Google Adds “Order Delivery” Button, Will Late Adopters Follow?
Google has added an “Order Delivery” button allowing customers to summon meals from their favorite restaurants, which can be delivered through Postmates, DoorDash, Delivery.com, Slice and ChowNow. The company says more delivery providers will be added soon. By...
New DoorDash Funding Values Company at $12.6 Billion
In a pre-holiday announcement, DoorDash announced another round of investor cash bringing its total haul to more than $2 billion and the company’s valuation to an incredible $12.6 billion. The San Francisco-based company, founded by CEO Tony Xu, announced the...
In Delivery Watch, Here Comes Amazon
It’s been clear that Amazon has its hungry eyes on the meal-delivery space, but it’s now making its big move with word that Seattle’s deliver-everything giant led a $575 million financing round in London-based Deliveroo, one of Europe’s largest third-party delivery...
Ford, Agility Pair Delivery Robots with Self-Driving Cars
Ford Motor Company is partnering with a robot manufacturer to pair its self-driving cars with advanced, humanlike robots to bring packages right to the front door of anxiously waiting customers. Its new partnership with Agility Robotics is focused on new ways of...Consumer Interest Trends Toward Services Delivered
Last week, research firm AlixPartners put out an interesting look on where the delivery world goes next, and one key part of the next delivery phase looks like it may be coming fast. According to that survey, the U.S. delivery market is in the middle of “Wave 2,”...
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