Cheaper Bananas and Wi-Fi Avocados
Amazon is now the proud owner of Whole Foods and, as promised, prices have already been cut, from a minimum of 6% to a max of a stunning 43% (
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Walmart isn't idling and has announced a partnership that will enable voice shopping through Google Assistant, the virtual assistant living on devices like its smart speaker, Google Home. Sounds like too little too late? You got to work with what you've got, there's always the chance that a coalition of seconds will irritate the perennial first.
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BlaBlaCar made the deal of a lifetime and is now integrated on Google Maps among the transportation options.
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Uber seems to have found a new CEO: Expedia's Dara Khosrowshahi and he might be forced to divest his shares in freight startup Convoy due to conflict of interest with competing service Uber Freight.
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Do Logisticians Dream of Autonomous Sheep?
Indian startup Delhivery, which is $138 million strong, is working on a "routing proprietary software that picks up the correct address in case someone has given a wrong pin code or character. This software - named 'ADFIX' - does not depend on just a single character, but checks the whole address".
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German ecommerce logistics startup Seven Senders, which connects online stores with delivery carriers around Europe, has raised €6.5 million in Series A funding.
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Logistics provider Hermes has opened an automated parcel distribution hub in the United Kingdom, which is said to be the biggest in the country. The hub has the capability to process over one million parcels per day.
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An Ohio closed mall will get a second life thanks to Amazon and be transformed into a warehouse. Will this become a major trend in the #mallapocalypse? Good news: new jobs will be created. So-so news: warehouses are not as depressing as dead malls but not exactly a cheerful sight.
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#AGameOfDrones
Online marketplace Aha has tapped the services of Israeli drone company Flytrex to roll out an on-demand food delivery service in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik. They deliver sushi, which in Iceland preserves itself longer, but I'd still go for a warm stew.
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Ford and Domino’s are teaming up on a research trial that will see Ford cars equipped with self-driving tech delivering pizzas to regular consumers.
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Funny Deliveries
