Albertsons Companies saw its digital sales increase 24% during a quarter in which its identical store sales increased 2.5%. During the quarter ended Sept. 7, the food and drug retailer also reported a 15% increase in its loyalty members, bringing the total to 43 million,...
Instacart says it is expanding its advertising partnership with streaming TV platform Roku. As the food delivery company noted in a news release Wednesday (Oct. 9), Roku and Instacart have been collaborating since last year to offer advertisers insights to gauge the impact of TV...
Instacart has added new gamification features to its smart carts, saying they will make grocery shopping “feel like an adventure” and encourage shoppers to earn rewards and credits, earn savings and discover new products. Together with these features, the company has also added location-based coupons...
Instacart is ramping up its efforts to capture and keep customers as it aims to cement its status in the online grocery sector. The company is concentrating on two primary objectives: bringing in new users, elevating engagement with its current clientele, and creating “habituated customers.”...
September 10, 2024
Instacart is ramping up its efforts to capture and keep customers as it aims to cement its status in the online grocery sector. The company is concentrating on two primary objectives: bringing in new users, elevating engagement with its current clientele, and creating “habituated customers.” During the company’s second-quarter earnings call, CEO Fidji Simo noted […]
September 02, 2024
Cue the Beach Boys and Jimmy Buffett. It’s the last week of summer, and while a lot of the banking and payments world was on vacation, we were busy covering...
August 06, 2024
Uber marked a milestone in the second quarter, with 7.4 million monthly drivers and couriers globally, per the company’s earnings report released Tuesday (Aug. 6). The company’s focus on expanding...
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...
October 16, 2024
Instacart appointed former Uber executive Anirban Kundu as its new chief technology officer. In his new role, Kundu will lead Instacart’s technical team “as we further expand our position as the grocery industry’s leading technology company,” Instacart said in a Wednesday (Oct. 16) blog post. “His deep understanding of multi-sided marketplaces like ours and proven […]
October 15, 2024
Albertsons Companies saw its digital sales increase 24% during a quarter in which its identical store sales increased 2.5%. During the quarter ended Sept. 7, the food and drug retailer...
October 09, 2024
Instacart says it is expanding its advertising partnership with streaming TV platform Roku. As the food delivery company noted in a news release Wednesday (Oct. 9), Roku and Instacart have...
October 07, 2024
Instacart has added new gamification features to its smart carts, saying they will make grocery shopping “feel like an adventure” and encourage shoppers to earn rewards and credits, earn savings...
