Instacart has expanded its alcohol delivery to now be available in 14 states and Washington D.C. from nearly 100 different retailers. With the roll-out, Instacart alcohol delivery is currently available to 40 million homes in the U.S. and the number of alcohol deliveries on the platform has more than doubled since the same time last […]
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Amazon reportedly nixes its price parity requirement for third-party sellers in the U.S.
Amazon will stop forbidding third-party merchants who list on its e-commerce platform in the United States from selling the same products on other sites for lower prices, reports Axios. The company’s decision to end its price parity provision comes three months after Sen. Richard Blumenthal urged the Department of Justice to open an antitrust investigation […]
View More Amazon reportedly nixes its price parity requirement for third-party sellers in the U.S.Tesla u-turns on store strategy, will keep half of showrooms open… and hike prices by 3%
It wouldn’t be Tesla if it didn’t keep us guessing a little… Electric car company Tesla announced that it is making a u-turn of sorts with its sales strategy. After saying at the end of February that it would close down nearly all of its 200-odd retail stores to sell its cars online-only in an […]
View More Tesla u-turns on store strategy, will keep half of showrooms open… and hike prices by 3%Josh Brown, hair colorist to the stars, gets $6.5M led by Index in its latest D2C bet
In the age of Amazon, where up to 90 percent of all consumers use it to buy goods and Amazon is accounting for a rapidly-growing percentage of a consumer’s total retail spend (along with other giants like Walmart), direct-to-consumer brands — leveraging social media alongside tech-first apps — are emerging as sometimes surprising, but often effective, […]
View More Josh Brown, hair colorist to the stars, gets $6.5M led by Index in its latest D2C betWhy Warriors’ Andre Iguodala joined African unicorn Jumia’s board of directors
Andre Iguodala, a key member of the Golden State Warriors basketball team, is no stranger to the tech industry. He’s invested in Tristan Walker’s Walker & Company, which has since been acquired by Procter & Gamble, electric scooter startup Lime and many others. Now, he’s joined the board of directors over at Jumia, an African e-commerce […]
View More Why Warriors’ Andre Iguodala joined African unicorn Jumia’s board of directorsFunerals are tough. Ever Loved helps you pay for them
Alison Johnston didn’t plan to build a startup around death. An early employee at Q&A app Aardvark that was bought by Google, she’d founded tutoring app InstaEDU and sold it to Chegg. She made mass market consumer products. But then, “I had a family member who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I thought about […]
View More Funerals are tough. Ever Loved helps you pay for themHooch moves beyond subscription drinks, with rewards for travel, dining and more
When we first wrote about Hooch, it offered a fun, straightforward deal — for $9.99 per month, you could claim one free drink per day from participating bars and restaurants. Since then, the company launched Hooch Black, a pricier subscription that includes perks like hotel discounts and concierge service. But even then, co-founder and CEO […]
View More Hooch moves beyond subscription drinks, with rewards for travel, dining and moreSoftBank launches the Innovation Fund, committing $2B to invest in Latin America
While SoftBank continues to make big bets on startups out of its $100-billion Vision Fund, it has also launched another investment vehicle to invest in tech opportunities specifically in Latin America. Today the group announced the SoftBank Innovation Fund, which is starting out with a $2 billion commitment to invest in tech startups in Central […]
View More SoftBank launches the Innovation Fund, committing $2B to invest in Latin AmericaPersonalized wine? This Milwaukee company just raised $8.5 million to prove it’s the future
Wine buying is daunting for most people, whether it’s online or off a menu or in an aisle filled with so many brands that it’s hard not to buy the same products time after time, just to stay sane. Therein lies the opportunity for Bright Cellars, a nearly four-year-old, 40-person Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based startup that sells […]
View More Personalized wine? This Milwaukee company just raised $8.5 million to prove it’s the futureSea is raising up to $1.5B for its Shopee e-commerce business in Southeast Asia
Alibaba is about to get a jolt from its largest rival in Southeast Asia. Sea, the Nasdaq-listed business, is raising as much as $1.5 billion from a new share offering that’s sure to be funneled into its Shopee e-commerce business. Singapore-based Sea said in a filing that it plans to offer 60 million American Depositary […]
View More Sea is raising up to $1.5B for its Shopee e-commerce business in Southeast AsiaSam’s Club to test new Scan & Go system that uses computer vision instead of barcodes
In October, Walmart-owned Sam’s Club opened a test store in Dallas where it planned to trial new technology including mobile checkout, an Amazon Go-like camera system, in-store navigation wayfinding technology, electronic shelf labels, and more. This morning, the retailer announced it will now begin testing a revamped Scan & Go service as well, which leverages […]
View More Sam’s Club to test new Scan & Go system that uses computer vision instead of barcodesWSJ: Amazon to open new U.S. grocery chain separate from Whole Foods
A report from The Wall St. Journal today claims Amazon is preparing to open a new chain of grocery stores across the U.S. that won’t be associated with Whole Foods. The retailer is expected to open the first of these stores in L.A., possibly by the end of 2019, and has signed leases for at […]
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