Amazon expands same-day delivery, invests in driver safety

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Remember when Amazon last year scaled back its facility footprint amid an overbuild and an economic...

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Instacart eyeing delivery for small business

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Contending with a rapidly declining internal valuation, grocery delivery platform Instacart is...

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Salesforce sellers, meet Walmart fulfillment and delivery services

Big-box U.S. retailers are being forced to get creative to find new revenue streams while battling inflation and subsiding e-commerce growth. Many firms have sounded the alarm for 2023, fearing that those factors could trigger a recession and hamper their online product sales. 

But who said online sales need to be limited to products? Just days after Amazon announced a major expansion to Buy with Prime, a service that allows merchants to offer Prime fulfillment and delivery benefits on their own...

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Walgreens launches 24/7 same-day delivery at nearly 400 stores

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Xpede launches on-demand delivery of keys, cell phones, wallets and more

There’s a new player in the app-based delivery space — but food isn’t on the menu.

Launched this week in six select California counties, Garden Grove-based Xpede is looking to fill a very different niche in the on-demand delivery industry. Rather than working with restaurants or grocery stores, the startup instead offers delivery and pickup of personal belongings (things like wallets, keys and cell phones), packages and even legal documents.

Currently, Xpede’s rapid delivery service is available...

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Uber Eats goes driverless with Nuro partnership

Uber Eats Nuro autonomous driverless delivery vehicle

If you live in Houston or Mountain View, California, you may not need to tip on your next food delivery order.

That’s because Uber Eats (NYSE: UBER) on Thursday announced a multiyear partnership with Nuro, one of the country’s leading autonomous vehicle manufacturers. Starting this fall, customers in Texas and California can get their food delivered by driverless robot and skip the tips.

The companies plan to expand the service to the San Francisco Bay Area after getting their driverless delivery...

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Leveraging technology to build reliability and same-day delivery at scale

Changes in consumer demand paired with global supply chain disruptions present a unique challenge for businesses. Consumers expect increasingly faster delivery and companies of all sizes must compete for their attention.

Businesses often struggle to create ultra-reliable final-mile solutions without stringing together regional partners or managing a fleet of their own — both costly in time and overhead.

Amazon’s recent growth of its same-day delivery services and Walmart’s expansion of its online...

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Need outdoor furniture, electronics or office supplies? Instacart delivers

Instacart grocery delivery shopper

With football season just around the corner, plenty of households will be turning to grocery delivery services to order hot dogs, chips, soda and all the fixings straight to their doorstep. 

But what if, through those very same apps, you could have the entire tailgate delivered — portable grills, tents, lawn chairs or even a flat-screen TV?

That’s exactly what Instacart has in mind with the launch of its “Big & Bulky” fulfillment option, which the company announced on Wednesday. Nationwide,...

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