October 28, 2021 | GroceryGeniuses Blog

Spain’s Glovo has launched The Courier’s Pledge program to safeguard gig workers’ rights

GroceryGeniuses October 28, 2021

Glovo, A Spanish delivery firm, has launched a social program named The Courier’s Pledge. This program offers a fairer business environment to its gig workers and protects their rights. The standards of this program encircle concerns regarding safety, earning, communication, support and development opportunities for workers. Glovo stated that this program will cover all of its workers, regardless of their employment status. The delivery firm has 74,000 couriers across its market footprint, mostly in Europe and Africa. The firm plans to expand 240,000 couriers active by 2023.

PayPal might acquire Pinterest to add social commerce to the Super-App idea

GroceryGeniuses October 28, 2021

PayPal is planning to buy the well-known photo-sharing app Pinterest to add social commerce touch to its Super App idea. Bloomberg, a financial and media firm, stated the potential acquisition might value Pinterest at $45B. Financial Times reported that Microsoft also tried to buy Pinterest earlier this year after the social app’s engagement grew by 200%. PayPal is designing a financial Super App to tap into social commerce channels. Consumers can manage tasks through this Super App without installing numerous apps. The app will offer reward points to shoppers and several mediums to make financial payments.

Four profitable tips to transform and digitize your grocery business

GroceryGeniuses October 28, 2021

Online grocery sales went up 300% when the pandemic hit the world in 2020. The digital grocery business is estimated to grow by 27% and reach $99B by 2024 in India. The global online grocery market will jump to $334B by 2022, as per the Forrester Research report. These tips will help grocers revolutionize their business in no time: 1, Online website and accounts should be up-to-date and fully functional. 2, To attract customers, offer the fastest and reliable delivery of products. 3, Retailers need to offer pickup in-store options for online orders for increased customer engagement. 4, The omnichannel approach is the key to a transformed digital grocery business.

Amazon rolls out Amazon Local Selling to empower small retailers with fast delivery services

GroceryGeniuses October 28, 2021

Amazon recently announced at Accelerate 2021 event that it is launching Amazon Local Selling service to empower small retailers. This service will allow local, regional and national retailers to offer same-day pickup and fast delivery to grow Amazon business. Many small and medium retailers sell almost half of all the products from Amazon to their customers. Amazon Local Selling is available to retailers like Mavis Discount Tire, Sears Hometown Store, 4 Wheel Parts, Electronic Express, Best Buy, Appliance Connection and many more. Local sellers have started offering large and fragile items to customers now after the launch of this Amazon service.