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Plus: Italian food service Porta raises $10.5M to fill a General Assembly-sized hole.
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Shopify teases AI assistant for entrepreneurs, Sidekick
Shopify said Sidekick can help with designing storefronts, developer documentation, economic trends analysis.
Oco partners with Adidas to launch shoes sporting carbon-captured ink
Set to be released this fall, the shoes blend screen-printing ink with captured carbon.
Sampler acquires AdMass’s tech, founders to add AI, user-generated content to its product sampling platform
The deal marks Sampler’s second acquisition in four months.
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon faces FTC antitrust case and free returns backlash
Plus: Meet the Shopify Ventures portfolio.
PacifiCan invests nearly $23 million in BC cleantech, zero-waste projects
Saltworks, MintList, and Novarc Technologies all receive funding for expansion and commercialization.
Porta raises $10.5-million for frozen, ready-to-cook Italian meal delivery service
Porta might just fill the frozen-pizza-shaped hole left by General Assembly.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify is in a “fight” with CRA over merchant records
Plus: Alibaba surprises with chairman and CEO replacement.
Shopify’s venture arm unveils portfolio in new website launch
Shopify’s investments focus on funding the companies that support its merchant ecosystem.
Shipping container marketplace Boxhub raises $12.4 million for global expansion
Boxhub said it has become popular with people making tiny houses and vertical farms.
Shopify makes checkout solution Shop Pay available to enterprise retailers not using Shopify
The move represents part of Shopify’s push to woo larger clients.
R|T: The Retail Times – Canadian-founded company behind Instant Pot files for bankruptcy
Plus: Shopify partners with Volt to offer open banking solutions (but not in Canada).
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify uses new weapons in battle against patent trolls
Plus: TikTok seeks $20 billion ecommerce business despite US setback.
Shopify partners with Volt to offer open banking solutions (but not in Canada)
Features available to Shopify merchants in Europe, Brazil, and other markets not beset by implementation delays.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s birthday gift: a new class-action lawsuit
Plus: Temu is losing millions of dollars to break into the US.