Uber and Lyft drivers in at least 17 US cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago, plan to strike today over pay; UK-based food app couriers also plan to strike
Thousands of drivers for ride-share platforms Uber and Lyft, as well as the food delivery service DoorDash are expected to strike on Wednesday …
Sensor Tower: US advertising on TikTok grew by 11% in March despite the threat of a ban, with Pepsi, DoorDash, Amazon, and Apple among the top spenders
Digital advertising on the Chinese-owned video app grew by 11% in March — Advertisers are increasing their spending on TikTok …
US Labor Secretary says “in a lot of cases” gig workers should be classified as employees; shares of Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash fell sharply afterwards
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Analysis shows DoorDash has added supplemental local fees in 57 of the 68 locations that imposed caps on the size of commissions it could charge restaurants
hours apart. https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/... Cyrus Farivar / @cfarivar : Here in Oakland, @DanKalb lead the political charge to bring about a commission cap last year. But even he ...
SF mayor caps commissions for food delivery startups to 15% during the pandemic; startups say the cap will raise customer fees, hurt delivery people's income
& restaurants can always do their own Be careful @LondonBreed, the city interfering with the invisible hand can have unintended consequences—like the delivery services leaving SF & lawsuits https://tw...
Chinese food delivery apps generated an estimated 1.6M tons of packaging waste in 2017, a ninefold jump from two years before, growing to ~2M tons in 2018
none of which they carry or acknowledge. “Takeout apps may be indirectly encouraging restaurants to use more plastic” to avoid a bad customer review. https://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimesbusiness : Chi...