DoorDash Makes Asia Entrance With Expansion Into Japan
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(Bloomberg) DoorDash Inc. is bringing its on-demand delivery service to Japan, marking the San Francisco-based companyâs first expansion into Asia in a bid to boost its international footprint.
(Bloomberg) DoorDash Inc. is bringing its on-demand delivery service to Japan, marking the San Francisco-based companyâs first expansion into Asia in a bid to boost its international footprint.
The biggest food-delivery company in the U.S. will enter one of the most restaurant-dense countries in the world in Sendai, a city northeast of Tokyo, DoorDash said on Wednesday. Merchants will have access to DoorDashâs marketplace app, where users can order from an array of participating eateries, as well as the storefront, an online ordering product that helps restaurants create their own websites for pickup and delivery. The storefront service will be commis
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SoftBank-backed US food delivery firm DoorDash enters Japan
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June 9, 2021
US food delivery firm DoorDash Inc, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp, announced the launch of services in Japan on Wednesday, joining an increasingly crowded market that has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Services will be initially limited to the city of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture, the money-losing delivery firm told reporters, in a step that follows its expansion to Canada and Australia.
“Our strategy has always been to empower local economies, especially in the suburban markets that are historically underserved, yet the appetite for connectivity between merchants and customers is high,” Chief Executive Tony Xu said in a statement.
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