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Sprint launches ‘Direct 2 You’ delivery service in Seattle

Sprint customers living in Seattle now have access to an on-demand service from wherever they might be. The wireless carrier… Read More

Why Amazon probably won’t be rolling out 1-hour alcohol delivery all across the country anytime soon

Amazon looks poised to bring one-hour alcohol delivery to the Seattle area any day now, but expanding the service outside of… Read More

Sidecar shifts focus to deliveries, says it has the ‘largest B2B on-demand network’ in the U.S.

Sidecar’s decision to shift its business model toward delivering packages, rather than people, seems to be a good one thus far.… Read More

Amazon envisions package pickups on public transit, using lockers on buses, trains and subways

Amazon is experimenting with all sorts of ways to deliver packages, using everything from drones to everyday people. But this is a… Read More

Macy’s expands same-day delivery service as it competes with Amazon.com

Macy’s announced this week that it is expanding its same-day delivery service to nine additional markets in a move that keeps the… Read More

Instacart now offers one-hour grocery delivery from Seattle’s Central Co-op

Those who like shopping at Seattle’s Central Co-op can now have their groceries delivered. Instacart announced that it will offer… Read More

Uber rival to deliver champagne, hopes to attract upscale clientele

Ride-hailing app Gett has raised more than $200 million in funding — and it’s celebrating with champagne. Lots of champagne, it… Read More

Lunch delivery startup Peach finds success by catering meals at local startups

Peach is already growing quickly with its lunch delivery service, now serving mid-day meals to more than 250 offices in the Seattle… Read More

FedEx to Amazon, Uber: Don’t be fooled, we make delivering packages look easy

FedEx shared a few words of wisdom today about tech giants who think they can find cheaper or more efficient ways of delivering… Read More

Amazon may experiment with crowdsourcing to deliver packages

Amazon has a large network of ways to deliver packages, from FedEx to the U.S. Postal Service, but now it wants to… Read More

Amazon brings Minions ads to delivery boxes, marking its first advertising deal on packaging

Your next Amazon box might double as a billboard. The company has started sending boxes featuring advertisements for the new Minions movie… Read More

Like magic: Testing Amazon Prime free same-day delivery — on a Sunday

Time is a precious commodity, even on the weekend. So as I woke up Sunday morning and contemplated the errands on my list,… Read More

Amazon now delivers food from local stores in under one hour as Prime Now expands

Add Amazon to the list of companies that will deliver food to your doorstop in less than an hour. The… Read More

Amazon is using New York City subways to deliver packages

Its drones may be here soon. But for now, to help speed up deliveries in big cities, Amazon is using subway… Read More

Another ‘Uber for large deliveries’: Ex-Microsofties launch Fleetzen to help move bulky items

Wagon. Ghostruck. Dolly. These are three Seattle-based startups, all launched in the past year, that have built technology to help… Read More

Q&A: How Sidecar is turning into a delivery company by combining people with packages

Sidecar is turning into a delivery business. Up until the beginning of 2015, the San Francisco-based startup was primarily focused… Read More

Sidecar now delivers medical marijuana thanks to partnership with ‘Uber for weed’ startup Meadow

When asked if he thought Sidecar would be delivering weed in its third year of existence, Sunil Paul lets out a… Read More

Where’s the booze on AmazonFresh? Customers complain that beer and wine have disappeared

For the past year, Seattle software engineer Philip Beber has routinely jumped on to AmazonFresh to order beers for his… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Prime Now’ one-hour delivery service heads west, expands to Dallas

Amazon announced today that its Prime Now delivery service is live in select zip codes of Dallas, marking the fourth… Read More

Zulily speeds up delivery times to compete in an Amazon-defined world

It’s never been Zulily’s goal to ship products to customers as quickly as Amazon. In response to a question about shipping times at… Read More

Amazon expands ‘Prime Now’ one-hour deliveries beyond NYC, launching in Baltimore and Miami

Amazon expanded its Prime Now one-hour delivery service to select zip codes in Baltimore and Miami today, moving beyond its… Read More

For coffee delivery, Starbucks will use Postmates in Seattle and baristas in New York City

At the Starbucks annual shareholder meeting today, the company plans to unveil new details of its highly anticipated delivery service launching in the… Read More

Amazon expands one-hour delivery service to all of Manhattan

Amazon now promises one-hour delivery of daily essential items to anyone in Manhattan. Mashable reported today that Amazon has expanded Prime… Read More

Report: Amazon packages do occassionally arrive late — but no more than average

Last week Amazon dismissed the results of a study claiming that 10 percent of packages arrived later than shoppers were expecting during the holidays.… Read More

Packages with people: Sidecar launches same-day delivery service, partners with Eat24

Sidecar is no longer just getting people from point A to point B — the company is delivering packages now,… Read More

Alibaba tests drone package delivery in China in three-day trial

Look out, Amazon: Alibaba has drones, too. The Chinese e-commerce giant’s Taobao marketplace has partnered with Shanghai YTO Express to launch a… Read More

Starbucks to use baristas and mystery 3rd-party service for coffee delivery

Ready to get that Starbucks coffee delivered to your desk? CEO Howard Schultz confirmed on the company’s earnings call Thursday… Read More

Tech in 2015: Apple Watch, IPOs, startups, Amazon, T-Mobile, Microsoft and more stories to watch

What’s ahead for 2015 in the tech industry? Members of the GeekWire news team offer their perspectives with this look ahead the key… Read More

Instacart halts alcohol delivery in Washington over regulatory issues

Instacart customers in Washington looking to get some booze for their holiday party this week will have to turn elsewhere.… Read More

Amazon debuts Prime Now, a one-hour delivery service for Prime members

Amazon today launched Prime Now, a new one-hour delivery service that offers Prime members a way to have “daily essential”… Read More