Shopify merchants generate $5.1 billion USD over Black Friday, Cyber Monday weekend
Shopify merchants generated over $5.1 billion USD in sales worldwide during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to data…
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Today in acquisitions: Tulip, Intelex, SalesRight, Robin
Over the past week, five Canadian tech startups have been involved in acquisition deals, including Tulip, Intelex, ehsAI, SalesRight,…
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon Rx
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Lightspeed adds former Videotron CEO Manon Brouillette to board
Montreal-based Lightspeed has added former Videotron CEO Manon Brouillette to its board of directors. Brouillette, who served…
Loblaw partners with Gatik to bring first autonomous delivery fleet to Canada
Palo Alto-based startup Gatik has signed a deal with Canada’s largest food retailer, Loblaw Companies Limited, to launch…
R|T: The Retail Times – Incentive to change?
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Shopify expands payment options for US merchants through partnership with Alipay
Shopify has partnered with major Chinese digital wallet platform Alipay to expand its payment options for merchants based in…
R|T: The Retail Times – Scrap the robots
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
With a PPE marketplace for businesses, Supply+Protect among latest startups born out of COVID-19
Last week, a startup in the Kitchener-Waterloo region launched to offer Canadian businesses a resource to secure sanitization…
Lightspeed to acquire ShopKeep for $440 million USD, reports strong Q2 results
Montréal-based Lightspeed announced Thursday it is set to acquire ShopKeep, a New York City-based leading cloud commerce platform…
R|T: The Retail Times – Freshly, purchased
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Shopify doubles GMV, reports record profit in third-quarter results
Shopify’s third-quarter financial results greatly beat analysts’ predictions as the Canadian e-commerce company more than…
R|T: The Retail Times – Au revoir, Le Château
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Faire raises $170 million USD Series E, looks to grow Kitchener-Waterloo office
Faire, a wholesale marketplace startup based in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Francisco, has raised a $170 million USD Series…
Shopify pens commerce deal with TikTok
Shopify and TikTok have signed a deal that is set to make it easier for merchants to advertised and sell products on the video-sharing…