Shopify acquiring fulfillment platform 6 River Systems for $450 million USD
Shopify is acquiring Waltham, Massachusetts-based 6 River Systems, which offers collaborative warehouse fulfillment solutions,…
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FinTech startup PayBright raises $34 million in growth equity from goeasy
Toronto-based FinTech company PayBright has raised $34 million in growth equity from alternative financing provider goeasy…
R|T: The Retail Times – How Shopify could beat Amazon
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Here’s how Scott Galloway thinks Shopify could supplant Amazon
Scott Galloway, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, says one of the biggest unexpected threats…
Today in hires: Instacart, Flexday
In the past few weeks, two tech organizations have announced new members to their teams. Here’s a breakdown of who is joining,…
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s eye on Amazon
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Sampler receives $1 million from CIBC Innovation Banking
CIBC Innovation Banking has provided $1 million in debt financing to Toronto-based Sampler. Sampler works with consumer packaged…
R|T: The Retail Times – Molecular brew
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Nudge Rewards raises $12 million CAD
Nudge Rewards, the Toronto-based company offering a way for employers to engage and reward their frontline managers and staff,…
R|T: The Retail Times – Creating food from thin air
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Shopify launches first native chat function for merchants
Shopify is launching a new chat feature, the e-commerce giant’s first native chat function that allows users to have…
Shopify’s Lynsey Thornton talks mission-driven decisions at Traction 2019
Scaling from an online shop builder into powering 800,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries takes a lot more than timing.…
Saskatoon-based SalonScale Technology closes $1 million seed round
Saskatoon-based SalonScale Technology has closed over $1 million in seed funding for its smart technology-powered app helping…
Lightspeed reports 38 percent revenue growth in Q1 2019
Montreal-based Lightspeed has released its financial results for the fiscal first quarter, ending June 30, 2019. The now-public…
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify beats forecasts
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