I used bots to work for Instacart. You need one to make the job worthwhile

businessinsider.com Bots that accept high-paying orders and spoof your location are key to working for Instacart, one shopper says. Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty…

D1 Capital hikes its bet on this entertainment stock by more than 400%, shifts Big Tech holdings

cnbc.com Dan Sundheim's D1 Capital Partners raised its stake by more than 400% in a live entertainment stock during the first quarter, while reallocating funds across major…

Uber Integrates Social Commerce Into Marketplace as Shoppers Seek Peer Recommendations

pymnts.com As consumers increasingly look for guidance from trusted friends and content creators to inform their shopping, Uber is integrating a social element into its Eats platform.…

Inside the relationship of billionaire venture capitalist Josh Kushner and model Karlie Kloss, the power couple with unconventional ties to Trump

aol.com May 17, 2024 at 9:18 AM • None Billionaire entrepreneur Josh Kushner is married to supermodel and coding advocate Karlie Kloss. • None Kushner's brother is Jared Kushner,…

Foxtrot grocery store bankruptcy: How laws work against small creditors, contractors

slate.com Foxtrot employees arrived at work on April 23 to find out they’d be laid off en masse. They were ordered to lock up the stores and kick customers out. At many of the…

5 travel stocks and ETFs to watch as summer travel heats up

aol.com From airlines and hotel chains to online booking platforms and cruise lines, the travel industry offers investment opportunities as compelling as those in other industries,…

Costco offers members more product deals if they know where to go

thestreet.com Costco can't be called a digital pioneer. In fact, its website, while much improved in recent years, has never been a major focus for the chain. That's because spending…

GrubMarket buys Butter to give its food distribution tech an AI boost

techcrunch.com Much of how people buy food has moved online — restaurants often replace menus with QR codes that let you order with your smartphones, and grocery shopping has been…

Uber CEO Unveils Plan to Make Rides Cheaper, Reveals Own Uber Rating, and Launches "Party Bus"

dcs.megaphone.fm Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins Morning Brew Daily for an exclusive interview where he discusses Uber's focus on affordability, which includes scheduling UberX Shares and…

Uber wants to conquer the suburbs and it's starting with Costco

aol.com None Uber is offering new perks for Costco lovers as it looks to expand into the suburbs. • None Members and non-members can now shop Costco on Uber Eats for delivery of…

Actor and model Angie Harmon is suing Instacart and a former shopper who killed her dog

fortune.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Actor Angie Harmon has filed a lawsuit against Instacart and one of its former shoppers who fatally shot her dog in March while delivering groceries at her…

Wall Street Favorites: 7 Stocks With Strong Buy Ratings for May 2024

investorplace.com These companies have earned the respect and admiration of Wall Street If you’re on the hunt for stocks to buy this month, look no further. We’re close to the end of…

Uber Eats rolls out delivery with Costco and a membership is not required

axios.com Uber rolled out a new menu of ride options Wednesday, from an "Uber Shuttle" to the airport or a concert to "Uber Caregiver," which lets you book rides that may be covered…

Angie Harmon is suing an Instacart shopper who shot and killed her dog, Oliver

apnews.com Actor Angie Harmon has filed a lawsuit against Instacart and one of its former shoppers who fatally shot her dog in March while delivering groceries at her North Carolina…

Angie Harmon Sues Instacart and App’s Deliveryman Who Allegedly Killed Her Dog

hollywoodreporter.com Angie Harmon has sued Instacart and grocery deliveryman Christopher Anthoney Reid after Reid allegedly shot and killed her dog Oliver on March 30. In a lawsuit filed last…

I tried Target's new paid membership program. I see how some shoppers could save hundreds of dollars using it, but I thought it was a waste

businessinsider.com As someone who shops at the store twice a week, I was excited to try Target's new paid membership program. Jamie Killin I tried the Target Circle 360 membership, which gives…

Las nuevas alianzas de Kohl’s con Babies R Us e Instacart parecen un déjà vu

digiday.com Suscríbete al newsletter de Digiday en Español aquí para recibir las últimas noticias sobre el sector de marcas y la industria del marketing. Esta historia fue reportada por…

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says he will leave the startup

cnbc.com US entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and founder and CEO of artificial intelligence company OpenAI, and the company's co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, speak…

Hackers really, really like trying to take over your food delivery apps

businessinsider.com Customer accounts for food delivery apps are a prime target for hackers, according to new data. AP Photo / AJ Reynolds One-fifth of food delivery accounts have been targets…

Uber Pays $950 Million for Delivery Hero’s Taiwan Foodpanda Business

pymnts.com Uber is acquiring Delivery Hero’s foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan for $950 million. The deal, announced Tuesday (May 14), is expected to close in the first half of…

Jim Cramer checks in on the gig economy

youtube.com 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer takes a closer look at gig economy companies including Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and DoorDash.

