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Sprinklr, a customer experience firm, has laid off over 100 employees, roughly 4% of its global workforce, as it realigns its headcount in response to the ongoing economic slowdown. The layoff drive began last week, and the company is cutting its force in India, the United States, and other regions. […]
The latest fines were for having 7,022 workers not registered with Social Security and also using 813 irregular workers – foreigners without work permits. Glovo, a home food delivery company, has been fined 38.1 million euros by the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate in Spain for misusing delivery riders registered […]
According to TechCrunch, instant grocery delivery company JOKR has raised approximately $50 million in a Series C investment on a $1.3 billion post-money valuation. The funding, which G Squared led with participation from GGV Capital, Tiger Global Management, and HV Capital, was buoyed by existing investors. JOKR has raised $480 […]
Patty’s Cakes and Desserts, a retail storefront bakery in Fullerton, California, faced a significant challenge when delivery demand quadrupled during the pandemic. The company previously used a third-party delivery service, but when the pandemic hit and the service shut down, Patty’s Cakes and Desserts was left without a delivery option. […]
Deliveroo has opened a new type of “dark store” in Central London, called the Deliveroo HOP, as it experiments with expanding its rapid grocery business. The new store functions as a mini-warehouse where Deliveroo staff pick orders for couriers operating on its platform to collect and deliver locally to app […]
Roku has partnered with DoorDash to offer users in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico six months of complimentary DashPass and interactive shoppable ads for DoorDash businesses. Roku users can get $0 delivery fees on DoorDash orders and exclusive access to DashPass-only promotions and priority customer support. After the free trial […]
GitHub seems to have taken down a repository containing Twitter’s proprietary source code after the social network filed a DCMA takedown request. The repository was owned by a user named “FreeSpeechEnthusiast,” which could be seen as a jab at Twitter owner Elon Musk, who has claimed to be a “free […]