Instacart CMO Laura Jones explains the insight behind its "Bananas" campaign, a winner at the 2026 Cannes Lions

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When Instacart's CMO, Laura Jones, joined CMO Insider for an interview at the 2026 Cannes Lions Festival, she was celebrating the brand's first ever Lions awards.

Read the pitch deck Instacart veterans used to raise $8.5 million for AI startup Champ AI

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Champ AI cofounders Peter Lin, Jagannath Putrevu, and Ted Cheng.

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Uber and DoorDash bet on higher earners. It's paying off big.

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High-income consumers buoyed quarterly results at Uber, DoorDash, and Instacart.

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An Instacart founder shares his sneaker test for entrepreneurs

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Max Mullen is the cofounder of Instacart.

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Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart are dangling new incentives as gas prices squeeze drivers. We break them down.

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DoorDash launched an "emergency relief program" to combat rising gas prices on Monday.

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Amazon wants to 'monetize' speed as it tests a radical new all-day, 10-window delivery service

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An Amazon delivery vehicle

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How much gig workers earn per hour across Uber, Grubhub, and similar apps

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Uber drivers ranked among the gig workers with the highest per-hour earnings in 2025, according to Gridwise.

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Microsoft just named Asha Sharma as its new Xbox CEO. Read the memos.

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Microsoft's Asha Sharma and Matt Booty.

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Instacart salaries revealed: Here's how much the delivery service pays data scientists, engineering managers, and others

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Instacart hired software engineers and data scientists on H-1B visas last year.

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Your guide to gig work, whether it's your side hustle or main source of income

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Delivering food or driving passengers for Uber isn't the only type of gig work anymore.

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Gig work has never been more widespread — and more challenging.

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