Cramer's gig economy roundup: Where he stands on Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart

cnbc.com CNBC's Jim Cramer on Monday provided his take on four major stocks in the gig economy sector: Uber , Lyft , DoorDash and Instacart parent Maplebear . "After hearing from all…

Scammers are using delivery apps like Instacart to swindle customers and delivery workers out of money

businessinsider.com A scam involves replacing items in an Instacart order with gift cards. Boston Globe/Getty Images A scam is leaving Instacart shoppers or customers on the hook for gift cards…

Sally Beauty: High-Income Consumers Splurge, but Low-Income Shoppers Still Cautious

pymnts.com As middle- and high-income consumers return to treating themselves to nice-to-haves, such as new personal care products and services, Sally Beauty is seeing low-income…

Uber Continues To Enjoy Robust Demand But Legal Bills Take A Toll On Its Bottom Line

benzinga.com On Tuesday, Uber Technologies Inc UBER posted a mixed first quarter report. Although Uber slightly surpassed revenue estimates, it posted an unexpected loss. For the three…

Online Merchants Grapple With Surge in Sophisticated Counterfeit Goods Scheme

pymnts.com The internet has been both a blessing and a curse to society and commerce alike. And with the news Wednesday (May 8) that a criminal network of over 75,000 fake eCommerce…

Uber's network effect continues to strengthen: Analyst

finance.yahoo.com shares are dropping after the rideshare company's first quarter results saw gross bookings fall below Wall Street estimates. WestEnd Capital Management Senior Equity Analyst…

Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday

cnbc.com My top 10 things to watch Thursday, May 9 1. Airbnb throws cold water on this quarter even as it raves about the next one. The vacation rental company reported first-quarter…

Futures Fall Ahead Of Jobless Claims

investors.com Dow Jones futures and the other major stock indexes dropped Thursday after a big jump in the Labor Department's weekly initial unemployment claims. Meanwhile, artificial…

Reality Dawns? Initial Jobless Claims Suddenly Spike To Highest In 9 Months

zerohedge.com Reality Dawns? Initial Jobless Claims Suddenly Spike To Highest In 9 Months With WARNs high, payrolls slowing, JOLTS data tumbling - led by construction jobs collapsing, and…

Futures: 11 Earnings Movers After Five Stocks Flash Buy Signals

investors.com Dow Jones futures fell slightly early Thursday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Arm Holdings (ARM), Duolingo (DUOL), AppLovin (APP) and Robinhood Markets…

Instacart Taps Uber Vet for CFO Job as Revenue Beats Estimates

finance.yahoo.com Instacart elevated a former Uber Technologies Inc. veteran to chief financial officer, replacing Nick Giovanni who is retiring. The grocery delivery company also reported…

Seattle's gig worker wage law is just four months old. Now a proposed overhaul could result in pay cuts

businessinsider.com Gig delivery workers in Seattle could get paid at a lower rate under proposed changes to the city's new pay law. AP Photo/David Zalubowski Seattle's city council is…

CMO Strategies: Advertisers weigh success metrics and challenges on ad-supported streaming platforms

digiday.com This article is part of a special research series on where CMOs are investing. More from the series → This is the fifth and final installment in Digiday’s multi-part series…

Instacart: Grocery Shoppers Ditch Merchants That Don’t Offer Smart Carts

pymnts.com Instacart is seeing in-store technologies impact grocery shoppers’ spending and loyalty. The aggregator’s CEO, Fidji Simo, noted in a letter shared with investors Wednesday…

Instacart names Uber veteran its new CFO, as results top estimates

marketwatch.com Maplebear Inc. — the grocery-delivery platform better known as Instacart — said Wednesday that its chief financial officer had resigned, effective immediately, and appointed…

