David McIntosh is VP of Connected Stores at Instacart. His team delivers solutions that enable retailers to offer seamless retail experiences across online and in-store, benefitting retailers and their customers. Previously, in his role as VP of Product, Retailer, he led the development of Instacart Platform. Prior to joining Instacart in 2021, David was the CEO and co-founder of Tenor, a leading expression search engine which Google acquired in 2018. At Google, David grew Tenor to over 1 Billion users and more than 1 Billion queries per day.
For the last decade, we’ve worked with grocers to bring their businesses online, and helped people find their favorite foods and get them delivered to
The launch of Instacart's Connected Stores comes as the company is preparing for its market debut, as Instacart filed privately to go public in May.
The same-day delivery pioneer, which reportedly plans to go public this year, launched a suite of new technology Monday to go with its
“What if we could combine the convenience, speed and personalization of online grocery shopping with the inspiration and discovery that happens in a physical store?” David McIntosh, Instacart’s VP of connected stores, said in a company blog post. “We believe the future of grocery won’t be about choosing between shopping online and in-store. Most of us are going to do both. So, we want to bring the best of the online shopping experience to physical stores, and vice versa.”
“For customers, a Connected Store will mean a better grocery shopping experience — with fewer headaches and more inspiration, whether online or in person,” wrote David McIntosh, the vice president of Connected Stores at Instacart, in a blog post. “For retailers, it will mean more efficiency, eliminating repetitive tasks so employees can focus on things like customer service, and higher profits, since customers who shop online and in-person are more engaged and spend more.”