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Here is a list of last mile delivery companies and startups fighting to ship...
UPS and FedEx have dominated the US logistics industry — in particular, the last mile of delivery, where a courier brings a customer their order. FedEx estimates that more than 95% of all e-commerce...
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Walmart's $3.3 billion acquisition of Jet.com is still the foundation on...
Walmart bought hot e-commerce startup Jet.com in a $3.3 billion deal in 2016.Now, Walmart is folding all Jet employees in to the rest of its e-commerce operations, while retaining the Jet brand.While...
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The most successful acquisitions happen when the startup CEO becomes an exec...
When founding CEOs sell their company, some are thrilled, from a financial and emotional perspective. Others are not.There are a few different outcomes for CEOs after an acquisition: they might leave...
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Top leaders are leaving Walmart's Jet, and some employees are growing...
Several top leaders have departed the Walmart-owned site Jet this year, including at least eight vice presidents and five senior directors, according to LinkedIn data.Some employees say the departures...
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Efficiency-obsessed tech firms are sticking newsletters on toilet stall walls...
Silicon Valley firms are putting internal employee newsletters on the walls of bathrooms stalls to reach workers while they poop.Google pioneered the practice, and Facebook, Yelp, Jet.com, Group Nine...
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Walmart is ending Jet's fresh-food delivery business in New York City just...
Walmart's e-commerce outfit Jet is nixing its fresh-food grocery delivery service in New York City.Bloomberg's Matthew Boyle was first to report that the Walmart-owned subsidiary is ceasing its...
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Venture capitalists reveal the startups that changed everything in the last...
It's been an eventful decade in the startup world. The rise of smartphones, online marketplaces, the sharing economy, and cheap access to the cloud have enabled entirely new business models — some more...
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Amazon just signed a lease on a huge NYC warehouse used by one-time rival...
Amazon is leasing a large warehouse space in the South Bronx that, until recently, had been occupied by its one-time rival Jet.com.The deal is the latest large space Amazon has added in or around the...
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Walmart's e-commerce head successfully sold 3 startups including Quidsi and...
Summary List PlacementE-commerce has been a growing priority for Walmart in recent years, as most recently evidenced by the recent launch of Walmart Plus, its membership program that many view as a...
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Walmart's star e-commerce exec Marc Lore is leaving the retail giant to build...
Summary List PlacementThe man that revolutionized Walmart's e-commerce arm is leaving the company.Marc Lore, the president and CEO of Walmart eCommerce US, told Recode he will leave Walmart at the end...
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The cofounder of Jet.com is taking what he learned from Amazon and Walmart...
Summary List PlacementJet.com cofounder Nate Faust is back with a new e-commerce startup.And this time, he's got an eye on sustainability with his new company Olive. Using the startup's online...
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Mission statements should create a vision of what a startup does — and what...
Summary List PlacementStaffers and product lineups may come and go, but a company's mission and values last throughout its lifetime, said Sumaiya Balbale, Sequoia Capital's chief marketing...
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