Sharing/On-demand Economy Services

DoorDash Inc. is working to step up its analytics and ability to forecast the slowing economy’s effect on future earnings, in a move to expand the business and improve the efficiency of its divisions. …

Robots are the future. In certain sectors, however, that’s not anytime soon.Companies have been trying out automatons to serve food in restaurants, make home deliveries or do chores in stores, partly in hopes of easing the worker shortage.…

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. wants to help marketers target consumers with ads based on where they have been and where they are going.Uber announced the new capability as it rolled out its…

Lyft Inc. has formed Lyft Media, a new business unit consolidating and expanding the advertising offerings at the ride-hailing company.The news comes more than two years after Lyft acquired Halo Cars Inc.,…

Didi Global Inc.’s DIDI -2.97% bumpy ride in the U.S. public markets is over—after 11 months.The ride-hailing company is marking its last day as a New York Stock Exchange-traded company…

Didi’s American depositary receipts have plunged from their initial public offering price.…

One thing not in short supply right now are product announcements in the online travel sector. Over the past two weeks both Airbnb ABNB -5.77% and…

Marriott International Inc. is introducing a media network this month with Yahoo Inc. that will help advertisers target consumers, in part by using the hotel chain’s data on its guests, to bring them ads on…

Twitter Inc. TWTR -6.94% is freezing most hiring. Amazon.com Inc. recently said it is overstaffed in its warehouses. Uber Technologies Inc. UBER…

DoorDash Inc.’s DASH -10.40% revenue rose last quarter, showing that consumers stuck to getting food and household essentials delivered even as more restaurants and stores…