Study Finds that Cost and Know-How Are Small Businesses’ Biggest Obstacles to Digital Prominence
A new MasterCard study that tabled responses from small business owners in four countries (including Canada) says that small…
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Vancouver’s Payfirma Partners with Cloud Ecommerce Enablers LemonStand
Vancouver-based multichannel payments company Payfirma has partnered up with LemonStand, a cloud-based ecommerce platform…
Montreal Startup Leaders to Convene Thursday for Talk on Innovation and Creativity in Business
Several Montreal startup leaders will chat about the power of innovation and creativity in business this Thursday night Novotel…
Shop.ca Raises Healthy $31 Million Series B Funding Round
Drew Green’s Shop.ca has raised $31 million in venture capital from Shaw Ventures, an affiliate of Shaw Communications…
100,000 Different Businesses Are Now Using Shopify
According to Shopify founder Tobias Lutke, a major milestone has been crossed for the company that helps businesses sell their…
CanadaPost Beefs Up Offerings for Merchants Using Shopify, Other Ecommerce Platforms
CanadaPost might be taking 45 years to deliver letters to people, but it is trying its best to help out small business owners…
Vancouver’s BuildDirect to Launch New Chocolate Flooring
Vancouver’s online building materials merchant BuildDirect is about to “take a bite” out of home improvement,…
Vancouver’s Elastic Path Software Gets $5 Million
Elastic Path Software Inc., a digital ecommerce software vendor, has raised $5 million in convertible debt and term facilities…
Audicus Undercuts Hearing Aid Costs by As Much As 80%, Making Many Canadians Happy
An interesting report from CBC Manitoba this month brought our attention to one New Jersey-based startup that has a ton of…
French Lens Giant Essilor Buys Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts for $430 Million
French optical-lens-manufacturing giant Essilor has agreed to purchase Vancouver’s Clearly Contacts Inc., the parent…
WordPress Now Lets Users Sell Stuff, Partners with Shopify and Shoplocket
WordPress, the most popular and fastest growing publishing platform on the web, announced yesterday that it had struck deals…
Frank & Oak Releases its 2013 Numbers, And They Sold A lot of Pants
We’ve known for a while that Montreal’s men’s efashion startup Frank & Oak has been doing well for itself.…
Brick & Mobile: Rogers Mobile Shopper changing the in-store shopping experience
Mobile devices are redefining how we shop. For many traditional brick & mortar retailers, mobile hasn’t always been a…
Shop.Ca CEO Returns to DX3 with Message of Optimism in eCommerce
Drew Green might be Canada’s biggest cheerleader when it comes to ecommerce potential. Last year at the DX3 2013 conference…
Montrealer Sells $12K in Six Weeks After Creating Shopify Page
Montrealer Anna Van Tuinen had always designed and created paper jewelry figures since she was in high school, but any thought…