Gig workers are tracking customers who reduce tips after delivery by marking their homes on Google Maps

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Workers for Instacart and other gig services are tracking which houses tip bait, including by marking offending addresses on Google Maps.

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An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt

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Instacart shoppers aren't allowed to give customers the paper receipt from their trip the store when they deliver groceries and other goods for the service.

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This strange trend on TikTok could help bolster live-stream shopping

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For retailers, TikTok live streams could be a goldmine.

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An Instacart customer was charged $2,783.25 for a Kroger order of $282 she never received. 'My heart stopped.'

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A Kroger shopper in Ohio said that she was charged $2,783.25, about 10 times what she should've been, for an order of groceries for delivery.

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Tipping 'nudges' are now popping up on DoorDash. If you don't leave a gratuity, you'll hear about it.

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DoorDash drivers hope to earn more tips with the app's new post-checkout tipping feature
DoorDash is the latest delivery service to nudge customers who don't tip the worker who delivers their food.

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Chinese online retailer Pinduoduo has a 'hyper-aggressive' culture with hours surpassing a '996' schedule, analysts write

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Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang

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Instacart shoppers say the highest-earning orders are getting more extreme, with demands like 72-mile drives

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Instacart shoppers say high-earning batches from Instacart have become big tasks, asking them to shop and deliver hundreds of products to a customer over an hour away.

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Amazon Fresh stores are installing self-checkout after years of trying to get customers to use Just Walk Out tech

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Some Amazon Fresh stores will soon feature self-checkout stands, a move the company made after years of trying to get customers to use its Just Walk Out technology.

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Daily Harvest threw a superhero-themed party for employees as it was dodging questions about sick customers

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Daily Harvest CEO Rachel Drori reportedly dressed up in a Green Lantern-inspired costume at a company retreat as customers claimed that the startup's food made them sick.

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The 50 most bizarre things we found on Shein

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Shein sells a wide variety of products through its third-party sellers.

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