Electronics Industry Best Buy partners with Instacart to offer same-day delivery from 'nearly all' store locations Supported products include games, electronics, and more By Cohen Coberly, November 17, 2020, 12:02 PM
Industry Amazon now offers in-garage delivery across 4,000 US cities An optional way to avoid porch pirates By Cohen Coberly, November 12, 2020, 12:54 PM
Car Tech Walmart partners up with Cruise to test an all-electric, self-driving delivery service Initial testing begins in early 2021 By Cohen Coberly, November 10, 2020, 2:34 PM
Industry Amazon launches a rewards program for its independent 'Flex' drivers The perks are a bit underwhelming By Cohen Coberly, November 9, 2020, 12:47 PM
Gaming Xbox Series X pre-orders might be delayed, says Amazon If you ordered either next-gen console through Amazon, you are not guaranteed to get your system on day one By Cal Jeffrey, September 28, 2020, 12:36 PM
The Web Industry U.S. Postal Service made $1.6 billion profit on Amazon deliveries last year USPS delivered 30 percent of Amazon's 2019 volume, amounting to 1.54B packages By Joe White, September 19, 2020, 12:03 PM 25 comments
Industry Uber reportedly offers to buy Postmates for $2.6 billion Uber wants to put the $11.3 billion it has in cash to good use By Adrian Potoroaca, June 30, 2020, 9:19 AM
Industry Just Eat Takeaway buys Grubhub for $7.3 billion to enter US market Consolidation could be key for online food delivery services By Shawn Knight, June 11, 2020, 9:56 AM
Industry Car Tech Nuro partners with CVS to test autonomous prescription deliveries It will be available to select Houston residents By Cohen Coberly, May 28, 2020, 2:06 PM
The Web Industry Walmart Express Delivery launches with 2-hour grocery delivery service Get your goods including electronics in under two hours By Shawn Knight, May 1, 2020, 1:35 PM 11 comments
Industry UPS will use drones to deliver CVS prescriptions to select Florida residents Beginning in 'early May' By Cohen Coberly, April 27, 2020, 4:52 PM
Industry Amazon extends refund window for items purchased during March and April Eligible orders can now be returned until May 31 By Cohen Coberly, April 8, 2020, 5:18 PM
Tech Culture The Web Delivery apps are giving restaurants a fighting chance... or are they? Restaurants and caterers complain about steep fees By Adrian Potoroaca, April 6, 2020, 7:05 PM 10 comments
The Web DoorDash begins offering convenience store delivery DoorDash expands its delivery options By Cohen Coberly, April 1, 2020, 4:23 PM
The Web Amazon launches pilot program to speed up same-day shipping Packages should arrive in as fast as 5 hours By Cal Jeffrey, March 3, 2020, 3:13 PM
Tech Culture Mobile Chipotle is testing new layouts to better accommodate mobile orders Mobile is changing how restaurants conduct business By Shawn Knight, December 19, 2019, 12:33 PM
Industry The Web Amazon can now deliver half of its own packages, to the tune of 2.5 billion packages and growing Rapidly reducing their reliance on UPS and FedEx By Isaiah Mayersen, December 14, 2019, 10:27 AM 15 comments
Industry MIT engineers are teaching delivery robots how to navigate to your doorstep Without compromising your privacy By Cohen Coberly, November 4, 2019, 4:47 PM
The Web Tech Culture Amazon makes Fresh grocery delivery a free Prime perk Amazon expects this to be one of its most popular Prime benefits By Shawn Knight, October 29, 2019, 10:11 AM
Industry Uber moves to acquire grocery delivery service Cornershop Uber will expand the service outside of Latin America By Cohen Coberly, October 11, 2019, 3:18 PM
Industry UPS has gained FAA approval to operate a 'drone airline' UPS will use its drones to support hospital campuses By Cohen Coberly, October 2, 2019, 6:58 AM
Industry DoorDash boss says company will change contentious tipping model Firm to iron out the details 'in the coming days' By Cal Jeffrey, July 24, 2019, 2:52 PM
Security You might not be able to opt-out of Amazon's drone-based "surveillance as a service" Can Amazon pull this off? By Isaiah Mayersen, June 22, 2019, 9:39 AM 23 comments
Industry Car Tech Domino's partners with robotics company Nuro to bring 'autonomous pizza delivery' to Houston Select Houston residents can opt-in later this year By Cohen Coberly, June 17, 2019, 1:27 PM
Industry Target takes on Amazon with nationwide same-day delivery Get orders delivered to your door in as little as an hour By Cohen Coberly, June 13, 2019, 1:09 PM 7 comments