Having overtaken e-commerce behemoth Alibaba on the active buyers front, Pinduoduo’s looking upstream at alt-protein and logistics tech, its sustainability head tells AFN.
Uber is set to announce its Q1 results this week as it continues the hunt for profitability by focusing on its core businesses: transport and food delivery.
Rakuten, Japan’s top e-commerce company, entered into a strategic alliance with Walmart in 2018 which saw the pair launch the country’s leading e-grocery service.
Spain’s Glovo and Turkey’s Getir are both targeting the boom in demand for so-called ‘q-commerce’ – ultra-quick, 30-minute-max delivery of groceries purchased online.
The UK firm is buying two US startups, with CEO Tim Steiner seeing “significant opportunities” in robotic manipulation solutions for online retail and logistics.
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