Shopify reports $1 million in sales per minute during Black Friday peak
Shopify said that its merchants made a record amount of Black Friday sales this year, with more than $1 million in sales going…
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Startup Canada Podcast: Curating authenticity with Drake General Store’s Carlo Colacci
Not every business can make it big on Toronto’s Queen Street West. Co-founder and president of Drake General Store, Carlo…
R|T: The Retail Times – Retail robots arrive
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Dax Dasilva on buying out investor Accel to deter Lightspeed acquisition
On the latest episode of BNN’s The Disruptors, Dax Dasilva, CEO of Lightspeed, discussed how the company grew to one of…
After $4.5 million seed round, Adeptmind launches to help retailers with accurate online search
Adeptmind officially announced the launch of its deep learning company following a $4.5 million seed round from Fidelity Investments…
Amsterdam-based Spaces will open coworking location in Toronto
Amsterdam-based coworking company Spaces is opening its first Canadian location in Toronto at 180 John St. The company, which…
R|T: The Retail Times – VarageSold
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
With a $5 million Series A, Nudge Rewards wants to gamify employee performance across North America
Nudge Rewards, which allows retailers and hospitality companies to communicate with their frontline employees on mobile, has…
CEO Taylor Ablitt says Diply wants to grow with other platforms instead of competing
On the latest episode of The Disruptors, Taylor Ablitt, CEO of Diply, discusses how the media organization keeps millennials…
VarageSale fails to monetize in time, acquired by VerticalScope
Earlier this week, VarageSale announced that it had been acquired by Toronto-based VerticalScope for an undisclosed amount.…
Hack To Start Ep.173: Jason Stoff, principal digital product designer at Starbucks
Jason Stoff is a Principal Digital Product Designer at Starbucks. Before joining the team at Starbucks, Stoff had built a career…
Bruce Croxon says Shopify’s short-seller response falls short, but company’s metrics don’t
On the heels of Shopify releasing its third-quarter financial results, The Disruptors co-hosts Bruce Croxon and Paige Ellis…
EMERGE acquires WagJag from Metroland Media Group
EMERGE Commerce Inc., formerly known as Transformational Capital, has acquired Wagjag, an online deal community, from Metroland…
R|T: The Retail Times – The power of ‘Metail’
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Web.com acquires Montreal-based Acquisio
Web.com Group, Inc., a global Internet services and online marketing solutions company, announced that it has acquired Acquisio,…