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Quick, quicker, quickest: The impatient Indian fires up an industry

Instant delivery firms diversify to high-end consumer durables & e-comm majors enter the space

UPS in talks with govt to make some parcel-tracking tags in India: Official

UPS began expanding its use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on packages about two years ago, helping its workers avoid millions of package scans per day

Reliance to challenge Blinkit, Swiggy, Zepto with quick commerce entry

Reliance's JioMart may begin offering deliveries within the next month, completing deliveries within 30 minutes

Cost, speed top priority for logistics sector: Last-mile trends report 2024

Cost and speed has now become the top priority of the firms engaged in logistics business for the last-mile delivery of goods and growth of the sector, a report has said. According to the Last-Mile Trends Report 2024, earlier the top priority was cost and satisfaction. "In last-mile delivery now top priority is cost and speed. The needle has shifted from cost and satisfaction to cost and speed," it said. The report was unveiled during 'The Last Mile Leaders Event" organised by technology platform FarEye in collaboration with Microsoft this week. Kushal Nahata, Co-founder and CEO of FarEye, said that within the next five years, autonomous drones will handle 30 per cent of urban deliveries, reducing delivery times and costs dramatically. The report was based on insights gathered from over 300 leaders across five continents, representing companies with a combined revenue exceeding USD 100 billion. Out of 300 participants, over 50 per cent stated that they deliver the goods same day/

iPhone, PS5 fly off shelves: Blinkit's big ticket profitability play

The quick-commerce platform has been experimenting with category expansion ranging from standard fresh food and groceries to high-value retail categories

Swiggy delivery agent caught on camera stealing shoes, company reacts

Swiggy reacts to a viral video where a delivery boy can be seen stealing Nike shoes outside a Gurugram flat. The company asked the complainant to contact the legal team or file a police complaint

EV-led delivery service firm Zypp Electric posts 3x revenue growth in FY24

Zypp Electric is now operationally profitable, the company claimed

Flipkart's dark-store dash for quick commerce takes the fast lane

Walmart-owned firm may set up thousands of them across major cities in next few months

Magicpin launches delivery service to enter logistics aggregation segment

The platform is currently witnessing an average of 5,000 orders per day

Over 40% cab drivers, delivery persons face violence at work: Survey

Nearly 47 per cent cab drivers and 41.5 per cent delivery persons face some form of violence at work with a majority of the latter demanding to discontinue the 10 minutes delivery policy, a survey report has revealed. Several companies offer discount and provide the order for free if the delivery is not made within 10 minutes of placing the order. In an incident in October last year, a pizza delivery man in Pune, Maharashtra, was assaulted and threatened by firing in the air by an angry customer due to late arrival of the pizza at his doorstep. According to the survey by a Delhi-based NGO, PAIGAM, 41.5 per cent of the respondents reported that they have faced violence at work. The survey studied responses from a sample size of 10,000 gig and app-based drivers, and delivery workers between April 2022 to 2023 across eight states, including Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Indore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The survey highlights the challenges faced by app-based drivers and gig

Just Eat forecasts 40% core profit jump, share decline by around 6%

Shares in Just Eat fell by more than 6% after its updated outlook matched market expectations, with one trader saying the lack of a new share buyback programme may disappoint investors

Uber may soon deliver prepaid packages to your doorstep from local stores

However, it would only allow delivery of packages value less than Rs 5,000 and weighing less than 5 kilograms

Blinkit introduces 'Single Mode' for solo shoppers ahead of Valentine's Day

New feature caters to both singles and couples with curated product selections and an on/off button to switch between the two

Walmart-owned Flipkart to roll out same-day delivery across India

Customers will receive their products before midnight if they place their orders by 1 pm. Order fulfilment will take place from Flipkart's warehouses located in various parts of the country

As demand for fast deliveries surge, industry struggles on EV transition

All of this comes with a hefty climate footprint. FedEx Corp., United Parcel Service Inc. and DHL Group

Ikea adds doorstep delivery facility in new markets, expects higher demand

Leading furniture retailer Ikea has introduced doorstep delivery facility in 62 new markets in India, and the company expects online demand to go up in the coming years, the company's India CEO Susanne Pulverer said. At present, Ikea India gets around 25 per cent of its sales through online channels. The company will soon launch its Shop By Phone assistance service, she said. This is part of the approach of the entire Ikea brand evolving towards an omnichannel approach globally, acknowledging the challenges of people having less time and the importance of convenience in their purchasing decisions, said Pulverer. "It (online sales) is around 25 per cent of our total turnover. We believe there is potential for further growth both in terms of market share and overall sales," Pulverer told PTI. The 62 new markets are spread across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana, which would be served from its nearby stores. The nature of Ikea business is such that customers seek

FMCG giants embrace real-time data exchange for quick commerce channels

FMCGs including Nestle, ITC, Parle Products, LT Foods, and Coca-Cola, are leveraging real-time data exchange and demand forecasting to prevent stock-outs on quick-commerce platforms

Online delivery in Gurugram next year, offline store in 2: IKEA India CEO

Pulverer said that IKEA is also working on increasing sourcing from India, which currently stands at 30%

XpressBees joins ONDC networks, expands services to 20,000 pin codes

XpressBees' technology-driven approach allows seamless integration with online marketplaces and retailers. This enhances the end-to-end customer experience

Focusing on speedy delivery this festival season: Amazon's Akhil Saxena

Akhil Saxena, vice president, operations, APAC, MENA and LATAM and worldwide customer service head, Amazon, is passionate about coaching people