Uber is closing down its alcohol delivery business, Drizly. The move comes three years after Uber bought Drizly for $1.1 billion, Axios reported Monday (Jan. 15), citing Uber’s senior vice president of delivery, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty. “After three years of Drizly operating independently within the Uber family, we’ve decided to close...
As aggregators seek to embed their offerings more deeply in consumers’ day-to-day routines, Uber is tapping Hy-Vee’s alcoholic beverage selection to drive adoption of its non-restaurant verticals while boosting basket size. On Friday (Aug. 11), the mobility and delivery company announced that Uber Eats is...
Come on party people, throw your hands in the air. It’s bottoms up on alcohol delivery for the summer 2023 season, and some big names are mixing at the nationwide cocktail hour. Some of us take a more dignified approach, sipping a Dalmore ‘62 while...
Cautious consumer spending habits could mean fewer people ringing in 2023 with Champagne. After years of growth, sales of higher-priced wines and spirits have begun to slow, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Dec. 29), part of a larger trend of consumers trading down...
September 29, 2017
The headlines last week were all abuzz with the news: Amazon, via the magic of its Whole Foods acquisition, was getting into the burgeoning world of alcohol commerce. “There’s little doubt that the [spirits] industry will feel the impact of the largest online retailer expanding into grocery,” Coors wrote in a blog post following the news announcement of the […]
August 05, 2016
For a start-up that’s done some pretty heavy lifting to successfully recruit merchants to join an innovative eCommerce platform, front-page news hailing its accomplishments is always great. And Boston-based Drizly’s news yesterday of its...
January 15, 2024
Uber is closing down its alcohol delivery business, Drizly. The move comes three years after Uber bought Drizly for $1.1 billion, Axios reported Monday (Jan. 15), citing Uber’s senior vice president of delivery, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty. “After three years of Drizly operating independently within the Uber family, we’ve decided to close the business and focus on our core Uber Eats strategy […]
December 29, 2022
Cautious consumer spending habits could mean fewer people ringing in 2023 with Champagne. After years of growth, sales of higher-priced wines and spirits have begun to slow, The Wall Street...
October 24, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking action against both online alcohol marketplace Drizly and its CEO, James Cory Rellas, pointing to allegations that they were alerted to data security...
August 11, 2021
Already under investigation over its acquisition of alcohol delivery service Drizly, Uber once again is on the radar of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its partnership deal with delivery...
