Retail Dive

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Amazon Local Selling may ease a friction point that is becoming increasingly tense heading into the 2021 holiday season — delivery.

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MAY 7, 2024

When DoorDash launched in 2013, it was all about restaurant delivery. Now, in addition to dinner from the local taco joint, you can order garden mulch from Lowe’s , mascara from Sephora and tequila for some margaritas to spice up Taco Tuesday, all in the same app. Hannon : DoorDash started as a local commerce platform.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Co-op and Snappy Shopper have teamed-up to embarked on a local store-to-door trial in Northern Ireland to further expand access to the convenience retailer’s quick and convenient online home delivery of groceries.

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Retail Wire

MAY 20, 2021

Target and Walmart are separately testing home package deliveries a la Amazon.com at a time when traditional carriers like FedEx, United Parcel Service and the U.S. Target has been using third-party drivers working with its Shipt service to make deliveries in its home city of Minneapolis.

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2024

From local shopping experiences to big destinations and shopping centres, these locations are a great barometer for the state of the Australian retail nation. I was struck by how homogenous shopping centres and local ‘high street’ shopping experiences have become. And it presents a major opportunity for local retailers.

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Retail Wire

AUGUST 24, 2021

Walmart is launching its own local service to deliver orders for other businesses. The new GoLocal strategy will put the retailing giant in direct competition with DoorDash, Uber and other similar services. The company said it has already signed a number of deals with both small business and national clients.

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Retail Minded

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

One solution has been to partner with local pharmacies and retailers. However, lately, local pharmacies and retailers are transforming the clinical trial delivery model. However, lately, local pharmacies and retailers are transforming the clinical trial delivery model. Here are some of the ways: Improved Data.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2024

cities, Amazon is making its grocery delivery subscription available to all Prime members in the U.S. The subscription also includes one-hour delivery windows at no extra cost, unlimited 30 -minute pickup on orders of any size and priority access to Recurring Reservations for a weekly grocery order. Following a pilot in three U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ahold Delhaize USA will make the DoorDash on-demand grocery delivery marketplace available across its five supermarket banners: Food Lion, Hannaford, Giant Food, The Giant Company and Stop & Shop. brands are focused on providing fast and convenient grocery delivery for customers,” said JJ Fleeman, CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA in a statement.

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Inside Retail

MAY 19, 2024

Food-delivery firm DoorDash has expanded its liquor delivery service into Tasmania, allowing consumers to order alcoholic beverages from BWS through its app. Puji Fernando, GM at DoorDash Australia, said the launch expands its market for third-party alcohol delivery and gives consumers options aside from food and groceries.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2024

Uber Eats has expanded its partnership with Waymo — the autonomous vehicle division of Google parent company Alphabet — adding driverless food deliveries in the Phoenix-area cities of Tempe, Mesa and Chandler, Ariz. This is just the latest effort by Uber Eats to expand autonomous deliveries.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2024

Two delivery platforms, Gopuff and Grubhub , have broadened their assortments to include groceries, including fresh items. Grubhub Expands into Grocery Grocery orders on the Grubhub marketplace will be fulfilled and packed by Mercato retailers, either for customer pickup or for delivery by a Grubhub driver.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 9, 2024

Once fully operational, the two fulfilment centres are expected to generate over 1000 local jobs. “We are committed to improving selection and delivery speed as demand continues to grow, as well as being dedicated to giving back to the communities in which we operate. million large items.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

As it marks its 10-year anniversary, DoorDash is doubling down on its ambition to evolve beyond restaurant delivery to become “the local commerce company.” We are proud of the progress we’ve made in the first decade, digitizing all of local commerce and making it feel as native to consumers as ecommerce has become.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Getir has purchased fellow grocery delivery service FreshDirect , a division of Ahold Delhaize , in a deal that is expected to close by Nov. Founded in 2002 and currently employing 3,200 people, the Bronx-based FreshDirect is a pioneer in New York City grocery delivery. No financial details of the transaction were disclosed.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

Retailers will now be able to plug into Walmart Commerce Technologies’ Store Assist local fulfillment services and the Walmart GoLocal delivery solution through the Salesforce AppExchange. Walmart ’s burgeoning slate of white-label retail tech will be made more widely available via a new partnership with Salesforce.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2024

next year, offering a localized shopping experience and promising a selection of more than 100 million products — including even more from Irish businesses — as well as faster deliveries and returns. The new online store also will be supported by the five-year delivery agreement between Amazon and An Post reached in November 2023.

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Retail Dive

JULY 23, 2021

Through the ride-hailing app's network of delivery people, sellers and buyers exchange products on-demand without leaving their homes.

