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Happy Thursday! Ride-hailing platform Uber is strengthening its hyperlocal deliveries from neighbourhood stores. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch. Also in this letter: ■ Ecommerce summer sales soar ■ Betting apps & poll outcome ■ Centre mulls R&D wing Uber ups hyperlocal deliveries amid quick-commerce frenzy Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, Uber With the rapid rise of quick commerce in India, ride-hailing platform Uber has launched hyperlocal deliveries from neighbourhood grocery and departmental stores.
Driving the news: Uber India has launched ‘store pickup’ services in nine cities — Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Guwahati and Ludhiana. Zoom in: Currently, Uber offers the delivery of items while payments are made directly to the stores. Going forward, it plans to also collect payments from customers on behalf of these stores.
State of play: The launch of Uber India's store pickup service, which is already live in the US, comes as Reliance Retail-backed Dunzo struggles to keep itself afloat. Last month, Walmart-backed PhonePe exited delivery of non-food categories via the ONDC network , while Ola restarted some of these services. The big picture: A senior executive with a Gurugram-based firm that works with delivery and logistics companies said, “Quick-commerce platforms have had a clear impact on the buying behaviour of consumers.
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