DoorDash Delves Deeper Into Groceries

Today within the related economic system, DoorDash continues a string of partnerships with retailers outdoors the restaurant sphere by teaming up with Sprouts Farmers Market.

Also, Lowe’s introduces its digital retailer idea, and Spotify makes its bibliophile clients completely satisfied by including audiobooks to its choices.

DoorDash Expands Grocery Offerings With Sprouts Partnership

DoorDash is constant its enlargement past its restaurant roots with a sequence of recent collaborations with grocery chains.

“DoorDash’s mission is to be the one-stop shop for all local commerce needs for consumers, and that starts with bringing every business on Main Street online,” DoorDash Vice President for Business Development Shanna Prevé stated in a information launch. “Our goal is to level the playing field for retailers while helping consumers get the best of their neighborhood delivered to them instantly.”

That means becoming a member of forces with Sprouts Farmers Market, one of many nation’s largest retailers of contemporary, pure and natural meals. Starting in October, clients will acquire entry to greater than 375 Sprouts shops utilizing DoorDash to ship Sprout merchandise to their doorstep.

Lowe’s Brings Digital Twins to World of Home Improvement

Lowe’s has launched its “interactive digital store twin,” one thing the house enchancment chain says is a primary for its trade.

Launching at expertise agency Nvidia’s GTC convention, the “digital twin showcases a future in which store associates can visualize and interact with nearly all of a store’s digital data, giving them superpowers to optimize operations and localize plans to better serve customer needs,” the corporate stated.

In the weeks to come back, Lowe’s says it is going to open its digital 3D product catalog — used to populate its digital twin — to individuals utilizing Nvidia’s Omniverse digital world, serving to “them create new possibilities in their applications for retail and beyond.”

Spotify Adds Audiobooks to Its Offerings

Pointing to what it stated had been years of buyer requests, audio streaming platform Spotify introduced the addition of audiobooks to its choice.

That means Spotify listeners within the U.S. can now purchase and hearken to greater than 300,000 titles, in a brand new interface crafted particularly for audiobooks.

“We’ve always believed that the potential for audio is limitless, and we’ve been saying for a while now that our ambition is to be the complete package for everyone’s listening needs,” stated Spotify Vice President and Global Head of Audiobooks and Gated Content Nir Zicherman.

Gr4vy, BitPay, Team to Help Merchants Accept Crypto

Cloud-native funds firm Gr4vy has joined forces with BitPay to assist retailers settle for crypto funds utilizing BitPay’s checkout providing.

The firms say their partnership lets retailers use Gr4vy’s platform to supply BitPay’s crypto fee choices with out added crypto threat, concern of chargebacks, or excessive transaction charges.

“Today’s consumers continue to demand alternative ways to pay,” stated Gra4vy CEO and founder John Lunn. “Merchants seeking to keep aggressive can not afford to not supply numerous fee strategies, like crypto, or they are going to discover clients choosing retailers who meet their fee wants. Merchants have additionally begun to think about their Web3 technique, making the flexibility to supply and settle for crypto funds extra vital as they give the impression of being towards the long run.”

New PYMNTS Study: How Consumers Use Digital Banks

A PYMNTS survey of two,124 US shoppers reveals that whereas two-thirds of shoppers have used FinTechs for some facet of banking providers, simply 9.3% name them their main financial institution.