Industries

Dark stores combine the best of a store with a fulfilment centre so retailers can quickly fill orders as close to their customer as possible.

Aussie-founded self-driving car startup Zoox is reportedly in acquisition talks with Amazon, in a deal that will have ramifications for Aussie investors.

Deliveroo in hot water over email sacking, David Jones will close stores as sales dive, and new data shows shoppers are heading back to the mall.

Aussie taxi service 13cabs has launched a meal delivery service, offering 0% commission to restaurants using the platform, but charging customers more.

The Queensland government bids to save Virgin Australia, a VC firm is crowdsourcing ideas to boost COVIDSafe uptake, and Uber kinda bows to pressure.

Uber has invested US$170 million in troubled scooter-sharing startup Lime, and Aussie states have started easing lockdown restrictions for businesses.

Queensland has dropped $5.5 million into a new AI hub, Airbnb has laid off 1,900 staff, and Qantas is floating some pretty cheap plane tickets.

Paul Scurrah says without the debt Virgin Australia will bounce back. But Australia has long found it difficult to sustain two major airlines.

Woolworths has contracted Uber to contract drivers to deliver groceries amid skyrocketing e-commerce demand due to the coronavirus crisis.

Virgin Australia last week asked the ASX to suspend trading of its shares after the government rebuffed its request for a $1.4 billion loan.