Dada-JD Daojia, a grocery and delivery company in China, disclosed Thursday (August 9) that it raised $500 million from Walmart and JD.com in a round of financing. According to a report in Reuters, citing Dada-JD Daojia, the company is partly owned by JD.com and operates...
As eCommerce and delivery companies fight an increasingly tough battle to streamline costs and compete for customers, a number of firms are moving to take control over logistics and distribution, as the cost savings and efficiencies can help accelerate growth and lower the expense of...
Grubhub made news a couple weeks ago when it simultaneously delivered a very strong Q2 2018 earnings report and announced the acquisition of LevelUp. The focus then and the subsequent coverage since has been on the positive impact of the LevelUp acquisition on Grubhub’s ability...
Talk about interesting delivery mashups: Starbucks and Alibaba partner to enable the delivery of Starbucks products to Chinese consumers as part of a deal that includes such Alibaba properties as Taobao, Alipay, Tmall, Hema and Ele.me. The deal, announced earlier this week, is not just...
UPS is providing increased security to its customers through a pilot with Latch smart access devices that will allow its drivers to make in-building deliveries to multi-unit homes in New York City. UPS began testing the program in Manhattan earlier this year, and has now...
Walmart de Mexico’s new head of eCommerce, Ignacio Caride, is focusing on growing the retailer’s grocery deliveries to differentiate from rivals including Amazon and MercadoLibre. In an interview with Reuters, Caride said by offering online orders of food and household items, Walmex can prompt customers...
Walmart Inc.’s Jet.com unit is getting into the same-day grocery delivery market, gearing up to offer the service in New York City. Bloomberg, citing a statement the company made via email, reported that Jet plans on opening up a fulfillment center in the Bronx in...
One year after Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market, meal kit delivery companies are pulling out all the stops to hold onto customers. While the eCommerce giant hasn’t started offering meals to its more than 100 million Prime members and is only testing its own kits...
When it comes to online orders, retailers selling groceries — or even takeout food — face a constant balancing act: How can they quickly deliver orders at a reasonable price? As self-driving cars become more of a reality and less of a distant dream, autonomous...
