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Russian technology firm Yandex NV found an opportunity at the height of the pandemic – repurposing its army of ride-hailing drivers to provide deliveries in a country where logistics options are scarce. The venture was a success and the company will make its pivot permanent. Yandex, which also operates the nation’s largest internet search engine, is targeting 1 million daily deliveries in the near future,… Source link
Read More »Yandex’s Lockdown Delivery Pivot Is Morphing Into a New Business
(Bloomberg) — Russian technology firm Yandex NV found an opportunity at the height of the pandemic — repurposing its army of ride-hailing drivers to provide deliveries in a country where logistics options are scarce. The venture was a success and the company will make its pivot permanent. Yandex, which also operates the nation’s largest internet search engine, is targeting 1 million daily deliveries in the near future, Daniil Shuleyko, head of the Yandex.Taxi unit, said in an interview.
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