personal shopper

  • Consumers Pay Up for InstaCart’s Expensive Business Model

    Consumers Pay Up for InstaCart’s Expensive Business Model

    With all the buzz about the latest InstaCart’s $220 million round of financing, I finally decided to pull the trigger. But not to grace them with my first order, not so fast. Instead, I reached down to the waste basket by my desk and pulled out the receipt from my weekend trip to Costco. Reading…

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  • InstaCart Employees get Unexpected Haircut

    InstaCart Employees get Unexpected Haircut

    News outlets are reporting that InstaCart employee pay has been slashed recently by as much as 60%. What started as a rosy picture of the new app economy, supported by hundreds of millions in venture capital, is facing the harsh realities of business model sustainability. InstaCart, purporting to Ubernize the world of grocery shopping by…

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