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LIVE at Shoptalk Spring: Wing’s Heather Rivera on Five-Minute Futures

Future Commerce - Retail Tech at the Speed of Commerce by Future Commerce

Apr 1, 202600:25:35Technology

Recorded live at Shoptalk, Phillip and Brian sit down with Heather Rivera, Chief Business Officer at Wing (an Alphabet company), to talk about how Wing has crafted our five-minute delivery future. Spoiler: the novelty of...

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LIVE at Shoptalk Spring: Wing’s Heather Rivera on Five-Minute Futures is an episode from Future Commerce - Retail Tech at the Speed of Commerce by Future Commerce. Recorded live at Shoptalk, Phillip and Brian sit down with Heather Rivera, C...

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Published Apr 1, 2026, 00:25:35 long, audio available.

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Recorded live at Shoptalk, Phillip and Brian sit down with Heather Rivera, Chief Business Officer at Wing (an Alphabet company), to talk about how Wing has crafted our five-minute delivery future. Spoiler: the novelty of drones wearing off might be the best thing that ever happened to the industry. Building the Drone While We’re Flying It Key takeaways: Wing's fastest recorded delivery: 2 minutes, 37 seconds. Average is under five minutes. 25% of Wing customers order three times a week – habit, not novelty. Wing just announced its largest residential drone delivery expansion yet, with Walmart, covering 270+ store locations. ~70% of Walmart SKUs fit in Wing's current delivery box – roughly 50,000 products. Wing recently doubled its payload capacity from 2.5 lbs to 5 lbs, opening new SKU and category possibilities. [00:20:39] "I want this technology to become unremarkable for people because it just becomes part of the way they go about their lives." – Heather Rivera [00:13:09] "I predict there's gonna be whole sets of new companies that design existing products to fit into the five pound baskets." – Brian Associated Links: Get STRATA Check out Future Commerce on YouTube Check out Future Commerce Plus for exclusive content and save on merch and print

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Published Apr 1, 2026 and 00:25:35 long