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Amazon has debuted new 1- and 3-hour delivery speeds.

Amazon Takes on ‘Supercenters’ with 1- and 3-Hour Delivery

Amazon continues to ramp up its delivery speeds with the introduction of new 1-hour and 3-hour delivery options…

News March 17
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Where Amazon and Walmart Are Looking Next: Even Faster Delivery, Healthcare and AI, Of Course

Earlier this week we dissected the similarities and differences between Amazon’s “Why” approach to innovation and Walmart’s “And”…

Features May 29
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China's Missfresh is making rapid delivery financially viable.

How China’s Missfresh Makes Rapid Grocery Delivery Pay

The profit margin at grocery has always been razor-thin, and now, with online grocery growing in popularity, retailers…

Features June 6
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‘Fast Delivery is Table Stakes’: Foxtrot CEO on Standing Out in the Crowded Digital C-Store Space

Rapid delivery services are changing the convenience store landscape by adding even more options for hungry shoppers to…

Features April 26
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Dada Group and JD.com make a splash at 415 on-demand shopping festival in China

China’s Dada Group Teams Up with JD.com for Annual 415 On-Demand Shopping Festival

Chinese on-demand delivery platform Dada Group is beefing up its 415 Intra-City Shopping Festival, a sales event focused…

News April 8
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Instacart rolls out new suite of tools for online grocery.

Instacart Looks Beyond Delivery with Suite of Tools to Support Grocery’s Digital Transformation

Instacart already powers the ecommerce and fulfillment experience for hundreds of retailers across North America. Now the online grocery…

News March 24
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7-Eleven Debuts Subscription Service Offering Free Delivery

7-Eleven has joined a growing roster of grocery and convenience chains offering subscription delivery with the debut of…

News January 19
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Convenience Increasingly Trumping Cost on Online Shoppers’ Priority List

Offering items at a lower price than competitors was once an almost guaranteed method of increasing online conversion…

Features April 16
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