Uber Stock Skids Lower On Q1 Bookings Miss, Unexpected Loss

investors.com on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings with an unexpected net loss and revenue slightly ahead of views. Uber stock slid as the ride-hailing and food-delivery company…

Earnings Point to Different Routes for Lyft and Uber

pymnts.com Uber and Lyft bring to mind the oft-quoted Robert Frost poem. You know the one — about two roads that diverged. The rest of the poem is about the woods, the path not taken ……

Instacart partners with Uber Eats to offer restaurant deliveries

apnews.com Grocery delivery company is partnering with Uber Eats to offer a new perk to its customers: . San Francisco-based Instacart said Tuesday that its U.S. shoppers will see a…

Aggregators Supercharge Food Industries’ Digital Transformation in Connected Economy

pymnts.com The connected economy is making strides via a partnership between Uber Eats and Instacart. The two companies announced Tuesday (May 7) that in the coming weeks, Instacart…

Uber promises member exclusives as Uber One passes $1B run-rate

techcrunch.com Uber plans to deliver more perks to Uber One members, like member-exclusive events, in a bid to gain more revenue through subscriptions. “You will see more member-exclusives…

FTX to repay most customers in full, plus interest

thestreet.com TheStreet’s Conway Gittens brings the latest business headlines from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as markets open for trading Wednesday, May 8. Related: Kevin…

TikTok Sues to Block US Ban & Is the New iPad Worth It?

dcs.megaphone.fm Episode 318: Neal and Toby chat about TikTok’s fight to stay alive by suing the US government for its attempt to ban or force sale the popular social media app. Then, Apple…

Uber and Instacart formed an unlikely partnership that will allow customers to order Uber Eats restaurant food through the Instacart app

wsj.com Uber and Instacart formed an unlikely partnership that will allow customers to order Uber Eats restaurant food through the Instacart app.

Future of TV Briefing: Upfront ad sellers prep performance-based pitches to address ad buyers’ ROI obsession

digiday.com This Future of TV Briefing covers the latest in streaming and TV for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series →…

Reddit has big plans for search ads and a mixed feed as it adjusts to life as a public company

digiday.com Reddit is now treading the well-worn path of many platforms before it: the quest to gather a large enough user base to attract brands without alienating its core audience.…

BigCommerce Unveils B2B Version of Buyer Portal

pymnts.com BigCommerce has debuted the business-to-business (B2B) edition of its Open Source Buyer Portal platform. The new offering gives “enterprise manufacturers, distributors,…

Uber Stock: Instacart Teams Up With Uber. DoorDash Stock Falls

investors.com said Tuesday that it will team up with Instacart (CART) to add restaurant meals to Instacart's grocery delivery app. In early trading, the announcement played as good news…

Instacart expanding into restaurant takeout

thehill.com Grocery delivery service Instacart is expanding into restaurant takeout, it said in a press release Tuesday. Instacart is partnering with Uber Eats, the restaurant delivery…

Uber Eats to Power Restaurant Delivery on Instacart

investor.uber.com Partnership gives Instacart customers easy access to food delivery from hundreds of thousands of Uber Eats restaurant partners across the U.S. Instacart+ members now get…

Microsoft Layoffs 2024: What to Know About the Latest Bethesda Job Cuts

investorplace.com The Microsoft layoffs are hitting four Bethesda studios Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) layoffs are a hot topic as the tech giant has just announced a new round of job cuts…

Instacart-Uber Deal: What to Know as Instacart Enters Restaurant Delivery Business

investorplace.com The Instacart-Uber deal starts in the coming weeks A new deal between Instacart (NASDAQ:CART) and Uber (NYSE:UBER) that covers restaurant deliveries has investors excited on…

NBCU Strikes First-Party Data Deal With Instacart

mediapost.com Looking to ramp up performance-based advertising efforts for better business outcomes, NBCUniversal has started a new retail media partnership with Instacart to help…

From Groceries To Gourmet: Instacart And Uber Eats Serve Up Convenience With New Collaboration

benzinga.com Maplebear Inc. CART and Uber Technologies, Inc. UBER have unveiled a strategic collaboration, introducing Uber Eats restaurant delivery services to Instacart users. This…