Q.I. Leap closes $1.8 million seed to deliver main street retailers useful data
While ecommerce businesses have the advantage of being able to use their customer’s data to give them better service, bricks-and-mortar…
Retail
R|T: The Retail Times – Waiting in line at Amazon
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Sobeys plans to launch an online grocery platform to Canada
Sobeys has announced that the company is partnering with British grocery giant Ocado to bring a “best in the world” online…
R|T: The Retail Times – The Amazon shortlist
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Hyr raises $1.6 million to help retailers embrace the gig economy
Toronto-based Hyr has announced a $1.6 million CAD seed round led by Flybridge Capital Partners, with participation from Newark…
Instacart acquires Toronto-based Unata to build more online grocery solutions
San Francisco-based grocery delivery service Instacart has acquired Toronto-based Unata, which provides white label ecommerce…
R|T: The Retail Times – Changing the way customers shop
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Machine learning engineer among Indeed’s jobs to watch in 2018
Based on growth in 2017, job site Indeed has released a report on the top jobs to watch in 2018. Jobs enabled by tech had a…
R|T: The Retail Times – A store with no cashiers
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Rubikloud raises $46 million Series B from Intel
Toronto-based Rubikloud has raised a $46 million CAD Series B led by Intel Capital. Existing investors Horizons Ventures and…
Six technology trends driving seamless retail in 2018
As we prepare for 2018, e-commerce is thriving and a sharp group of “traditional retailers” who have been steadily enhancing…
R|T: The Retail Times – Global Tea-commerce
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Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein joins CBC board of directors
Shopify chief operating officer Harley Finkelstein has joined the CBC’s board of directors. Finkelstein shared the news…
Financeit receives investment from Goldman Sachs to acquire home improvement software company Centah
Financeit — a POS financing provider for the home improvement, vehicle, and retail industry — has raised an undisclosed…
eBay acquiring Terapeak to boost its data analytics offering for sellers
eBay has entered an agreement to acquire Toronto-based Terapeak, a company that provides insights for ecommerce sellers to…