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AUGUST 10, 2020

Boston-based Advent International , a global private equity firm focused on overseas buyouts, has purchased a stake in the United Kingdom’s parcel delivery group Hermes for 1 billion euros ($1.3 It will also take a 25 percent stake in its German business. business would have a hard time succeeding.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Food delivery apps, such as Sherpa’s, have cut their operations. However, many consumers are reportedly thinking twice about placing orders, as they are afraid that delivery couriers could infect them. The Silicon Valley-based tech giant is also limiting business trips to China for only very important matters.

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the food-delivery app, in an all-stock deal worth $2.6 Vice President of Uber Eats Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty will continue to run the combined delivery business, sources told Bloomberg. As a part-time courier who works for both [Postmates and Uber Eats] this is bad news,” wrote journalist and gig worker Wilfred Chan on Twitter.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Pardon the pun, but for QSRs, home delivery options are becoming table stakes. As Pizza Hut stumbles financially and Domino’s races ahead, the commitment to the customer experience is under a microscope, and home delivery is a critical element of that experience. When it comes to QSR delivery – still a small segment of that world – 7.5

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MARCH 7, 2019

To help consumers to order produce and household staples in an environmentally friendly way, startups are offering grocery deliveries through reusable containers and bicycles. Lim’s company charges a 5 percent convenience fee along with a delivery charge that depends on whether an order is over or under the $35 threshold.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Founded last year by CEO Ben Jones, Ohi offers same-day or next-day delivery to smaller brands via micro-warehouses in major cities. Gig workers pick and pack at warehouses, while partners Postmates and DoorDash help carry out last-mile courier services. Ohi , an eCommerce startup, announced that it has closed a $2.75

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As Britain hunkers down into yet another lockdown, its finest restaurants are adapting to takeout and delivery as a way of life. The Wall Street Journal reports that several of London’s most posh establishments have been painstakingly trying to recreate the fine dining experience using takeout cartons and white-glove delivery service.

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The company, which was founded in 2013, also offers customers the opportunity to buy in-store or order online for delivery, in a bid to reinvigorate what has mostly been an untapped area of delivery services. The company offers on-demand delivery of everything it offers from its app. Foxtrot announced on Wednesday (Feb.

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Bike couriers also carried telegram messages over their last-mile journeys. Postal Service utilized bicycle messengers to make deliveries. Even with the rise of automobiles, bicycles continued to be a quick and cost-effective way to deliver goods in busy cities. After World War II, bicycle courier companies emerged.

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Google is getting into the grocery delivery market, with NBC News reporting that it is testing a same-day delivery service that will bring food and other online orders to consumers’ doorsteps. The report speculated that the service could also prompt more merchants to buy online ads if the same-day delivery service takes off.

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This was due to “better utilization of logistics infrastructure and improved unit economics as a result of the third-party logistics service business,” according to CEO Sidney Huang. . Huang added that the cost improvement came before the recent benefit and wage changes for its delivery unit.

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Online shopping software firm Easyship has become part of the Shopify Plus Technology Partner Program, which provides retailers with access to business solutions, according to a Thursday (Oct. 1) announcement. Retailers that harness Shopify Plus and Easyship can utilize Easyship’s complete product collection.

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APRIL 30, 2019

On-demand delivery app Glovo, which is similar to Postmates in that it promises to deliver anything, has raised $169 million in a Series D funding round, according to a report. They allow us to fully control the value chain and offer the best UX, with a delivery of around 20 minutes,” Pierre said.

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The bigger shift in the business, however, is in rethinking the digital distribution channel, specifically in terms of where it delivers goods. Because while most delivery retailers are shipping to a customer’s front door at home, The Lobby is instead sending the items to customers at their desks, in their offices, during the workday.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

InPost, according to Bloomberg, lets customers arrange for the delivery and collection of parcels through a network of lockers, with over 8,000 lockers available in Poland. Courier services are also offered. That, to Advent, shows the potential for eCommerce companies and those which have supported businesses in the pandemic.

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APRIL 13, 2018

markets where the food delivery service has a presence — the Postmates/Edelman data indicated that $1.2 Postmates works by connecting 150,000 couriers to 25,000 merchant partners to enable the delivery of goods on demand. According to the survey, those couriers earned about $216.8 times faster after joining.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

According to a news report in The Wall Street Journal , courier and messenger companies brought on 3,200 new workers in July, marking the fourth month in a row of job increases. The courier and messenger industry has benefited as more people shop online and thus have packages delivered to their homes.

