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Shop Circle wants to keep Shopify merchants from going ‘round and ‘round finding apps they need
The London-based company is creating a one-stop shop for what it considers to be the “best-of-the-best” e-commerce apps to get merchants...
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To drive more sales, use shopper-generated content to personalize emails
What separates the most effective companies from their competition is how marketing teams focus their efforts and put the data to work to deliver...
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Shopify breaks out of the website with 100+ new features including NFTs, local shopping and more
Shopify made a name for itself in its early days with a platform for letting retailers keen to establish their own online shops an easy and quick way...
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Twitter partners with Shopify to bring merchants’ products to Twitter Shopping
As part of its ongoing efforts to expand into e-commerce, Twitter today announced a new partnership with Shopify. The deal will see Twitter launching...
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Roku and Walmart partner up to bring shoppable ads to streaming
Roku and Walmart announced a new partnership that aims to crack the code on making purchases via TV streaming and shopping with remotes. On Thursday,...
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Postscript takes in $65M so Shopify merchants can send more personalized texts to customers
Black Friday is typically a big SMS day, but Memorial Day was the company’s largest SMS sending day this year with between 30 and 40 million texts...
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PayPal expands its ‘pay later’ options with a more flexible ‘PayPal Pay Monthly’ service
After Apple shook up the Buy Now, Pay Later market with news that it would now be a competitor to established firms, PayPal this morning is...
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Khazenly, an Egyptian on-demand warehousing and fulfiLlment platform, raises $2.5M seed funding
The e-commerce market in Egypt is expected to grow 30% to $7.5 billion this year, spurred by a growing number of younger shoppers and rising incomes....
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During a downturn, sales teams should think like product managers
Getting back to consumers means understanding data on them, experimenting with solutions, and iterating. Sound familiar? That’s exactly what...
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Influencer shopping app LTK adds creator product reviews in its latest update
Most of us dread the thought of having to return a piece of clothing we purchased online. In recent years, a newer generation of shoppers —...
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Gander closes $4.2M seed round to ‘humanize’ online shopping
The product was a hit with investors, and it took less than three months to raise $4.2 million.
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Amazon gets into AR shopping with launch of ‘Virtual Try-On for Shoes’
Amazon is tapping into augmented reality in an attempt to appeal to sneakerheads shopping its site. The retailer this morning announced a new feature...
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MFS Africa acquires GTP for $34M as it looks to issue prepaid cards to its clients
MFS Africa acquiring U.S.-based Global Technology Partners is a deal made out of necessity for its next phase of growth.
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YouTube’s mobile app can now sync to your TV without casting for a ‘second screen’ experience
YouTube is improving its app’s experience for those who watch videos via their TVs, the company announced today. After observing that many...
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Onramp Funds accelerates e-commerce financing platform with $42M in equity, credit
The company provides working capital based on sales forecast data for shipping, fulfillment, advertising and inventory cost of goods for e-commerce...
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Indonesia’s Astro raises $60M to work on 15-minute grocery delivery
Indonesia’s sprawling archipelago has long been a headache for logistics companies, but there’s no lack of brave challengers....
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Nomagic picks up $22M for its e-commerce warehouse picking robots
Robotics are playing a growing role in the world of e-commerce logistics and fulfillment — where they are seen not just as a way to speed up...
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How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics
We’re generally big fans of plug-and-play business intelligence tools, but they won’t scale with your business. Don’t rely on them after...
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Amazon’s Alexa app now asks customers to scan their shopping receipts for cashback rewards
It’s been said that no one uses Alexa for voice-based shopping. But retail giant still sees the potential for Alexa as a shopping companion...
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Byrd nabs $56M to grow its European e-commerce logistics and fulfillment network as an alternative to Amazon
Shopify put a spotlight on the role and significance of logistics and fulfillment in e-commerce when it snapped up Deliverr for $2.1 billion last...
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Snap further invests in AR Shopping with dedicated in-app feature, new tools for retailers
At Snap’s Partner Summit on Thursday, the Snapchat maker announced a number of new initiatives focused on using its AR technology to aid with...
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Amazon is Primed for online domination
We talk about bulls in china shops, but what about bulls running through the streets of entire shopping districts, or other neighborhoods? This...
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Shipium gives e-commerce retailers Amazon-like supply chain tech
E-commerce retailers of all sizes can have a supply chain coordination layer that enables them to provide fast and cheaper shipping, too.
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Moot channels $18M for a platform and toolkit to power e-commerce strategies for brands
E-commerce today is played out wherever a consumer sees something and wants it — be it on a company’s site or app, a social media feed, a...
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Amazon expands its custom-fit clothing service ‘Made for You’ with athletic tees
Amazon is expanding its experimental custom clothing service, Made for You, which allows shoppers to create clothing designed for their exact body...
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Lucky is bringing brands, retailers together with its take on product merchandising
Lucky's plug-and-play API gives e-commerce brands visibility of its products on retailer store shelves to offer local fulfillment options.
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Productsup raises $70M to help retailers navigate sales strategies in the choppy world of e-commerce
To many people, e-commerce is synonymous with shopping on Amazon, but the reality is that a retailer has the option to use a bundle of different...
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