With aggregators having become a key part of how consumers discover and access restaurants, Domino’s — a brand that had been conspicuously and deliberately absent from these third-party marketplaces — has finally caved. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant, which spans more than 20,000 locations around...
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has launched a new shipping offering designed to let customers send packages within a delivery window of two to five days across the continental United States. The new USPS Ground Advantage is a part of the Postal Service’s 10-year “Delivering America”...
As businesses look to balance consumers’ on-demand expectations with the high cost of fulfillment, ultrafast delivery has been faltering, and DoorDash has become the latest to pull back its efforts in the space. In news first reported by Business Insider and confirmed to PYMNTS, the...
According to Raj Ramanan, who has just taken the reins as CEO of AxleHire, the last mile is the last and best chance for eCommerce firms to make the best impression. At a high level, “consumers hold brands accountable for the delivery experience,” he told...
DoorDash will now let its gig workers choose to be hourly workers. The aggregator will let drivers choose to earn a minimum hourly rate, to use the existing method in which they are paid per offer, and to switch from one to the other, DoorDash said...
This week in grocery, H-E-B expands its direct delivery capabilities, Albertsons looks to win in retail media, and grocers in the United Kingdom see inflation three times larger than in the United States. Texan grocer H-E-B, which has more than 400 stores in its home state and Mexico, announced...
FedEx has seen consumers shift their spending from eCommerce to entertainment and services. The company said this Tuesday (June 20) while reporting another decline in package volume during the most recent quarter, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. FedEx saw continued demand weakness during the quarter ending May 31, with lower...
As Domino’s looks for ways to retain delivery customers’ loyalty in the face of increasing competition from aggregators’ pizza offerings, the chain is making it possible to get food brought to more types of locations, taking a page from 7-Eleven‘s book. The pizza giant announced Tuesday (June 20)...
As restaurants look to drive efficiency and boost profit margins, Starbucks is considering opening delivery-only stores to more efficiently meet consumers’ demand for convenience, even as many consumers grow frustrated with the increasingly impersonal restaurant experience. In a Starbucks Q&A for TD Cowen’s Future of...
