ShippingEasy has announced that it is integrating with Amazon’s Alexa to expedite package delivery for its eCommerce sellers customer base. The partnership with Amazon will allow eCommerce sellers to use their Alexa voice assistant device, or download the Alexa app on their smartphone, to carry out hands-free business shipping tasks, including managing orders, shipping orders, […]
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Ridesharing company Uber is considering getting back into the grocery delivery game. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that due to the company’s success in the delivery of food, which reached $6 billion in bookings earlier this year, it makes sense to take another look at the grocery market. “With Eats, we’re getting into the business of […]
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The good news about modern digital customers, particularly younger ones, is their consistent willingness to try new things, such as new stores and new delivery experiences. Novelty has a good deal of power for consumers constantly connected to a wide variety of commerce channels. And, as 4G is giving way to 5G, those connection points are going to proliferate, creating […]
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Microsoft and Grab, the on-demand transportation, mobile payments, and online-to-offline services platform in Southeast Asia, announced Monday (October 9) a strategic partnership in which Grab will tap Microsoft’s machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities. In a press release, the companies said that in the first step of the partnership Grab will adopt Microsoft’s Azure as […]
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Digitally native retailers are testing out temporary brick-and-mortar locations to drive consumer engagement — and allow their customers to experience some of their selections in real life. Two eCommerce retailers in particular — Wayfair and Brandless — are planning to reach consumers with pop-up shops ahead of the busy holiday shopping season. Wayfair plans to […]
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Electric scooter-sharing startup Bird is expanding its services with the launch of new custom electric scooters in coming weeks. In partnership with Okai, Bird designed and manufactured Bird Zero scooters, which have 60 percent more battery life — as well as better ride stability and durability — than the company’s original model. There’s also an […]
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It’s not uncommon to hear about self-driving vehicles delivering groceries and other items in California and Arizona, but udelv is bringing its technology to an area that isn’t usually known for self-driving vehicles. The company recently signed a deal to supply multiple brands of supermarkets in Oklahoma City. With the agreement, udelv will provide 10 […]
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Gig work can serve as a lifestyle that offers flexibility and freedom. It can stand as a stop gap that helps people pay rent, grocery bills, unexpected expenses or to save for vacations and big purchases. It can serve as a way to develop skills or pass the time, or even a combination of all […]
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American delivery services giant FedEx has joined Hyperledger to contribute to blockchain technology development. American courier delivery services giant FedEx has joined Hyperledger, an open-source project established to improve cross-industry blockchain technologies, according to a press release published September 26. Hyperledger, which is hosted by the Linux Foundation, enables organizations to build blockchain-based industry-grade applications, […]
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Retailers are looking for hundreds of thousands of retail workers ahead of what is expected to be a busy holiday season: Target, in particular, is looking to bring on 120,000 employees across the country. Finding these workers, however, is no easy feat, as the country is facing an 18-year low in the unemployment rate, as […]
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