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APRIL 15, 2021

Both Target and Walmart have announced new investments in last mile delivery technologies, highlighting the growing importance of fulfillment in the post-COVID environment. Meanwhile, Walmart has taken a financial stake in autonomous delivery startup Cruise , following a pilot program with the company in Arizona last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The formal launch comes after eight months of local operations, during which time Gatik trucks have made delivery runs multiple times per day, seven days per week. In fact, Walmart has worked with Gatik for autonomous deliveries from distribution centers to stores in Bentonville, Ark. and Louisiana since late 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2024

DoorDash will now offer on-demand delivery from over 1,700 Lowe’s stores nationwide, marking the platform’s first foray into the home improvement category as it pursues its goal of expanding beyond restaurants to become the “ local commerce company.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

The profit margin at grocery has always been razor-thin, and now, with online grocery growing in popularity, retailers must add the costs of picking individual orders and doorstep delivery to their already tight balance sheets. In China small local shops, known as “neighborhood retail,” are big business, generating 1.3 yuan ( $13.89 ).

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Sports fan destination site Fanatics and beauty retailer Sephora are both gearing up for the holiday sales rush with the debut of new, faster delivery options. Fanatics customers in those cities can now order gear for many of their favorite teams and players with local next-day delivery, with more cities set to be added in the future.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In announcing the news, Temu not only highlighted the benefits to sellers, which it said can now “reach millions of new customers” through its platform, but also the benefits to shoppers, who as a result of the expansion will begin to see more “local options” in the shopping app. and Europe who order from merchants in their own region.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 30, 2023

But increasingly, next-day and same-day delivery are being pushed to move at a rapid pace. The offer is, so far, restricted to delivery within select areas of Sydney and Melbourne: being sourced from the business’ Sydney Galeries and Melbourne CBD and Chadstone stores. That’s when I really started to look into it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

DoorDash has acquired Wolt Enterprises , a Helsinki-based last mile delivery company. Wolt has developed a wide range of technologies to assist with its operations, from local logistics to retail software to financial solutions. DoorDash also has been expanding its local options along with its international reach.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 21, 2023

Target has opened a Target Last Mile Delivery (TLMD) extension near its store in Smyrna, Ga. The new facility puts next-day delivery within reach of 500,000 additional customers for a total of more than 3 million in the Atlanta market.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Walmart has onboarded Rina Hurst as the new VP of its Walmart GoLocal delivery service platform. In 2021 alone, Shipt’s orders grew 252% compared with 2019, while Shipt Driven, its delivery-only service, grew 150% over 2020, according to an article on the Shipt site.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2023

Smaller facilities can fit into spaces closer to city centers, shortening delivery times for local customers. Along with faster delivery and reduced real estate costs, going small carries other benefits. Often, there’s no need to build a new building when these MFCs can easily fit into spaces of a few thousand square feet.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2023

Nearly every major retailer has embraced consumer demands for quick and easy delivery. In fact, experts predict that online food delivery alone will become a $32 billion industry by 2024. The rise of delivery services has made it easier for consumers to get purchases more quickly and for retailers to offer these services more widely.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

Instacart has launched the Instacart Developer Platform (IDP) , a publicly available API program that will enable third-party companies to integrate Instacart’s fulfillment and delivery functionality into their websites and apps. for meal planning or cooking content, for example).

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2024

Expanding internationally is a rite of passage for Australian retailers, marking their step up from local players to global contenders. This is why many growing retailers adopt ‘glocal’ strategies, a nuanced approach to expansion that blends the best of global reach with local adaptation.

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Inside Retail

MAY 23, 2024

Shoppers expect both in-person and online options, faster delivery, real-time tracking notifications, and simpler returns. Our 2024 Ecommerce Delivery Benchmark Report provides the insights you need for success. Navigating delivery expectations Consumers want fast and free delivery, but balancing cost and speed is challenging.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2024

The food-service segment includes restaurants, bars, cafes, fast food and home delivery services. Home delivery is expected to continue to capture more share in the coming years due to continuous improvements in convenience and service while takeaway is already losing some of its gains after the pandemic.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

“We are helping brands, both local and international, access the Southeast Asia region and its diverse customer base effectively by leveraging our capabilities in operations, data and marketing that we have built over the last decade,” he told Inside Retail. Moving forward, the brand aims to reach a full 100 per cent in these departments.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 23, 2021

The ridesharing service will now provide same-day grocery delivery for Costco in Texas, and will help Mercari take its “no-meetup garage sale” marketplace nationwide. Any Costco shopper who reaches a minimum order amount of $35 can use the service, and Uber Pass and Eats Pass holders can waive the delivery fee. and Phoenix.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Earlier this year the company introduced flat-rate shipping that imposes a standard delivery fee of $2.99 The company also teamed up with ShipSage to speed up deliveries to the U.S. At checkout, customers will be presented with several local pickup options where they can collect their item, which now include Pudo outlets.

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