Delivery News & Media
Walmart membership program grabbing consumer interest
September 16, 2020
Just under half of consumers that shop online at least once a week are somewhat or very likely inclined to join Walmart's membership program, Walmart+, which…
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Walmart teams with drone service player for health, wellness item delivery
September 15, 2020
Walmart is partnering with drone delivery service Zipline to provide on-demand health and wellness product deliveries.
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FAA certificate advances Amazon drone delivery
September 1, 2020
That next Amazon package may arrive from the sky as the Federal Aviation Administration is issuing Amazon a certificate of approval for the retailer's Prime…
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Walmart debuts membership service in battle against Amazon
September 1, 2020
Walmart is officially launching its own 'Prime' membership service, called Walmart+ at a fee of $98 a year — $21 less than Amazon's popular Prime membership.
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Target sales zoom, hitting all-time high
August 20, 2020
Target beat every analyst prediction regarding its latest quarterly earnings with its online business experiencing robust growth to the tune of 700%.
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Curbside pickup is here to stay so it's time to make it work better
by Brian Donnelly — Marketing Director, LivePerson
Brian Donnelly, marketing director at LivePerson, shares that winning retailers will be those which offer consumers a seamless, convenient curbside pickup…
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Walmart, Instacart team on delivery partnership
August 13, 2020
Walmart and Instacart are teaming up on a pilot delivery strategy to provide same-day grocery delivery in the U.S..
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Amazon coming to an empty Sears near you
August 11, 2020
Amazon is reportedly mulling moving into vacant mall store locations, including shuttered Sears and JCPenney sites to open up additional fulfillment centers.
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DoorDash launches DashMart stores nationwide
August 7, 2020
Delivery player, DoorDash, is debuting DashMart stores, a convenience mart delivering household and local restaurant fare to customers' doorsteps.
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Amazon launching robotic delivery to Tennessee
July 23, 2020
Amazon is deploying contactless delivery service to Atlanta and Franklin Tennessee via its Amazon Scout, an electric autonomous mobile robot.
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Hawaii 7-Eleven taps Vroom for online, home delivery
July 3, 2020
7-Eleven Hawaii is partnering with Vroom Delivery to offer home and online delivery to customers.
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Consumers want social distancing services, reveals research
July 3, 2020
American shoppers want and expect social distancing services such as curbside pickup, local delivery and contactless payments given the ongoing COVID-1…
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Instacart, C&S Wholesale Grocers team up online, same-day delivery
June 9, 2020
C&S Wholesale Grovcers, Inc., the biggest grocery supplier in the U.S., is partnering with online grocery delivery service Instacart to provide e-commerce…
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Citizen protests force Amazon to close hubs, Target to shutter stores
June 1, 2020
Protest demonstrations regarding the recent death of George Floyd, who died while being arrested by police in Minnesota, prompted Amazon to close hubs in…
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Big adapting ahead for retailers striving to succeed in post-COVID-19
by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com
COVID-19 is transforming retail in unprecedented fashion and moving forward the customer experience will be transformed as well. Keith Jelinek, managing…
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BOPIS gains steam in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
April 30, 2020
Consumers are increasingly more likely to use buy online and pick-up in-store services as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the U.S.
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Social distancing drives change in consumer spend
April 30, 2020
Social distancing is hurting the consumer wallet as a WalletHub study revealed that 58 million Americans were spending more while following stay-at-home…
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Uber rolls out on-demand delivery of packages, medicine in reponse to COVID-19
April 20, 2020
Uber, after weeks of transporting healthcare workers, PPE and meals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has launched Uber Direct and Uber Connect, two…
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Michael's deploys contactless same-day delivery in wake of COVID-19
April 20, 2020
Arts and crafts retailer Michael's is offering contactless same-day delivery options at select store locations and the strategy goes way behind just expanding…
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