Leading quick commerce company, Instacart, and micro-fulfillment company, Fabric, are partnering to bring automated technology solutions to retailers in the US and Canada. Combining technologies to offer new services The multi-year strategic partnership positions Fabric as Instacart’s fulfilment automation partner. The plan is to combine the technologies of both companies to offer a new eco...

Retail partnerships have been one of the key trends in retail over the last year as companies aim to optimise the high traffic locations of leading retailers, given the challenges that shopping centres and non-essential retailers have faced during lockdowns. Originally announced last year, Target and Ulta Beauty are set to launch their store-in-store concept in August. We look at how they aim to ...

Albertsons is partnering with Uber to offer on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery from 1,200 of the retailer’s stores. Greater reliance on third-party delivery partnerships This partnership builds on a deal Albertsons signed with DoorDash last month as it continues to drive its ecommerce business. Last year, the retailer saw its digital sales increase 258%. It invested over $300m to ...