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| Oct 4, 2025 | The Rising Trend of Delivery Driver Accidents in the Gig Economy | Share
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The gig economy has reshaped both employment practices and delivery systems which impact how people work and receive their goods. The delivery services Uber Eats and DoorDash and Instacart and Amazon Flex and n... |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inshur Raises $19M in Funding | Inshur, a NYC-based provider of embedded insurance product to the on-demand economy, raised $19M in funding.
The round was led by Viola Growth, with participation from MS&AD Ventures and existing investors.
The company intends to use th... |
| Oct 8, 2024 | Ola, Uber and Porter score zero in Fairwork India Ratings 2024 | Mobility companies Ola, Uber, and logistics firm Porter ranked lowest in working conditions for gig workers, as reported by the Fairwork India Ratings 2024. The report underscores labor standards within India’s platform economy and emphasiz... |
| Jun 26, 2024 | This Flexible, AI-Powered Side Hustle Lets a Dad of Four Make $32 an Hour, Plus Tips: 'You Can Make a Substantial Amount of Money' Kyle Heyliger has a lot going on, so he set out to find a source of supplemental income that fit naturally into his busy schedule. | Kyle Heyliger lives in Atlanta, where his wife of twenty years and their four children are the center of his world. "It's all about finding happiness in your day-to-day and doing things that matter," he says, "and for me, it'... |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Retired And Want To Make Extra Money? Consider These Easy Flexible Jobs | Many retirees enjoy the freedom of part-time work at flexible jobs. getty |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Amazon wants to turn small shops into delivery partners | According to a new report from Axios, Amazon wants to partner with small businesses, such as bodegas and IT shops, so that they can become delivery partners. The company pays a small fee to small retailers for each package they deliver.
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| Jan 26, 2023 | Walmart’s GoLocal NRF Debut Hints At More AWS-Like Tech Competition | January 16, 2023. New York, New York. Walmart GoLocal both at the NRF Big ShowNikki Baird |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Amazon will give your overworked delivery driver $5 if you ask Alexa to say thank you | Last year, an Amazon delivery driver said that the high volume of orders during holiday season “makes life hell.” This year, these contracted workers can get a $5 tip if their customer says, “Alexa, thank my driver.”
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| Nov 24, 2021 | An Amazon Flex delivery driver in his 60s making $120 a day shares what it's like to work independently for the retail giant | Tech An Amazon Flex delivery driver in his 60s making $120 a day shares what it's like to work independently for the retail giant
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| Nov 24, 2021 | An Amazon Flex delivery driver in his 60s making $120 a day shares what it's like to work independently for the retail giant | An Amazon Flex driver from Connecticut who's retired from the military shared his experience.
He likes Flex and recommends it to others — he usually makes $120 a day, he said.
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| Nov 9, 2020 | Amazon Creates Delivery Driver Hierarchy With New Rewards Program | Amazon has launched a new rewards program for its gig-economy delivery drivers: Those who have clocked enough hours delivering orders will get a better shot at picking their preferred work shifts in the future.
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| Jun 18, 2019 | Amazon expands air cargo fleet with 15 more planes, will have 70 planes by 2021 | Following news from earlier this month that FedEx was dumping Amazon from its air cargo service, Amazon this morning announced the expansion of its own air delivery network, Amazon Air. The retailer says it’s leasing an additional 15 Boeing... |
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| Jun 1, 2017 | Walmart tests using store staff for last-mile deliveries | Walmart today says it has begun testing using store employees to make last mile deliveries for online orders in select markets. The idea is an expansion on the retailer’s recently launched 2-day shipping program, which lets customers order ... |
| Jul 5, 2016 | Amazon dips toes into sharing economy, pays Ars to deliver your dog food | reader comments 79 with 53 posters participating, including story author
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Ars' Sam Machkovech fakes like an Amazon deliveryman via the Amazon Flex service. Video filmed by W... |
| Sep 29, 2015 | Amazon Launches Flex To Rival Postmates In On-Demand, Crowdsourced Delivery | Amazon looked at buying Postmates earlier this year, but in the end it built a service that will go head to head in competing with it. The e-commerce giant today took the wraps off Flex, a new on-demand delivery service that relies not on t... |
| Sep 29, 2015 | Amazon Flex will pay you “$18-25 per hour” to deliver Prime Now packages | We can't tell whether that recipient's face is one of joy because she received a package within an hour or sheer terror because she got it from a random dude who makes money via Amazon's new Flex delivery program.
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| Amazon Flex drivers hit by surging gas prices demand relief after Uber, Lyft offer help to workers | Amazon Flex drivers are urging the company to increase pay rates as skyrocketing gas prices eat into their earnings.
On Wednesday, Flex drivers gathered to protest the company’s inaction outside an Amazon warehouse near Los Angeles.
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| Amazon tests using Flex drivers to make mall deliveries | Amazon is testing a service that lets contracted Flex drivers deliver orders placed at mall-based retailers.
The company informed drivers in Las Vegas that it was launching the service at a local mall, according to a notice viewed by CNBC. |
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Через 27 лет после основания Amazon Джефф Безос покинул пост генерального директора. Это случилось 5 июля — ровно в день рождения компании. Вспоминаем инновации в ритейле, проводником которых Amazon бы... |
| Dead Roombas, stranded packages and delayed exams: How the AWS outage wreaked havoc across the U.S. | Amazon’s cloud-computing arm on Tuesday experienced a historic outage, which brought down many popular websites and services.
Some of Amazon’s delivery operations ground to a halt, and third-party sellers couldn’t ship products.
Colleges th... |