#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Amazon announced Wednesday that it has developed an advanced AI model for its Just Walk Out checkout technology that makes the system mor...

#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WOODLAND HILLS, California — When Amazon Fresh launched in 2020, all the focus seemed to be on technology like its Dash Carts, Ask Alexa terminals and J...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Online grocery sales totaled $8.4 billion in January, a 1.2% drop compared with the same month last year, according to the latest monthly e-commerce report from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus. Mass merchants continue...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Instacart announced on Monday a suite of connected technologies, including scan-and-go checkout and electronic shelf labels, that extends the e-commerce company’s digital footprint into in-store shopping.  The firm’s...

#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Gopuff plans to lay off 10% of its global workforce and close dozens of dark stores as it grapples with a challenging market and leveling e-commerce dem...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Instant delivery firm Gopuff is eliminating 3% of its global workforce of around 15,000 employees, according to reports in Bloomberg and The Information. A spokesperson for Gopuff confirmed the news on Thursday. The ...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Instacart has slashed its valuation by nearly 40%, to around $24 billion, the company said on Thursday. It had posted a $39 billion valuation last year. The move comes amid slowing growth on Instacart's marketplace a...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: DoorDash now lists Target's grocery assortment as a delivery option in numerous major markets, according to listings on the delivery app's platform.  The listing is part of a strategy known as "ninja shopping," in wh...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Gopuff announced on Thursday that it has named former Booking.com executive Bryan Batista to lead its international business strategy. As the company’s senior vice president of international, Batista will help drive ...

#SmallBusiness In a rapidly expanding instant-needs delivery space where speed is key, there's arguably no company that's moving faster than Gopuff. In addition to lighting up dozens of new markets in the U.S., this year the company made severa...