Chapter 1 Impact of Online Convenience Services: Is it convenient for all
- Introduction
- What is Convenience? Does It Mean Different Things?
- How Has Convenience Changed Our World?
- What Are Some of the Reasons for Choosing Convenience?
- Rapid Urbanization
- Smaller Households
- Crowded Transportation
- Evolving Gender Roles
- Generational Needs
- Uptake of Technology
- What Are the Most Prevalent Personal Convenience Systems?
- Easy Finance/Easy Payments
- Easy Transportation
- Delivery of Products
- Delivery of Services
- What Can You Have Delivered?
- Ski Equipment
- Printer Ink
- Kiteboarding Equipment
- Your Favorite Chain Restaurant Foods
- Cars
- Alcohol
- Who Are the Key Foodtech/Food Delivery Business Organizations?
- DoorDash (iOS/Android)
- Grubhub (iOS/Android)
- Uber Eats (iOS/Android)
- Postmates (iOS/Android)
- Delivery.com (iOS/Android)
- Instacart (iOS/Android)
- What About E-Commerce?
- What Is the Negative Impact of This Convenience?
- Environmental Impact
- Why is This Critical?
- Amazon's Impact: The Behemoth of the Sector
- The Emissions of the Food Delivery Ecosystem
- Can We Do This Better?
- Managing Carbon Footprints and Emissions in the Convenience Sector
- Conclusion
- Information Sources
- Analyst's Credentials
List of Tables
Table 1: Cloud Kitchen Variations
List of Figures
Figure 1: Mumbai's Dabbawallas
Figure 2: Celebrating the First Online Pizza Order in 1994
Figure 3: Time is Money
Figure 4: The Quest for Convenience
Figure 5: How Return on Experience (RoX) is Better than Return on Investment (RoI)
Figure 6: Kiteboarding
Figure 7: Car Purchase Options on Nowcar.com
Figure 8: Global Online Food Delivery Markets
Figure 9: Cloud Kitchens
Figure 10: Pros and Cons of a Cloud Kitchen
Figure 11: DoorDash App screenshots
Figure 12: Grubhub App screenshots
Figure 13: Uber Eats App
Figure 14: Postmates App Screenshots
Figure 15: Delivery.com App screenshots
Figure 16: Instacart App screenshots
Figure 17: December 2019 Sales of Food Delivery Companies in the US
Figure 18: E-Commerce Market Growth, 2016-2019
Figure 19: Key E-Commerce Players by Revenue as of 2018
Figure 20: Automation and AI Expenditure Over the Years, 2016 to an Estimated 2021
Figure 21: Atmospheric CO2 Concentration (Historic)
Figure 22: Atmospheric CO2 Concentration (Last 50 years)
Figure 23: Classification of U.S. GHG Emissions by Sector
Figure 24: Classification of Global GHG Emissions by Sector
Figure 25: Country-wise Contribution to Historic Emissions
Figure 26: Country-wise Contribution to Historic Emissions Including Trade
Figure 27: Atmospheric CO2 Reduction Required to Keep Global Temperature Rise Below 2?C
Figure 28: The Methodology Behind Amazon’s Carbon Footprint Measure
Figure 29: Categories That Contributed to Amazon's Emissions for 2018
Figure 30: User Willingness to Pay More for Socially Compliant Products
Figure 31: Per Capita Emissions
Figure 32: Greenwashing
Figure 33: Drone Delivery Preferences
Figure 34: Uber Eats Cycles and DHL Packstations
Figure 35: Waterways
Figure 36: Autonomous Machines
