ship?” to get a handle on how important speed is in today’s e-marketplace. Fed up with a marked decline in...
The crafts retailer Michaels is launching a pilot program with Instacart for same-day delivery from 100 stores in Chicago, Dallas, and Washington D.C. Heather Bennett, executive vice president of innovation at Michaels, said in a press release that the company is the first crafts retailer...
U.K.-based food delivery app Deliveroo is not having a terrific first week on the public markets. The Amazon-backed delivery service saw its share price plunge 30 percent on its first day of trading before eking out a small recovery that still left stock priced down...
Spanish delivery and courier platform Glovo raised €450 million ($530 million) in a Series F funding round led by Lugard Road Capital and the Luxor Capital Group. Returning investors also participated in the round, including Delivery Hero, Drake Enterprises and GP Bullhound. The new infusion...
Restaurant aggregator and delivery service DoorDash is suing digital ordering solutions provider Olo for allegedly overcharging the company by millions of dollars over several years, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday (March 31). “Olo had been charging DoorDash fees that were greater than it was charging comparable delivery platform...
Everli, the Milan-headquartered online grocery program, has raised $100 million in a funding round, a press release says. The company is currently looking at boosting its international growth plans. Everli’s platform lets users choose groceries online from a variety of retailers around Europe, including Lidl,...
The online pizza delivery platform Slice has unveiled a new service it says will allow mom-and-pop pizzerias to compete in the same arena as national chains. Slice Register, announced Tuesday at the company’s 2021 MAKE Conference, keeps every order a restaurant receives — in person,...
