Albertsons kicks off IPO
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Albertsons kicks off IPO

Albertsons will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “ACI.” The stock is expected to price between $18 and $20. Albertsons will make 65.8 million shares of Class A common stock available, raising up to $1.316 billion.

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Active Ants moves into new distribution center Roosendaal
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Active Ants moves into new distribution center Roosendaal

The construction of the new distribution center for Active Ants in Roosendaal has been completed. Last week, the e-fulfillment specialist started setting up the DC of 20,000 square meters that fits within the company's ambitions to focus more on cross-border e-fulfillment.

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Alibaba will work together with Yiwu ratchets up cross-border e-commerce
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Alibaba will work together with Yiwu ratchets up cross-border e-commerce

The e-commerce giant on Monday announced plans to develop a digitised comprehensive bonded zone in Yiwu, located in Zhejiang province, that is expected to launch an offline exhibition area this September, according to the company’s statement. Ratified by China’s State Council in April this year, comprehensive bonded zones are specially designated commercial areas that implement favourable taxation and other policies under the supervision of customs officials.

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Food Delivery Demand Increased Amid Lockdowns: Lalamove
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Food Delivery Demand Increased Amid Lockdowns: Lalamove

Blake Larson, managing director of international at Hong Kong-based technology startup Lalamove, which provides on-demand and same-day delivery services by connecting users with delivery drivers on its mobile and web app, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak has been affecting the company's businesses and the industry. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)

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Powered by Ocado robots Sobeys goes live with home delivery
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Powered by Ocado robots Sobeys goes live with home delivery

Empire Company Limited has launched its online grocery home delivery service, Voilà by Sobeys, in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

Starting June 22, customers in Vaughan, Ont. will be able to order online at voila.ca or by downloading the Voilà mobile app. Empire says that service across the GTA will follow in the coming weeks.

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Ocado rumored to be developing Micro-Fulfillment Technology
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Ocado rumored to be developing Micro-Fulfillment Technology

Ocado continued its research into automation and robotics during the pandemic using several advanced digital tools. There is a strong rumor in the industry that Ocado will announcing a new, in-store, micro-fulfillment solution. This new technology will be first offered to their existing partners such as Kroger Co.

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SIG opens state-of-the-art Autostore warehouse for spare parts
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SIG opens state-of-the-art Autostore warehouse for spare parts

SIG’s newly built, state-of-the-art and fully automated AutoStore spare parts warehouse for SIG filling machines, implemented by Hörmann Logistik, has now been put into operation and ensures that its customers receive highly efficient supplies.

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Instacart Founder Apoorva Mehta Becomes A Billionaire After New Funding Round
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Instacart Founder Apoorva Mehta Becomes A Billionaire After New Funding Round

Born in India and raised in Canada, Mehta studied engineering at the University of Waterloo and worked as a design engineer at Blackberry and Qualcomm. He then landed at Amazon, where he helped develop the ecommerce giant’s fulfillment system as a supply chain engineer.

He became Instacart’s first customer and shopper, ordering groceries on the app and then picking up and delivering it to himself. He snagged an investment from Y Combinator in 2012 — after he used the app to send a six pack of beer to a partner at the incubator — then made Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 list a year later. In the early days, orders often came in without a shopper available, so Mehta, who did not own a car, made the deliveries himself using Uber rides.

Instacart has since expanded from San Francisco to more than 5,500 cities and 30,000 stores in North America, with partners like Albertsons, Publix, Kroger and Sam’s Club. #ecommerce

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Kroger stuns with 92% e-commerce gain
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Kroger stuns with 92% e-commerce gain

Kroger has grown into the nation’s largest supermarket chain since it began in Cincinnati in 1883. It owns nearly 2,800 stores across 35 states and Washington, D.C. under its own name and other banners, such as Fred Meyer and Fry’s. Yet despite its size and scale, Kroger has struggled to keep up as the world of grocery shopping has transformed and Walmart, Amazon and others have raised consumers’ expectations.

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Tesla acquires land outside Austin to build new factory
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Tesla acquires land outside Austin to build new factory

The entire industry knew that Tesla was going to build a new Gigafactory in the United States, but it was unknown when and exactly where it would be. These aspects have been revealed in the last hours after the announcement of the land the company has purchased near Austin, the capital of Texas, where it will surely manufacture the Cybertruck.

Tesla is one of the key manufacturers in the electric car sector It is having a good time thanks to vehicles like the Tesla Model 3, so much so that a few days ago it became the car maker with the highest value in the world. Looking to the future, he hopes that the Cybertruck or some of the advances it has announced in recent dates will lead the way.

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Brookfield, Simon and Authentic Brands in talks to buy J.C. Penney
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Brookfield, Simon and Authentic Brands in talks to buy J.C. Penney

The two largest mall landlords and Authentic Brands Group LLC are in talks to buy bankrupt department-store chain J.C. Penney Co., according to people familiar with the matter.

Authentic Brands may team up with Simon Property Group Inc. and Brookfield Property Partners LP to acquire the retailer as part of its court reorganization, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The discussions are still fluid and may ultimately end without a deal.

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Saudi wealth fund to pick up stake in India’s Jio for $1.5b
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Saudi wealth fund to pick up stake in India’s Jio for $1.5b

Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund PIF is all set to pick up a stake in India’s digital platform Jio, part of the Reliance Industries empire owned by Mukesh Ambani. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) will acquire 2.33 per cent for an estimated $1.5 billion.

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Walmart partners with Shopify to expand eCommerce shopping
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Walmart partners with Shopify to expand eCommerce shopping

Walmart Inc. has partnered with e-commerce giant Shopify Inc. to expand its third-party marketplace site and grab more of the pandemic-fuelled surge in online shopping.

The world’s largest retailer aims to add 1,200 Shopify sellers this year, Walmart executive Jeff Clementz said in an interview. The company’s marketplace site, which already offers more than 75 million products, grew at a faster pace than Walmart’s overall web business in the first quarter, and third-party sales are typically more profitable as the sellers pay a fee to list items and often shoulder the delivery costs.

The collaboration is Walmart’s latest attempt to expand the scale and profitability of its US$21.5 billion U.S. e-commerce business, which is gaining ground on market leader Amazon.com Inc. but continues to lose money. In recent years, Walmart has rolled out a fulfillment service for third-party sellers, allowed customers to return marketplace items in its physical stores and jettisoned millions of third-party items that didn’t meet quality standards.

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