# last‑mile delivery
Latest news and articles about last‑mile delivery
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Meituan Acquires Dingdong Maicai for $717m, Accelerating Consolidation of China’s Fresh‑Grocery Market
Meituan will acquire Dingdong Maicai for US$717 million, bringing the fast‑delivery grocer into its fold while excluding Dingdong’s overseas business. The deal consolidates China’s competitive fresh‑grocery sector and gives Meituan scale and logistics density that could improve last‑mile economics.
Richard Liu’s Autonomous Convoy Brings New‑Year Goods to His Home Village — and a Showcase for JD’s Rural Logistics
Richard Liu organised a high‑profile delivery of New Year goods to his home village in Suqian led by JD’s sixth‑generation autonomous “Independent Wolf” vehicles. The event doubled as both a charitable distribution and a live demonstration of JD’s rural last‑mile logistics capabilities, underscoring the commercial and political stakes of scaling autonomous delivery in challenging rural environments.