Delivery apps
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The company already offers grocery pickup at 1,200 of its stores.
The delivery partnership is picking up steam.
The challenge for the company will be to stay disciplined even as it sits on a huge stockpile of dollars.
It also overcharged some customers.
Jason Del Rey and Kara Swisher will be back in Las Vegas to host the March 20 evening event.
Taco Bell’s parent company will also invest $200 million into GrubHub.
From $10.99 to $12.99.
E-commerce companies need to locate their distribution warehouses as close to their customers as possible.
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VP Stephenie Landry has been running Prime Now since its 2014 launch.
Target will offer same-day delivery from half of its stores by summer.
If one of the best-run restaurant groups in the country walks away with a 12 percent margin, imagine how your local restaurant is doing.
UberEats could also pose a possible conflict for the Japanese investor, though.
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Too many late or missed deliveries, company officials have told partners.
The key to in-home commerce is more trust, not more tech.
A somewhat surprising move in the wake of the Whole Foods acquisition.
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The program is called Amazon Key.
We’re talking with Blue Apron’s co-founder and CEO about how the company is getting back on track after a disappointing IPO.
Drones can soar over roads in the flood-prone region to help deliver supplies to remote areas.
The robot delivery company Starship Technologies is helping to pass state laws across the country.
Similar laws were passed in Virginia and Idaho earlier this year.
It will likely be used to bring food from farms and agricultural warehouses to cities.
GGV Capital is leading the round into New York City-based Slice.
Meanwhile, other states are passing laws broadly permitting the robots statewide.
It flew for more than two hours.
Imagine if Uber could say, “We enabled one million food-shopping trips for low-income Americans who lacked good transportation options.”
New robot laws are popping up across the country.
Marble’s ground-delivery robots may one day replace delivery drivers.
An early example of drone delivery in a populated urban area.
No, you don’t have to tip a robot when it delivers your pizza.
Virginia was the first. Wisconsin and Florida may be next.
Idaho and Florida may be next.
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The driver loads the drone from inside the truck.
Drones aren’t expected to start regularly delivering packages in the U.S. until 2020.
Starship ground delivery robots will now deliver for Postmates and DoorDash.