Delivery service Uber Eats no longer has exclusive rights to McDonald’s deliveries in the U.K., according to CNN Business. The company now faces competition from a larger company, called Just Eat, which recently announced that it will partner with McDonald’s for delivery in the country. ...
Russia’s biggest technology firm, Yandex NV, launched an online service that uses bike couriers to bring groceries to Moscow residents in 15 minutes, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Jan. 27). The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital...
FedEx Ground has expanded home delivery to include Sundays, the company announced Wednesday (Jan. 22). “Every day is now a delivery day at FedEx,” Raj Subramaniam, president and chief operating officer at FedEx, said in a statement. Sunday deliveries will extend to the majority of...
Uber is selling its money-losing food delivery service in India to rival Zomato for a 9.99 percent business stake, according to reports on Tuesday (Jan. 21). The rideshare giant also recently dumped ventures in Russia, China and Southeast Asia to keep its promise to get...
DoorDash has overtaken GrubHub as the No. 1 food delivery service in the U.S., according to a report by CNBC. The data comes from analytics firm Second Measure. DoorDash got 33 percent of all food delivery sales in the U.S. in 2019. GrubHub, which used...
Amazon has lifted its ban on FedEx Ground as a shipping option for third-party merchants, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. On Tuesday (Jan. 14), Amazon notified merchants that they could resume use of the FedEx Ground network to place orders through...
Foot traffic is flat as digital dominates top-line growth. Purchases are shifting from individual brands to marketplaces. Mobile influences the purchasing and ordering process, regardless of whether the product is ultimately delivered or picked up in-store. Scale economies help big players, and brand affinity helps...
Grubhub is denying rumors that the food delivery startup is on the chopping block or considering an acquisition, triggering a 6.7 percent drop in share prices, according to reports on Thursday (Jan. 9). “We felt it was important to clarify that there is unequivocally no...
Food delivery company Grubhub is considering a few strategic options to continue to compete in an increasingly crowded market, including a potential sale or an acquisition by another company, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The Chicago-based company has hired financial advisers...
