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Amazon Prioritizes Medical Supplies, Staples for Delivery

18Mar By AdityaNo Comments

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Amazon Prioritizes Medical Supplies, Staples for Delivery

Amazon has made a priority of medical supplies and household staples, putting shipments of other goods on hold to focus on key items during the coronavirus outbreak. "We are seeing increased online shopping and as a result some products such as household staples and medical supplies are out of stock," the e-commerce titan said on Tuesday. "We are temporarily prioritizing household staples, medical supplies and other high-demand products coming into our fulfilment centres so we can more quickly receive, restock and ship these products to customers," it said. People hunkered down due to the deadly coronavirus have turned to Amazon for anything from toilet tissue to groceries and pet treats. "There's enormous pressure on Amazon to meet these increased expectations," said Technalys...

IKEA Hyderabad To Use Electric Rickshaw for Home Delivery

13Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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IKEA Hyderabad To Use Electric Rickshaw for Home Delivery

The Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA, which recently inaugurated its operations in Hyderabad, has announced that the company will soon be using electric rickshaws for the purpose of home delivery of its products. IKEA is one of the largest furniture retailers in the world. The company designs and sells off ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances and home accessories. The store in Hyderabad provides 7,500 products including 1,000 products priced below Rs 200. It has been reported that at least 20 percent of the company’s delivery system will work on electric rickshaws in the initial phase. The electric vehicle will be charged at the store that uses 4,000 solar panels installed on the building's roof. Apart from the electricity used for charging the e-rickshaws, a part of...

Kishore Biyani’s Future Group to Start Door-to-Door Milk Delivery

7Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

BUSINESS

Kishore Biyani’s Future Group to Start Door-to-Door Milk Delivery

The Mumbai-based, Kishore Biyani owned ‘Future Group’ soon plans to begin the door-to-door delivery of dairy products like milk, eggs and bread every morning to its customers. The service will be inaugurated in the coming two weeks in the metro cities as of now, but will surely reach to other cities later. The milk delivery services have been recently observing a boost in the e-commerce sector and by the investors. The Future Group led milk delivery service can be availed simply by placing an order through a mobile app called Easyday, and the outlets will deliver the specified products within 2-3 km radius. The retail group also provides the customers with a membership-based Easyday Club where they can register at Rs 999 per year and can enjoy offers on purchases for about 10% discou...

Swiggy Launches ‘Swiggy Access’ For Restaurant Partners

14Nov By AnkitaNo Comments

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Swiggy Launches ‘Swiggy Access’ For Restaurant Partners

Online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy today announced the launch of Swiggy Access, an initiative to bring quality food closer to consumers while enabling business expansion for its restaurant partners. For the restaurant partners, these ready-to-occupy kitchens will offer them a basic setup with the required amenities. No rent or deposit will be charged for the premises, Swiggy said in a statement. Commenting on the initiative, Swiggy CEO Sriharsha Majety said,"With Swiggy Access, we are diversifying local palettes, bridging geographical gaps in supply and solving for variety, quality and convenience of food." It is another step towards giving the consumers what they come to Swiggy for - great variety, delivered at a lightning fast speed, he added. "At the same time, it will...

22Apr By reutersNo Comments

INDIA

India Plans Home Delivery of Petroleum Products

India is considering a plan for home delivery of petroleum products to consumers if they make a pre-booking to cut long queues at fuel stations, the oil ministry tweeted on Friday. About 350 million people come to fuel stations every day, it said. Annually 25 billion rupees (USD 387.00 million) worth of transactions takes place at fuel stations. India, the world's third biggest oil consumer, will be introducing daily price revision of petrol and diesel in five cities from May 1, ahead of a nation-wide roll out of the plan. “Options being explored where petro products may be door delivered to consumers on pre booking” @dpradhanbjp (1/2) — Petroleum Ministry (@PetroleumMin) April 21, 2017 “This would help consumers avoid spending excessive time and long queues at fuel stations...