Uber Connect

Uber Connect expands into returns shipping

Uber Connect, the local package delivery business of Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER), said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns.

Under the service, called Return a Package, an Uber driver will pick up sealed and prepaid packages at a customer location and drop them off at a local post office or FedEx Corp. or UPS Inc. location. Uber charges a $5 flat fee for up to five packages tendered at a time or a $3 fee for Uber One members.

The service is available in the nearly...

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Uber Eats and delivery business continue to rake in profits

Uber Eats delivery courier

Uber’s delivery business continues to deliver profits. The ride-hailing, food-delivering, freight-hauling superapp reported Q1 2022 earnings before the bell Wednesday, and in what was a strong quarter overall, Uber Eats and the company’s growing suite of delivery offerings again played a key role, posting all-time highs in both gross bookings and active merchants.

Shares of Uber (NYSE: UBER) were down about 11% in the early hours of trading on Wednesday due to losses on its investments in Grab,...

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Uber bringing same-day local delivery to 6,000 US cities

Uber Connect is expanding its same day local delivery service to 6,000 US cities

If you’ve never heard of Uber Connect, you might think it’s some sort of ridesharing social media app. While it’s true that the service connects people, it doesn’t do it through pictures or status updates — rather, Uber Connect was launched in April 2020 to offer same-day local delivery services to Uber users.

The initial rollout of Uber Connect was a way for Uber (NYSE: UBER) to test new additions to its delivery business, which has now surpassed its ridesharing segment and, according to CEO...

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Uber package delivery unit expands in US

Uber Connect, the package-delivery unit of the ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc.(NYSE:UBER), said Wednesday it is expanding its operations to 2,400 U.S. markets effective immediately.

The announcement, which was published in a blog post on Uber’s website, will dramatically broaden the unit’s same-day delivery network from when the service was launched in April. A mid-June blog post said the unit was operating in “more than 25 cities” in Australia, Mexico, Canada and the U.S.

New locations...

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