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Analysis: Go is Amazon’s Latest Attempt To Control The Consumer Meal Journey

On Monday, Amazon’s store of the future finally opened its doors to the public. By now you’ve probably read about how weird it feels to simply walk in, pick up stuff […]

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Uber Eats’ Move Adds to a Noisy, Competitive Delivery Market.

The food delivery business has suddenly shifted from being about consumer convenience to a battle of market competitors more focused on profits and flattening the value chain than providing options. […]

Aisle Ahead Buys BigOven to Assemble Shoppable Recipes

VIC LLC., announced today that it has purchased recipe app BigOven, and rebranded as Aisle Ahead. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the purchase helps Aisle Ahead become […]

The Founder of Reviewed.com Wants To Reinvent Cooking With This Robot Cooking Appliance

A hypothetical question: What do you do for a second act after spending a good chunk of your teens and twenties building one of the leading product review sites in […]

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Review: Amazon Go is so Good it’s Completely Forgettable

Pete Davidson plays a recurring character on Saturday Night Live named Chad. The joke is that when presented with extraordinary circumstances, Chad just nonchalantly replies “OK!” Nothing phases him. That’s […]

Cafe-X Opens a Second Robot Coffee Shop in San Francisco

While throngs of people lined up on Tuesday in Seattle to get into Amazon’s store of the future, about 800 miles south Cafe-X was busy marching forward with its plan […]

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Apple HomePod is Almost Here, But Will You Get One for Your Kitchen?

HomePod, Apple’s long-awaited answer to Amazon Echo and Google Home Assistant, arrives on February 9, with orders starting this Friday. But given HomePod’s high price, heavy emphasis on music fidelity, […]

Selling Snacks to Add Revenue for Rideshare Drivers and Airbnb Hosts

There was a strong ethos of community when startups like Lyft and Airbnb helped kickstart the “sharing economy.” Lyft had passengers sit in the front seat and fistbump their drivers, […]

No End in Sight for Innovation in the World of Food Delivery

Commerce’s path, from mall-based retail foot traffic to the ‘90s bloated iteration of digital shopping leading to Amazon’s far-reaching store-to-door tentacles, may appear to have taken a circumventurous route. The […]