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Zomato planning to set up 'Rest Points' for its delivery partners

Online food delivery platform Zomato on Thursday said it is building public infrastructure called 'Rest Points' to support the entire gig economy and delivery partners of various companies. In a blog post, the company's Founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal informed that it already has two 'Rest Points' operational in Gurgaon and plans to create more rest points in the most dense clusters of its food delivery business. Rest Points offer clean drinking water, phone-charging stations, access to washrooms, high-speed internet, a 247 helpdesk and first-aid support. Goyal, however, did not disclose the number or the location for setting up these Rest Points. "We recognise that delivery partners face multiple challenges while on the job, from navigating through traffic to delivering orders in inclement weather conditions. "In line with our commitment to their welfare, we are delighted to announce The Shelter Project under which we have started building public infrastructure (called Rest Poin

Blinkit starts new feature allowing brands to have customised stores on app

Sellers on instant-delivery platform can track performance of products, highlight them

Reliance JioMart shuts its 90-minute delivery service 'Express': Report

Now, JioMart is asking users to use WhatsApp to order groceries for a delivery time of a few hours to a day

Is the worst over for new-age tech companies? Here's what analysts say

Shares of Paytm, FSN e-Commerce Ventures (the parent firm of Nykaa), PB Fintech (parent firm of Policybazaar), and CarTrade Tech surged up to 17 per cent in a month

Quick commerce firms deliver last-minute Valentine's gifts amid rosy demand

Platforms like Zepto, Dunzo, Blinkit and Instamart have seen huge uptick in demand for Valentine's Day goodies this week

Zomato chief delivers pep talk on Twitter amid string of high-profile exits

Says more than 200 staffers have spent over seven years at the company; Many are on their second (and third) stint, and have been around since 2011 or 2012

Served fair: Zomato, Swiggy cap password sharing for loyalty schemes

Members will be able to use their accounts only on two devices as companies aim to plug misuse

Top headlines: SC on Adani-Hindenburg row, Ola rides down the value chain

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Ant Group's nominee director Douglas Feigan steps down from Zomato board

Move is the latest in a string of top exits from the food aggregator; comes a week after Feigan stepped down from the board of Paytm parent One97 Communications

Change in tack: Zomato's side ventures continue to outshine core business

Zomato's quick commerce arm Blinkit saw its gross order value (GOV) increase by 18 per cent QoQ

Sensex dips 124 pts, smallcaps shine; Paytm cracks 9%, Tata Motors up 2%

CLOSING BELL: HCL Tech (down 2.7 per cent), Tata Steel, Reliance Industries, Wipro, ITC, ICICI Bank, Infosys, and HUL were top Sensex losers

Zomato dips 7% on profit booking as loss widens to Rs 347 crore in Q3

Global brokerage Jefferies believes outlook seems positive as break-even target stays, as early as Q4FY23 - another positive in the context of Zomato Gold

Stocks to Watch: LIC, Zomato, Adani group, Varun Beverages, Voltas, M&M

Stocks to Watch: As per reports, MSCI on Thursday evening said it had cut its determined free float for four companies in the Adani Group: Adani Enterprises, Adani Total Gas, Adani Transmission & ACC

Zomato an accidental company, says CEO and founder Deepinder Goyal

For the Q3FY23 the company's losses widened over five times at Rs 346.6 crore. Loss for the same quarter last fiscal was at Rs 63.2 crore

Zomato loss widens to Rs 347 crore on biz slowdown, Blinkit buy

Revenue for the food delivery company, however, surged 75 per cent to Rs 1,948.2 crore, compared with Rs 1,112 crore in the year-ago period

New-age stocks in focus; Paytm, Policybazaar, Zomato, Nykaa gain up to 10%

In the past one year, these stocks have underperformed the market by falling between 31 per cent and 53 per cent, as against 5 per cent rise in the Sensex

Sensex ends choppy day 170 pts up, Nifty at 17,650; IT stocks lead gains

Closing Bell: Broader markets trailed gains in benchmark indices. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices closed up to 0.2 per cent lower

Stocks to Watch: Adani Group, Bajaj Finance, Zomato, Tata Motors, L&T, NMDC

Stocks to watch today: In a 413-page document, Adani retaliated against the American short-seller, saying the document was a "malicious combination of selective misinformation and concealed facts"

Zomato plunges 15%, hits lowest level since July 2022 on heavy volumes

In the past three months, the stock price of Zomato has tanked 31 per cent, as compared to 1.5 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex

Zomato rebranding, not shutting down 10-min delivery service: Official

Zomato is rebranding Instant, its ten-minute food delivery service, and not shutting it down, a company spokesperson said. The statement has come amid reports claiming that the company was planning to close Instant, launched less than a year ago, owing to tough market conditions. However, the spokesperson clarified that it was working on a new menu for the service. "Instant is not shutting down. We are working on a new menu with our partners and rebranding the business. All finishing stations remain intact, and no people are impacted by this decision," the spokesperson said. The food aggregator had launched Instant in March 2022.