Pinkberry is the latest brand to launch delivery via Postmates, although that offer is currently only in Los Angeles and New York. The Los Angeles-based frozen yogurt chain has been using GrubHub/Seamless to take delivery orders with the chain's employees doing the delivering. Now Postmates will handle everything from the ordering to the courier side, said Laura Jakobsen, Pinkberry's SVP of marketing and design. "Postmates is so smart on the technology front, and they were able to meet our customer service standards," said Jakobsen.

Volkswagen plans to release a foldable, three-wheel electric scooter, according to CEO Martin Winterkorn, who spoke about the machine to German publication Bild. Benefiting from VW's advances in battery technology, the three-wheeler will weigh around 24 pounds and offer an electric range of 12 miles. Volkswagen is positioning it as the ride to take you the last mile after parking your car. It is also priced well below Segway.

3D printer MakerBot entered into a partial distribution agreement with WalMart-owned big box store Sam's Club. The deal put the MakerBot Mini 3D printer in a select number of shops across the US. With the pilot program a success, apparently, the retailer has agreed to sell the printer in all 600+ Sam's Club locations in the country.

Samsung is having trouble luring consumers away from iPhone and Chinese knock-offs, and that is hurting the company's bottom line. The company posted second-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates. It is Samsung's seventh straight profit drop, fueled by Galaxy S6 falling sales, after winning early praise as a device that could attract users that had shifted to Apple's iPhone 6. Production constraints for the model with a curved display haven't helped.

Unilever has signed an agreement to acquire clinical skin care brand Murad. The deal follows Unilever's recent acquisitions of Dermalogica, Kate Somerville and REN, which jointly position Unilever as a key player in the personal care prestige segment. Murad, sold in 42 countries, is in professional salons and spas, and specialist retailers such as Sephora, Ulta Beauty and Nordstrom. It is also sold through direct sales.

Jeep, once a domestic-only brand, is going global, expanding distribution network to markets as far flung as Berlin, Beijing and Mumbai, with production on four continents soon. The subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles confirmed this week that it will invest $280 million as part of a joint manufacturing venture with India's Tata Motors. The factory will produce the Jeep Grand Cherokee and an all-new model, company officials indicated.

It's San Francisco versus Airbnb, again. The latter owed tens of millions of dollars in back-taxes, which it agreed to pay. To monitor short-term rental services like Airbnb, the city has now created a new office for the sole purpose of enforcing rules regarding vacation and short-term rentals. The Office of Short Term Rental Administration and Enforcement will streamline host registrations and investigate violators of city rental laws.

Chipotle Mexican Grill says rising costs, including for food and employee healthcare, have hurt its bottom line, and its stock value. Since peaking at $727.17 in early January, the company's stock price as fallen about 16% and closed Thursday at $609.56. The stock could see a 15% to 20% plunge.

Native ads are on the outs. Reuters Institute's "Digital News Report 2015 found that four in 10 U.S. consumers feel disappointed or deceived when they later find out content they saw was sponsored by a brand. Millennials are the exception. The study found that younger consumers are significantly less likely to feel deceived by native ads. One-fifth of 18-24 year-olds and 15% of 25-34 year-olds say they feel more positive about brands with native ads.

Total U.S. advertising spending declined 4% in the first quarter of 2015, but restaurant spending dropped 4.9%, according to data from Kantar Media. Restaurants were the fifth-largest category during the quarter, spending $1.601 billion, down from $1.684 billion a year earlier. Restaurant industry ad spending peaked in Q3 of 2013. During that quarter, restaurants spent $1.733 billion, more than 8% above category spending in the most recent quarter.