CommerceBear raises $10.5 million USD to modernize outdated furniture e-commerce market
CommerceBear wants to create easy access to channels like Wayfair.
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Goloot announces $4 million to improve online advertising for D2C merchants
Backed by former Paysafe leaders, Goloot has amassed a list of customers that includes Lancôme, Keurig, and SSENSE.
GoBolt closes $75 million Series C round to double down on EVs, North American expansion
GoBolt spent the last year building a fleet of EVs from suppliers like Ford, Lion Six.
Former head of marketing at Klaviyo and Dropbox joins Lightspeed as chief marketing officer
Kady Srinivasan tasked with helping drive Lightspeed’s strategic growth and innovation.
Shopify, Benevity set records for Black Friday-Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday
Shopify merchants rack up $7.5 billion in sales over the weekend.
R|T: The Retail Times – GoodGood shuts down down as funding tightens
Plus: Amazon India’s food delivery shuts down.
Canadian tech talks down rounds, disasters, and “recipes for failure”
Featuring interviews with luminaries from OMERS Ventures, Shopify, Coveo, Clio, Unbounce, and L-SPARK.
R|T: The Retail Times – SkipTheDishes’ new CEO steps up to the plate
Plus: Amazon layoffs hit Canadian teams.
One year after raising $6.5 million, GoodGood shuts down claiming it can’t find more money
Company says downturn has had “dramatic impact” on its rapid local commerce delivery business.
Bold Commerce swaps CEOs, bringing on PayPal, Intuit alum Peter Karpas
Karpas took the reins from Bold co-founder Yvan Boisjoli last month.
R|T: The Retail Times – Inside Hopper’s key strategic relationship and $5 billion valuation
Plus: Where and why Shopify is outsourcing customer support.
Former SkipTheDishes COO Howard Migdal steps up to the plate as food delivery firm’s new CEO
Migdal vows to help the delivery platform thrive through tough times.
Canadian tech layoffs continue as tough year comes to a close
Properly, TealBook, D2L, League among latest firms to cut staff amid economic downturn.
Nobul, Hopper top Deloitte Canada’s fastest growing startups lists for 2022
Annual survey of tech execs expresses concerns over access to capital, talent.
Amazon layoffs hit Canadian teams, according to LinkedIn posts
Impacted roles in Canada include Amazon Alexa’s development team.