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AB5 3-ring legal circus: Full federal appeals court may hear Olson case
The “other” AB5 case in California — overshadowed by the better-known case brought by the California Trucking Association (CTA) — is awaiting word from the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on what happens next.
California partially lost the case against AB5 brought by Uber and Postmates in March before a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit. The state of California is the defendant.
That decision, known as Olson after the lead plaintiff in the case first filed in 2019, said app-based...
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DoorDash launches Package Pickup for returns
In 2021, U.S. consumers spent $4.58 trillion — yes, trillion — on retail. But at the same time, retailers took back more than $761 billion worth of merchandise, or an average of 16.6% of all American sales.
The return rate tends to tick even higher following the winter holiday season. Customers returned about $158 billion worth of goods purchased between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, 2021 — an average of nearly 18% of all sales during that period.
It’s that time of year again. And in anticipation of the...
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Uber reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with city of Chicago
Having previously taken aim at DoorDash and Grubhub, but to no avail, the city of Chicago finally got a win this week.
On Monday, the Office of the Mayor of Chicago announced the city had reached a massive settlement with Uber (NYSE: UBER) platforms Uber Eats and Postmates. Uber will pay out a total of about $10 million, which includes around $3.3 million the company repaid merchants in 2021.
Lawmakers accused the food delivery platform of charging restaurants excessive fees during the pandemic...
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NYC proposes $24 minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers
A little over a year after the New York City Council approved a legislative package aimed at improving working conditions for app-based delivery drivers, city officials are following through on one of the legislation’s key provisions.
Uber Eats (NYSE: UBER), DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) and Grubhub (OCTUS: JTKWY) drivers in the Big Apple could earn a minimum wage of nearly $24 an hour by 2025 if the city approves a proposal passed down by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) on...
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Wing drones deliver DoorDash orders in Australia
Standard delivery, scheduled delivery, pickup … and drone delivery?
Most food delivery apps only offer those first three options. But DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) on Monday launched a pilot of on-demand drone delivery in Logan, Australia, with Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Wing, which has been operating in the Brisbane suburb since 2019.
It’s the first time the drone delivery provider has made its service available via a third-party app.
Customers can now place orders of convenience, grocery items,...
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FTC to crack down on ‘unfair, deceptive’ gig company practices
The Federal Trade Commission is throwing down the gauntlet against gig companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash.
The FTC on Thursday released a policy statement that made clear the agency’s commitment to protect gig workers from “unfair, deceptive and anticompetitive practices.” While the statement does not have any legal power, it mentions a laundry list of practices that the FTC is looking to combat, including:
- Misrepresentations of the flexibility of gig work
- Diminished bargaining power
- Reducing...
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DoorDash to offer on-demand grocery delivery for Grocery Outlet
DoorDash’s aggressive push into the grocery space continued Monday when it announced a deal with Grocery Outlet Holding. DoorDash will provide delivery service through its DashPass service.
Based in Emeryville, California, Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ: GO) provides grocery items to 420 independently operated stores in California, Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Nevada, New Jersey and Maryland. The company serves 1.5 million shoppers each week.
“Our partnership with DoorDash will help save...
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DoorDash posts $263M loss, but stock jumps nearly 20%
DoorDash saw total orders rise and revenue increase, but the delivery company posted a larger-than-expected loss for the second quarter. DoorDash said it lost $263 million, or 72 cents per share, in Q2, compared with a loss of $102 million, or 30 cents per share, a year ago.
FactSet analysts had forecast a loss of $195 million, or 21 cents per share, on revenue of $1.52 billion. DoorDash posted revenue of $1.6 billion, up from $1.24 billion in Q2 2021.
DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) released earnings...
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