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US company’s expanding warehouse ambitions puts it head to head with Instacart
Company lays groundwork for future listing after cutting valuation to $24bn in rocky tech market
The delivery service is keen to diversify revenue as it competes against well-financed competitors
Company embarks on ‘new trajectory’ with grocery retailers as it seeks to fend off fierce competition
Cause for caution as many companies heading for markets are not concentrated in areas known for high margins
Fidji Simo, who ran Facebook’s main app, will head grocery app as Instacart founder Apoorva Mehta becomes executive chair
US grocery delivery app says it will use proceeds of $265m round to increase corporate headcount
US grocery delivery company currently uses more than 500,000 gig workers to fulfil online orders
US grocery delivery company has interviewed investment banks over listing that could come in first half of 2021
Grocery delivery app Cornershop stole intellectual property, lawsuit claims
Grocery delivery group raises $225m from Yuri Milner’s DST Global, General Catalyst and others
Many staff have no option but to continue heading to warehouses, factories and supermarkets
Start-up must fix fractious relationship with its workers to capitalise on demand surge
Uber, Lyft, Doordash and others offer benefits to keep business going
Users of Instacart and Postmates given option to instruct drivers to leave deliveries on doorstep
Chains look in hope to automated warehouses, same-day delivery and click-and-collect
Retail has been a hard industry to dominate — but digital is different
German discounter bolsters its tech resources for looming online grocery fight
Grocery delivery start-up valued at $3.4bn while other newcomers have struggled
Latest trends and developments in the world of retail
Companies that deliver a truly new service have a strong future
Packing and shipping app is latest in a growing number of start-ups to shift approach
Sharing economy app risks higher costs in reclassifying workers to improve service quality
California ruling on a single driver’s status could prove a complication for other companies
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