Wing drone delivery might not be a novelty anymore
TechCrunch • • business
Key Points:
- Wing, an Alphabet-owned drone delivery company, is expanding its partnership with Walmart to seven more U.S. cities, aiming to build a network covering over 270 Walmart locations by next year.
- The new markets include Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Salt Lake City, increasing Wing and Walmart's service to nearly 20 U.S. markets.
- Wing currently delivers Walmart goods in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Greater Houston, with plans to expand to additional cities such as Orlando, Tampa, Charlotte, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and Miami.
- After successful deployments, Walmart has increased its commitment to drone delivery, planning to add the service to 150 more stores following its initial success in Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta.
- Wing has completed over 1 million commercial deliveries with Walmart, and its top 25% of customers use the service about three times a week, indicating growing consumer reliance on drone delivery.