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DoorDash Looks Beyond Restaurants to Become ‘The Local Commerce Company’

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The delivery platform unveiled a series of major updates and service additions at its first-ever product showcase on June 27, 2023, including search and shopping features to help consumers find and buy whatever they are looking for (well beyond just meals), and a new integrated rewards program for merchants.

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DoorDash Debuts DashMart Digital DCs In 8 U.S. Markets

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DoorDash is taking dark store fulfillment in a new direction with an online delivery service that sells products from its owned and operated local distribution centers. The company says “many more cities” will launch the service in the coming months, including San Diego, Baltimore, Denver, Sacramento and Concord, Calif.

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How to Win Consumer Choice in 2022: Focus on These 3 Trends

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Consumers demand grocers and mass merchants in particular provide these last-mile services, and it’s not without challenges, as over 40% of grocery consumers cite delivery and fulfillment services as key attributes while deciding where to shop in the past year. Embracing sustainable products and practices.

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Grocers need a long-term, scalable e-commerce platform

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merchants, up 14.2% Over the past two years, retailers have been introduced to a vast array of tools and services to help support this volume — ranging from marketplaces to quick-add software packages, to new but often disparate systems — the options can seem overwhelming. Consumers flocked online for essential purchases, adding $102.08

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Ubers Eats Enhances Customer Experience with Extended Ordering Hours, Live Tracking

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Uber is expanding Uber Eats’ services with new features such as the ability to place orders when grocery stores aren’t open for later delivery, live tracking of orders from store to door and easier product replacements. grocers to offer same-day delivery, including Walgreens , Albertsons Cos. and Costco. billion in February 2021.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

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And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Brands can include a number of features in a 2D barcode that can help improve and ease access to customer service. alongside a large QR code.

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Kroger Taps DoorDash to Add Flowers and Sushi to its Delivery Mix

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. “By offering customer-favorite sushi options and premium floral bouquets through third-party marketplaces, we are continuing to evolve and meet customers where and how they are shopping,” said Stuart Aitken, SVP and Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer at Kroger Co. in a statement.