Tag Archives: Delivery

Majid Al Futtaim, which specialises in shopping mall, communities, retail, and leisure across the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, is teaming with Russian tech giant Yandex to explore autonomous technology solutions that enhance Carrefour UAE’s last mile delivery capabilities. This makes Carrefour the first omnichannel retailer to use self-driving robots for online order delivery in the region.  A pilot, involving customers in select neighbourhoods across the UAE, is set to launch… Source link

Nuro’s R2 delivery vehicles haul only groceries, packages and food, rather than people. Nuro Nuro, a developer of autonomous driving technology backed by two former Google engineers, hauled in an additional $600 million to speed up efforts to commercialize its robotic delivery services from past investors including SoftBank and Toyota’s Woven Capital and a surprising new one: Google. The Series D round was led by Tiger Global Management and includes funds from Baillie… Source link

Russian IT giant Yandex on Thursday launched an app-driven express UK grocery delivery service, the latest company to join the crowded marketplace as it expands its international presence. The group’s Yango Deli subsidiary is opening four giant London warehouses to reach a potential 1.4 million customers with its speedy grocery offering, Yandex said in a statement. The New York-listed firm already operates more than 400 warehouses in France, Israel and Russia. The New York-listed firm… Source link

A courier for Yango Deli, a rapid grocery delivery service run by Russia’s Yandex, rides through London. Yango Deli LONDON — Russian technology giant Yandex is jumping into London’s heated grocery delivery market, with a service that ships essential items to people’s doors in as little as 15 minutes. Yandex said Thursday it has opened four dark stores — mini warehouses designed to fulfill online grocery orders — across the U.K. capital. The company’s service, called Yango Deli, has the… Source link

Russia’s Yandex has launched a rapid grocery delivery service in London — the latest expansion into Western markets for a major Russian technology firm. The ultrafast delivery service will operate under the Yango Deli brand and offer delivery of more than 2,500 products in 15 minutes. The business model is based on the technology giant’s success in rolling out its Yandex Lavka grocery service across Russia, and follows launches in Israel and France as part of an… Source link

Yandex has acquired e-scooter company Wind’s Israeli operations to expand its delivery services in the country and augment its mobility platform Yango.  Founded in 2018, Yandex provides ride-hailing and last-mile delivery, including express grocery delivery, which it provides under the brand name Yango Deli.  The company currently operates a network of 14 dark stores in the city and plans to double that by the end of November. Dark stores serve as a warehouse where… Source link

Yandex has acquired e-scooter company Wind’s Israeli operations to expand its delivery services in the country and augment its mobility platform Yango.  Founded in 2018, Yandex provides ride-hailing and last-mile delivery, including express grocery delivery, which it provides under the brand name Yango Deli.  The company currently operates a network of 14 dark stores in the city and plans to double that by the end of November. Dark stores serve as a warehouse where… Source link

Russian technology giant Yandex has purchased Uber’s stake in several of the joint ventures it owns together, including its food and grocery delivery services. Yandex is one of Russia’s biggest technology companies Russian search engine and ridehailing company Yandex has announced that it will buy out Uber in some of the joint ventures the two giants share, including its food and grocery delivery services, in a $1 billion deal.     The agreement will see Yandex purchase Uber’s… Source link

2 September 2021

Russian internet and ride-hail giant Yandex has acquired Uber’s stake in its Self-Driving Group (SDG), as well as Uber’s indirect interest in Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka and Yandex.Delivery. The total cost of the deal came to $1 billion, giving the Russian company 100% ownership over all four businesses. Yandex SDG is an autonomous technology spinout from MLU B.V., the ride-hailing and food delivery joint venture Yandex formed with Uber in 2018 by merging… Source link