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APRIL 18, 2017

The goal of restaurant delivery services is to make it easier for consumers to grab a quick bite when schedules are too busy. This week, Uber announced its courier service, UberRUSH, will no longer be making restaurant deliveries. The reasoning behind this decision was due to the shortage of drivers.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

This agreement … represents an unprecedented opportunity for Balyo to grow its business and supports the soundness of our investments over the years to perfect our robotic solutions,” Balyo Chief Executive Fabien Bardinet said, according to Reuters. The deal is part of Amazon’s broader plan to cut costs and speed up delivery.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Deliv , the startup delivery platform that has partnerships with well-known brands, has raised $40 million in venture funding. Deliv, which launched in 2012, has delivery partnerships with Best Buy, Macy’s, Home Depot and Walgreens. Amazon, for its part, is building its own delivery fleet. reported VentureBeat.

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"I had no idea at all I was going to be charged any more for deliveries after Brexit. In the era of next-day delivery and one-click eCommerce, returned items or declined packages are de rigueur — just another part of doing business without a store or ever seeing your customers. If Only It Were That Simple.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

With a design that would let vehicles be customized for parcel delivery or serve as mini-hotels, trucks are being designed in Japan for a driverless future, with interchangeable container areas and no cabins. In separate news, Sweden-based Einride , which makes autonomous delivery vehicles, has notched $25 million in fresh capital.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

The same-day delivery service Dostavista , which was founded in Russia, has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Vostok New Ventures, as reported on Tuesday (Aug. Before creating the delivery app, Alexandrovski was reportedly planning a delivery game using virtual merchandise, the article said.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In a recent TechCrunch article, on-demand restaurant delivery service DoorDash announced it is acquiring Rickshaw to boost same-day delivery offerings. Rickshaw is profitable, according to its CEO, Divya Bhat.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

It counts 120,000 couriers and 50,000 restaurants on its platform. Food delivery, however, wasn’t always the company’s growth engine: When it was just starting, its focus was mobile children’s entertainment content. Technology, too, represents a way for Postmates and others to stand apart in a field of many rivals.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

With more choices for fast-casual dining than ever before, diners can choose to eat in restaurants or tap into delivery whether they want pizza, sandwiches or entirely different fare. From Panera Bread to Postmates , restaurant chains and the third-party delivery platforms that work with them are enabling mobile commerce for delivery orders.

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MAY 8, 2020

Businesses and consumers still see the new coronavirus’s reverberating effects upon their finances and lives. The COVID-19 pandemic is keeping individuals in their homes, and many are thus ordering their meals for delivery rather than making trips to grocery stores.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

Food delivery is a $13 billion business in the U.S., one seeing growing interest from various players, ranging from delivery service companies like Deliveroo to ride-hailing giants like Uber. The pair is slated to test commercial deliveries using unmanned aerial vehicles in Holly Springs, NC. We’re at the leading edge.”.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

based food delivery company. Buying Deliveroo would give Uber a significant boost in the race to dominate food delivery in Europe. Uber Eats is already the big player in the United States, with fast growth and the continuing addition of partners — that includes a recent deal with Starbucks for coffee delivery. New License.

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Another one has bitten the dust when it comes to providing the vital last-mile delivery service for online consumers (especially the hungry ones). It tried several iterations to grow the business, but none of them took off. 22) that it will add more cities to its delivery network via a partnership with Uber Eats.

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APRIL 10, 2018

Walmart steps up its efforts to bring more groceries to people’s homes through an agreement with Postmates that will expand the company’s Online Grocery Delivery option to more than 40 percent of U.S. Customers are busy; they are managing jobs, soccer practice, dance lessons and social schedules. households.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

To link these businesses together, 2ndKitchen is providing customized menus and ordering technology that enables diners to order from kiosks or their phones and have food sent directly to their tables. We’re not hiring delivery drivers.” Instead, he said, the company is essentially connecting two existing businesses.

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The bigger piece of news in all this is that the ride-sharing company is reportedly in early-stage talks to acquire Deliveroo , a UK-based food delivery company. Buying Deliveroo would give Uber a significant boost in the race to dominate food delivery in Europe. Reports indicated the deal could be worth several billion dollars.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

On-demand delivery app Rappi is under investigation again in Colombia, accused of failing to comply with regulatory orders to improve its customer service response, according to Reuters. The claims are about things that are not the reality of our business.”.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

In 2005, Amazon forever set the stage for new expectations of how much eCommerce deliveries will cost and when items will arrive when the retailer rolled out its Prime membership program, which gave customers two-day shipping regardless of order size. The Same-Day Delivery Market.

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As China’s local-delivery market grows at a rapid pace , with more people turning to their smartphones to order food, Ele.me With the drone delivery system, Ele.me With the drone delivery system, Ele.me With drone deliveries, Ele.me wouldn’t charge customers extra for using the drone delivery service.

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