As restaurant and grocery aggregators increasingly compete for the same occasions, Instacart is challenging its restaurant competitors’ hold on the virtual convenience store space. On Thursday (June 23), the grocery delivery service announced the expansion of its partnership with Walmart in Canada to launch Walmart...
Malls. So 1980s. Malls, so 2022 – and on the cutting edge of omnichannel commerce. To that end, it may be Amazon, that bastion of online commerce, that gives the bridge to malls, that bastion of brick and mortar retail, to make the move toward cross-channel...
Amazon.com Inc. delivery drivers are fetching packages from mall stores and dropping the goods off at consumers’ homes under a plan the company is testing, Bloomberg reported Friday (May 20). The test, per the report, appears to have been underway since at least the beginning...
German express delivery startup Gorillas finalized the closing of its first acquisition deal for the French delivery start-up Frichti for undisclosed terms, according to multiple media reports. Founded in 2015 and already profitable, Frichti offers operational efficiency and expertise around the private label and ready-to-eat...
May 20, 2022
Amazon.com Inc. delivery drivers are fetching packages from mall stores and dropping the goods off at consumers’ homes under a plan the company is testing, Bloomberg reported Friday (May 20). The test, per the report, appears to have been underway since at least the beginning of the year and involves malls in Arizona, Nevada and […]
March 14, 2022
German express delivery startup Gorillas finalized the closing of its first acquisition deal for the French delivery start-up Frichti for undisclosed terms, according to multiple media reports. Founded in 2015...