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Delivery.com And Foursquare Integrate To Improve Local Food Ordering

The integration, facilitated by the mobile commerce platform Button, provides new consumer experiences for millions of delivery.com and Foursquare users in cities all across the country.

Why Amazon’s Move Into Hauling Doesn’t Concern Some Carriers

On Tuesday, two of the largest U.S. trucking companies brushed off the potential threat from the e-commerce giant saying there was plenty of freight to go around.

Starbucks Tests Home Delivery In Seattle With Postmates

Starbucks is collaborating with leading on-demand delivery service Postmates for a pilot program, where customers can have Starbucks food or beverages delivered to them within designated areas in Seattle.

Starbucks has partnered with Postmates to deliver food and beverages to customers in Seattle, Wash.

E-Commerce Solutions

E-Commerce Gives Online Shipping Carriers An Edge As Holidays Approach; Railroads, Ocean Vessels And Truckers Sales Fall

Physical retailers are sitting on near record-high inventories as consumer spending hasn’t yet caught up with hopes of a surge stoked by low gasoline prices.

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Uber Launches UberRUSH For Businesses In NYC, Chicago And San Francisco

With help from business platform partners Shopify, Clover, ChowNow, Bigcommerce and BloomNet as well as local on-demand ordering platforms like delivery.com, businesses can integrate on-demand delivery into their businesses.

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Global Stock Market Rout Crimps Big Logistics Players

The slide underscores how much logistics companies stand to lose if global economic growth and trade continue to slow.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down 588 points, or 3.6 percent, at 15871, having briefly fallen over 1000 points.

Manufacturing & Processing

Give ‘Em What They Want: How to Win with New Delivery Options

We quickly found that giving consumers the ability to choose the specific delivery window was hugely popular

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Groupon Acquires Food Delivery Service OrderUp

OrderUp will continue to operate as a standalone brand with inventory cross promotion through Groupon’s marketplace and merchant pages.

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Taco Bell Launches Delivery Service With DoorDash

The delivery service will be available in over 90 cities and more than 200 restaurants throughout the Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco Bay Area and Dallas regions.

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7-Eleven Launches Home Delivery, Partners With Postmates

An assortment of 7‑Eleven’s products from hot foods and snacks to cold beverages and other convenience items is just a few taps away and will be delivered by Postmates to customers from select stores in San Francisco and Oakland in an hour or less.

Dicom Transportation Group Acquires Orbis Logistics

Dicom will integrate the Orbis service into its portfolio that includes expedited, regional parcel transportation, less-than-truckload (LTL), full-truckload (FTL), cross-border, and final mile network capabilities.

Campbell Soup Co. To Acquire Garden Fresh Gourmet For $231 M

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Garden Fresh Gourmet is the No. 1 branded refrigerated salsa in the U.S. and also makes hummus, dips and tortilla chips.

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