September 18, 2018
Aviation Rideshare? Digital Marketplaces Take Flight With Blackbird
Pilots often have empty seats, and travelers may be happy to fill them instead of driving to their destinations. Air travel marketplace Blackbird is seeking to play matchmaker and bring...
August 30, 2018
Farm To People Aims To Be A ‘Launch Pad’ For...
To bring the concept of the farmers’ market to the world of eCommerce, online marketplaces are connecting local producers with consumers hungry for fresh food. With that in mind, companies...
August 24, 2018
How Fraud Takes A Bite Out Of QSRs’ Mobile Margins
Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are pushing ahead with their digital efforts, with mobile-ahead ordering among the hottest areas for that. But that also brings more opportunity for fraud — and protecting against...
August 17, 2018
Food In Flight: Delivering Mobile Orders By Drone
While players like Uber Eats and Grubhub seek to optimize delivery by car, tech providers look to the skies to capture their share of the $13 billion food delivery business....
August 06, 2018
QSRs Ramp Up Global Expansion And Supply Chain Growth
More tacos in Peru and a new distribution center in Alberta — recent comments from the executives who run Taco Bell, Tim Hortons, Domino’s and other brands signal not only upcoming...
August 06, 2018
Could Grubhub Become The Amazon Of Restaurants?
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...
August 03, 2018
Starbucks-Alibaba Deal Does Coffee Runs In Reverse
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...
August 03, 2018
Retail Pulse: Brookstone Files For Bankruptcy; Kroger Launches New Delivery...
Brookstone, a specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, used to be a must-see mall retailer. But shopping malls aren’t nearly as busy as they once were, and, with...
July 23, 2018
Robots Serve Up Innovation (And Food) In Restaurants
Restaurant robots aren’t just for flipping burgers or preparing pizzas: They can also work in the front of the house and serve customers. Bear Robotics’ Penny, for example, is an...