Today in hires: Instacart, BlueCat
Recently, two tech organizations have announced new members to their teams. Hereâs a breakdown of who is joining and what…
Retail
R|T: The Retail Times – Going up in smoke
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Shopify to open first permanent office in Vancouver, hire 1,000 employees
Shopify is set to expand its presence in Vancouver, with plans to move into a new office space and hire 1,000 employees. The…
Today in funding: Aquatic Informatics, Commerce.js, Simply Benefits
Three Canadian startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Hereâs the latest on who raised how much,…
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…
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
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
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…
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 âfuture-proofâ e-commerce enterprises with its API-based platform, has acquired…
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…
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…
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…
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify arms the rebels
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…