After finding it difficult to meet up to a sudden increase in demand by consumers in the early stages of the novel coronavirus pandemic, an acceleration in growth is being predicted by the German fashion e-tailer Zalando. These comments were made by the company’s Chief Financial Officer David Schroeder on Thursday. A large number of…
On Friday, Astanor Ventures, a backer French insect breeder Ynsect as well as Germany’s vertical farmer InFarm stated, it had raised a $325 million fund to invest in sustainable agriculture, food, and ocean technology startups. The new fund will back ventures that seek to make the food supply more resilient to climate change and attempt…
With demand for online grocery shopping accelerating during the pandemic, the online grocery service FreshDirect is to be acquired by Ahold Delhaize which is a Netherlands-based firm that owns the United States based supermarket chains Stop & Shop as well as other grocery chains of Giant and Food Lion. The terms of the deal such…
The premium Italian brands, including the supercar maker Lamborghini, could be spinned off by the Volkswagen Group, confirmed the automaker’s executives to the media. The motorcycle manufacturer Ducati and Italdesign Giugiaro, a design and engineering consulting company could also be included in the potential spinoff. There are on going discussions in the company about restructuring…
The United States based ride hailing company Uber has said that its self-driving unit is seeking to strike partnerships with other companies that are currently working on autonomous driving and self-driving vehicles, said the company’s chief executive officer on Wednesday. “Our view is that we will partner with other autonomous providers over a period of…
On Thursday, in a report the Financial Times stated, Amazon.com Inc has cut off dozens of R&D and manufacturing staff from its delivery drone project, Amazon Prime Air. Amazon has tentative reached manufacturing deals with two external manufacturers to build components for its long-awaited drone said the report while adding that more deals with third…
With a new offering called Amazon Pharmacy, Amazon is now officially entering the pharmacy business. This new service can be used by Amazon customers to home deliver prescription medications in the United States. Delivery will be free for Amazon Prime members. For the last few years, its pharmacy offering has been slowly and quietly built…
Air safety regulators in the United States have lifted grounding orders put in place in March 2019 after two deadly crashes of Boeing’s 737 Max plane and has allowed it to fly again. This approval is a crucial milestone for the airplane maker which was pushed into a financial crisis by the crashes and the…
In a statement the Vietnamese government said, Foxconn had commenced constructing a factory in the northern part of the country, to produce displays. The factory was scheduled to commence production after a year, said the Vietnamese government. Foxconn’s $26-million factory in Quang Ninh province has now produced its first batch of displays, said the government…
In a significant development, a group of major U.S. utilities which includes Uber and Tesla said they are launching a new lobby group which will lobby for national policies to boost the adoption of electric vehicles. The lobby group named Zero Emission Transportation Association, aims to boost the adoption of consumer electric vehicle and encourage…
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