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September 3, 2015
Can a mobile classified app topple the behemoth that is Craigslist? A company called letgo aims to find out. Its app, which lets users buy and sell items locally, has…
Read articleSeptember 2, 2015
In just a few weeks, I’ll be onstage with the man who spearheaded the creation of Apple’s friendly, futuristic retail stores. Ron Johnson spent more than a decade…
Read articleSeptember 2, 2015
Capillary Technologies, the Singapore-based social CRM company, has raised a $45 million Series C to fuel its evolution into an omnichannel retail platform. The round was led by…
Read articleSeptember 1, 2015
It seems like everyone wants to build a virtual assistant that you communicate with via text message. In the case of New York City startup Agent Q, it’s…
Read articleAugust 26, 2015
Longtime Googler Nitin Mangtani (manager for a number of products including Google Shopping) has founded a startup of his own, PredictSpring, where he’s working to help brands and retailers get…
Read articleAugust 20, 2015
Affirm, the lending company started by Max Levchin that offers customers payment plans for online purchases, has announced that the company’s financing options will now be available to all…
Read articleAugust 18, 2015
A conspiracy has been hatched by the world’s top Triple-A and indie developers to change the way computer games are financed. It’s called Fig. It’s a highly curated…
Read articleAugust 17, 2015
If you convince all your friends to go to a concert, shouldn’t the promoter give you a discount? Now they can with The Ticket Fairy, a full-stack events…
Read articleAugust 13, 2015
Customers of Salesforce’s Community Cloud will soon be able to add their own buy buttons. The Community Cloud allows businesses to build sites where customers can interact with…
Read articleAugust 6, 2015
A startup working to bring offline brick-and-mortar consignment shops into the e-commerce age, Snobswap, has raised over a million dollars in seed funding to expand what it describes…
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