Costco is taking a page from Sam's Club's playbook to speed up checkout in the warehouse

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A tentative agreement between Costco and its union-member workers has been reached.
"We found that digital really enhances the speed of checkout," Costco CEO Ron Vachris said Thursday.

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Internal documents show why Amazon's AI-powered Alexa may miss the holiday season

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Costco has 3 ways to shop without a membership, but the math still favors paying the fee

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You can shop at Costco without a membership, but it doesn't really make sense to.

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Working for Doordash and Grubhub increasingly feels like a 9-5. And that may be bad news for the companies.

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Gig delivery workers are independent contractors, but some say their work looks more like that of employees at times.

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Americans are still having a lot of stuff delivered from DoorDash and Uber, and it shows how much we'll pay for convenience

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Uber Eats driver on the job while moving through a busy city street.
An Uber Eats driver on the job.

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Instacart shoppers are using the app's 'reorder items' button to see how much grocery prices increased over the years

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Crisman White on TikTok showing an Instacart order.
Crisman White shared on TikTok just how much his Instacart grocery order increased over the years.

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Three gig workers explain how they got deactivated on apps from Doordash to Walmart's Spark

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Some gig workers have had to deal with having their accounts deactivated.

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I'm a Gen X Instacart delivery worker in Las Vegas. Here are my 6 tips for maximizing what you earn on the app

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Instacart shopper Bonnie Harada.

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Many drivers for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash are earning well below minimum wage, even with tips, a new paper finds

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Uber and Lyft drivers were found to make less than minimum wage in five major metro areas.

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I used bots to work for Instacart. You need one to make the job worthwhile.

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Bots that accept high-paying orders and spoof your location are key to working for Instacart, one shopper says.

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