Delipop bankruptcy: a warning for urban logistics start-ups? Europe Dissolved on July 30 by the Paris Commercial Court, the start-up Delipop, which pooled pedestrian drive-through pickups for several food retailers such as Carrefour and Intermarché via automated lockers, had not found economic stability. This is a strong warning about limitations of automated click & collect solutions in the face of the rise of individual lockers promoted by Mondial Relay, Vinted Go, and others.
In Saudi Arabia, Chinese platforms JD.com and Meituan are battling in the delivery market Africa, Middle East After 5 months of wrangling in China, JD.com and Meituan are battling for the Middle East food delivery market. On June 18, JD.com (2024 revenue: $158.8 billion,…
Faced with customs duties, free delivery is on the decline in the U.S.A Americas In order to offset additional costs associated with customs duties (10% for most countries and 30% for China), U.S. retailers are beginning to tighten delivery policies.…
Portugal: a Glovo delivery rider recognised as an employee by the Supreme Court In a ruling on May 28, the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal reclassified the relationship between an independent food delivery rider and the Glovo platform as an employment relationship.…
Amazon decarbonises the last mile with public transport Europe To speed up delivery times with a low carbon footprint, Amazon is covering the last mile via high-speed train. In France, on May 14,…
Nicolas takes stock of 4 months of last mile deliveries with Woop Europe Although in 2024 e-commerce accounted for barely 2% of Nicolas's business, the wine retailer part of Castel group is taking stock of a new Delivery Management System after 4 months. The aim is to improve NPS and create more omnichannel synergies in a wine market in crisis.
Meituan and Ele.me force delivery drivers to rest Asia In China, Meituan, an e-commerce and express delivery platform, launched a “tiredness management” system to deal with long working hours of couriers.…
Delivery platforms: After Swiggy, India’s Zomato raises US$1 billion Asia With the Indian market of express delivery set to reach US$6 billion in 2024, the number of IPOs and capital raisings by delivery platforms is increasing. Following Swiggy and Zepto, Zomato announces a major fundraising and a strategic shift.
Free Delivery Hero prepares Talabat’s I.P.O. for Dubai Stock Exchange Africa, Middle East German delivery giant Delivery Hero (GMV of US$51.2 billion in 2023, up by 5.7% in 70 countries) is aiming for US$1.5 billion when Talabat,…
Auchan Retail wants to cut 1,000 jobs in French stores Europe While Auchan Retail is negotiating the sale of the Russian stores, the company is also due to rationalise French assets. To accompany the reduction in retail space, the group intends to cut 2,389 jobs, including almost 1,000 in stores.
