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  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Ecommerce
    DoorDash teams up with grocer Loblaw as ultrafast delivery rivalry heats up

    US company’s expanding warehouse ambitions puts it head to head with Instacart

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Grocery delivery app Instacart submits confidential filing to go public

    Company lays groundwork for future listing after cutting valuation to $24bn in rocky tech market

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    Lex
    Instacart: slashed valuation is not just the market’s fault Premium content

    The delivery service is keen to diversify revenue as it competes against well-financed competitors

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Instacart to build micro-warehouses in push to regain delivery edge

    Company embarks on ‘new trajectory’ with grocery retailers as it seeks to fend off fierce competition

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    LexIPOs
    Tech start-ups: record funding sets the stage for a busy year of IPOs Premium content

    Cause for caution as many companies heading for markets are not concentrated in areas known for high margins

  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    Senior Facebook executive leaves to become Instacart chief

    Fidji Simo, who ran Facebook’s main app, will head grocery app as Instacart founder Apoorva Mehta becomes executive chair

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Instacart valued at $39bn in funding round ahead of IPO

    US grocery delivery app says it will use proceeds of $265m round to increase corporate headcount

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Instacart exploring use of robot-driven warehouses

    US grocery delivery company currently uses more than 500,000 gig workers to fulfil online orders

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    IPOs
    Instacart consults with banks ahead of potential IPO

    US grocery delivery company has interviewed investment banks over listing that could come in first half of 2021

  • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Instacart sues Uber-owned rival alleging ‘brazen’ theft

    Grocery delivery app Cornershop stole intellectual property, lawsuit claims

  • Friday, 12 June, 2020
    Instacart valuation nearly doubles to $13.7bn

    Grocery delivery group raises $225m from Yuri Milner’s DST Global, General Catalyst and others

  • Saturday, 4 April, 2020
    News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
    The workers with no choice but to keep on with the job

    Many staff have no option but to continue heading to warehouses, factories and supermarkets

  • Thursday, 2 April, 2020
    Lex
    Instacart strike: hey, gig spender  Premium content

    Start-up must fix fractious relationship with its workers to capitalise on demand surge

  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
    Gig economy
    Gig economy tries to hold on to workers during shutdown

    Uber, Lyft, Doordash and others offer benefits to keep business going

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    US delivery companies offer contact-free service to ease coronavirus fears

    Users of Instacart and Postmates given option to instruct drivers to leave deliveries on doorstep

  • Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
    Instacart raises $600m in new funding round
  • Friday, 17 August, 2018
    News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
    US grocers scramble to compete online

    Chains look in hope to automated warehouses, same-day delivery and click-and-collect

  • Sunday, 20 August, 2017
    The FT ViewUS & Canadian companies
    Aldi and Instacart take on the might of Amazon

    Retail has been a hard industry to dominate — but digital is different

  • Monday, 14 August, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Aldi allies with Instacart to battle Amazon in the US

    German discounter bolsters its tech resources for looming online grocery fight

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    Instacart eyes US expansion after $400m fundraising

    Grocery delivery start-up valued at $3.4bn while other newcomers have struggled

  • Sunday, 6 December, 2015
    US & Canadian companies
    Retail companies focus on devices and services to deliver more business

    Latest trends and developments in the world of retail

  • Thursday, 2 July, 2015
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Sharing economy starts to go mainstream

    Companies that deliver a truly new service have a strong future

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2015
    US & Canadian companies
    ‘Sharing economy’ business Shyp changes contractors to employees

    Packing and shipping app is latest in a growing number of start-ups to shift approach

  • Monday, 22 June, 2015
    US & Canadian companies
    Instacart to turn shoppers into employees

    Sharing economy app risks higher costs in reclassifying workers to improve service quality

  • Friday, 19 June, 2015
    US & Canadian companies
    Uber driver case poses questions for ‘sharing economy’

    California ruling on a single driver’s status could prove a complication for other companies

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