Shipt, a delivery-tech platform from Target, will launch an accelerator program for small grocers in the e-commerce sector.

 

Shipt, a delivery-tech platform from Target, will launch an accelerator program for small grocers in the e-commerce sector.   The program will mainly support businesses from LGBTQ+ people and people of color in five cities. The program will be called Ladder Up and will offer e-commerce training and $5,000 in funding. Ladder Up will operate in Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Washington, D.C., and Birmingham, Alabama. The subsectors it will cover are grocery/beverage, health, beauty, and flowers or gifts. The program will offer an eight-week training that will also include training on e-commerce sales and how to use Shipt to increase efficiency.