Emerge, WeCommerce begin trading on the TSX Venture Exchange
Two Canadian tech-focused companies, Emerge Commerce and WeCommerce, began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) on Monday.…
Retail
R|T: The Retail Times – A multi-billion Black Friday
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Shopify Balance to be powered by Stripe, Evolve Bancorp
On Thursday, it was revealed that payment processing giant Stripe and Evolve Bancorp will power two products within Shopify…
R|T: The Retail Times – Is Shopify the new Amazon or another Amazon?
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Publicly listed Canadian tech companies Lightspeed, Nuvei continue to make acquisitions
Lightspeed and Nuvei, both Montréal-based tech companies that have recently entered the public market, are continuing to gobble…
Shopify merchants generate $5.1 billion USD over Black Friday, Cyber Monday weekend
Shopify merchants generated over $5.1 billion USD in sales worldwide during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to data…
Today in acquisitions: Tulip, Intelex, SalesRight, Robin
Over the past week, five Canadian tech startups have been involved in acquisition deals, including Tulip, Intelex, ehsAI, SalesRight,…
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon Rx
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Lightspeed adds former Videotron CEO Manon Brouillette to board
Montreal-based Lightspeed has added former Videotron CEO Manon Brouillette to its board of directors. Brouillette, who served…
Loblaw partners with Gatik to bring first autonomous delivery fleet to Canada
Palo Alto-based startup Gatik has signed a deal with Canada’s largest food retailer, Loblaw Companies Limited, to launch…
R|T: The Retail Times – Incentive to change?
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Shopify expands payment options for US merchants through partnership with Alipay
Shopify has partnered with major Chinese digital wallet platform Alipay to expand its payment options for merchants based in…
R|T: The Retail Times – Scrap the robots
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
With a PPE marketplace for businesses, Supply+Protect among latest startups born out of COVID-19
Last week, a startup in the Kitchener-Waterloo region launched to offer Canadian businesses a resource to secure sanitization…
Lightspeed to acquire ShopKeep for $440 million USD, reports strong Q2 results
Montréal-based Lightspeed announced Thursday it is set to acquire ShopKeep, a New York City-based leading cloud commerce platform…