Amazon Is Closing Its Fresh Grocery, Go Convenience Stores
Amazon announced it will close all of its Amazon Fresh grocery and Amazon Go convenience store locations, citing the failure of these physical retail experiments
January 31, 2026
Amazon AI Tool Blindsides Merchants by Offering Products Without Their Knowledge
Amazon is testing an AI-driven “Buy For Me” feature that duplicates independent merchants’ product listings and fulfills orders on their behalf, leading to fulfillment errors,
January 11, 2026
Truemed Closes $34 Million Series A to Unlock HSA/FSA Funds for Lifestyle Interventions
Truemed, a marketplace and payments platform that helps eligible consumers use HSA and FSA funds for preventive health purchases, has raised $34M in Series A
December 27, 2025
CapRelease Raises $36M to Expand Embedded Finance Offering
CapRelease, the logistics-embedded finance platform for eCommerce retailers, has raised $36m in combined debt and equity to scale its logistics-embedded working capital model, signaling investor
December 21, 2025
You Can Buy Your Instacart Groceries Without Leaving ChatGPT
OpenAI and Instacart have deepened their partnership by embedding end-to-end grocery shopping directly into ChatGPT, advancing OpenAI’s broader push toward agentic commerce, where AI not
December 14, 2025
India’s E-Commerce Firm Meesho Draws $28 Billion in IPO as Institutional Investors Pile in
Meesho’s $604 million IPO drew extraordinary demand, receiving bids worth roughly $28 billion, making it one of India’s most highly subscribed public offerings. Institutional buyers
December 7, 2025
Delivery Hero Shareholders Said to Push for Sale, Divestment
Delivery Hero, a German multinational online food ordering and food delivery company, is being pressed by major shareholders to consider a full sale or break-up
November 30, 2025
Gopuff, the Instant Commerce Leader, Raises a $250 Million Funding Round Led by Eldridge Industries
Gopuff, the leader in instant commerce, raised a $250 million round led by Eldridge and Valor, supported by major existing and new investors, following its
November 16, 2025
In Moroccan First, Fintech Chari Closes a Record $12 Million Series A Round
Moroccan fintech Chari, a B2B e-commerce platform for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), has raised a record $12 million Series A—the country’s largest to date—co-led by
October 25, 2025