Lightspeed to open first office in Toronto
Montreal-based point-of-sale and e-commerce company Lightspeed is set to open a new office in Toronto this month. This office represents the company’s 12th location…
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Bonsai raises $4 million CAD to replicate new Complex Media shop with other publishers
Commerce startup Bonsai has raised a $4 million CAD bridge round to fuel a new business model that it sees as the future of…
R|T: The Retail Times – India vs. Amazon
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Shopify Capital launches starter loans for United States merchants
Shopify announced this week that it has launched a new product line as part of Shopify Capital. The e-commerce giant is now offering starter…
R|T: The Retail Times – 2020’s future of retail
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Elastic Path acquires Moltin as it looks help clients leverage e-commerce microservices
Vancouver-based Elastic Path, which looks to “future-proof” e-commerce enterprises with its API-based platform, has acquired Boston-based Moltin. The terms of the acquisition were not…
Lightspeed to acquire Germany’s Gastrofix to snag more European customers
Lightspeed POS is set to acquire German POS systems developer Gastrofix. The purchase would mark Lightspeed’s largest acquisition to date, with the company spending…
R|T: The Retail Times – Walmart’s robot delivery drivers
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Faire quietly rolls out service to Canadian retailers
Faire, a wholesale marketplace startup headquartered in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, recently made its services available in Canada for the first time. Canadian retailers…
Second Closet raises $13.2 million to disrupt billion dollar self-storage market
Second Closet has raised $13.2 million in its latest round of funding, as the startup looks to expand its self-storage offering within Canada. The…
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify arms the rebels
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Winnipeg-based Bold Commerce opens first international outpost in Austin
Winnipeg-based Bold Commerce is expanding its business operations to Austin, Texas. The e-commerce solution developer said the expansion is in step with its plans to…
Shopify merchants generate $2.9 billion USD in sales over Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Shopify merchants generated more than $2.9 billion in sales worldwide during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to data collected by the e-commerce company….