Online grocery startup Goodfood to open new fulfillment centre in Toronto
Montréal-based Goodfood Market, an online grocery and meal-kit startup, has signed a lease for a new first fulfillment centre…
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Shopify launches new POS connecting brick-and-mortar with online sales
Shopify launched what it is calling “a fully rebuilt and reimagined” Shopify POS on Monday. The new point-of-sale…
R|T: The Retail Times – A tasty merger
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Shopify launches consumer-facing shopping assistant app
Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify has launched Shop, a consumer-facing mobile assistant shopping app designed to create…
Foodora to cease operations in Canada, citing highly saturated market
Restaurant meal delivery company Foodora will close its business in Canada after five years of operation. The company cited…
Sampler mobilizing consumers to sew medical masks for essential workers
Toronto-based Sampler has launched ComeTogetherTO, an initiative that aims to send 2,000 sewing kits to consumers with sewing…
Shopify Capital launches in Canada to provide small business loans to merchants
Shopify has launched its small business loan fund, Shopify Capital, in Canada. As of Monday, Canadian merchants on Shopify’s…
R|T: The Retail Times – COVID-19 can’t stop Shopify
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Shopify challenges its partners to build an app that helps entrepreneurs during COVID-19
Shopify has launched a new initiative that challenges teams within its partner network to build an app that helps businesses…
TouchBistro furloughs 131 employees as restaurants hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic
Toronto-based TouchBistro temporarily laid off 131 employees today, noting that COVID-19 has had a “devastating impact”…
Shopify’s email marketing tool Shopify Email launches globally
Today, Shopify announced the global launch of its email marketing tool Shopify Email. The Ottawa-based e-commerce company originally…
R|T: The Retail Times – Walmart overtakes Amazon
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Lightspeed sees reduced demand for e-commerce services, as restaurants, retailers heavily affected
Montreal-based Lightspeed POS has reported that social distancing measures in place due to COVID-19 have impacted merchants’…
Mejuri lays off 15 percent of staff as it’s forced to close all retail stores due to pandemic
E-commerce fine jewelry startup Mejuri has laid off 15 percent of its team and has closed all of its retail stores due to the…
R|T: The Retail Times – Bad Ritual
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