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• 11 Cover Letter Templates to Perfect Your Next Job Application - No one seems to agree on cover letters. How much time do you need to spend perfecting them? Do hiring managers even read them? Is it better to just send in your resume and call it a day? I'm not in HR, but I've been approached by applicants who wondered whether their cover letter would actually be read. My answer is one not many of them wanted to hear: "sometimes."
  Topics: perfect, company, template, letter, hiring, applying, cover, application, templates, important, paragraph, youre, job.
• 11 Sample Business Plans to Help You Write Your Own - Ask any successful sports coach how they win so many games, and they’ll tell you they have a unique plan for every single game they coach. To have a fighting chance against any of their opponents, they need to prepare a specific game plan tailored to each of their opponents’ strengths and weaknesses. Otherwise, they’ll get crushed.
  Topics: business, template, write, youll, plan, include, company, sample, guide, need, plans, help.
• 15 About Us & About Me Pages + Templates to Make Your Own - Building a website is, in many ways, an exercise of willpower. It’s tempting to get distracted by the bells and whistles of the design process, and forget all about creating compelling content.
  Topics: rocks, pages, thats, brand, way, does, youre, website, company, templates, page.
• 39 Call-to-Action Examples You Can't Help But Click - Think about all the times you've signed up for things in your life. Did you once download Evernote? Dropbox? Spotify? Maybe you've even taken a class on General Assembly. Each one of these signups is likely a result of an effective call-to-action (CTA).
  Topics: click, cta, visitors, help, ctas, sign, free, company, examples, design, calltoaction, website, users, cant.
• 4 Talent Acquisition Strategies to Find the Best Employees - It's can be difficult to find the ideal candidate for a specific position — in fact, in 2018 almost 75% of employers struggled to fill positions with the right candidates.
  Topics: strategies, focus, employees, job, company, talent, longterm, talented, acquisition, youll, best, strategy.
• 7 Companies Hosting Great Virtual Conferences - In April 2020, I attended the two-hour special "ACM Presents: Our Country". In my pajamas with a bowl of popcorn, I was able to watch Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, and Florida Georgia Line perform from their own living rooms.
  Topics: hosting, speakers, hosted, virtual, company, youre, inperson, pass, great, companies, conferences, conference, event.
• 8 Common Integrated Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them - Back in the 1930's, something called the Rule of 7 developed in the movie industry.
  Topics: campaign, social, channels, campaigns, marketing, team, integrated, need, data, common, mistakes, avoid, company.
• 9 Employee Satisfaction Survey Questions That Will Reveal A Lot - Employee satisfaction is critical for more than just glowing Glassdoor reviews — it can also greatly impact your company's long-term growth.
  Topics: lot, employees, company, employee, survey, reveal, team, satisfaction, dont, questions, work, feel, good.
• 9 LinkedIn Ad Case Studies That Marketers Can Learn From - When you think about social media marketing, what's the first platform that comes to mind? For many marketers, it's probably Facebook or Instagram. But if I were to pick one, I'd go with LinkedIn.
  Topics: leads, team, company, studies, audience, marketing, learn, campaign, marketers, content, linkedin, ad, ads, case.
• A worker at Amazon’s New York City fulfillment center is dead from COVID-19 - Earlier this week, Amazon informed staff members at its Staten Island fulfillment center that a worker had died from COVID-19. The news was first noted by The Verge. The employee began to exhibit symptoms in early April, before being placed on quarantine April 11. He never returned to the site. “We are deeply saddened by […]
  Topics: workers, covid19, employee, virus, tested, york, fulfillment, dead, center, amazons, worker, island, amazon, facility, positive, techcrunch, company, staten, city.
• Amazon Air adds 12 new aircraft to its cargo fleet, expands its ground operations - Amazon announced today it has added 12 new cargo aircraft to Amazon Air, bringing its total fleet to more than 80 aircraft, in part because of increased demand for shipments during the COVID-19 pandemic. The converted Boeing 767-300 were leased from the Air Transport Services Group. Amazon said one of the planes will begin transporting […]
  Topics: company, expands, cargo, air, month, international, airport, aircraft, fleet, amazon, san, techcrunch, operations, adds, workers, covid19, ground.
• Amazon Q1 beats on net sales of $75.5B but posts net income of $2.5B, down $1B on a year ago - Amazon has been one of the biggest names synonymous with how the consumer masses are experiencing life under lockdown: its site lets you buy anything from soup to nuts, from books to baking pans for all your sourdough; and via its streaming services, it gives you many ways to stay entertained. But it can also […]
  Topics: net, operating, employees, income, q1, quarter, beats, sales, company, 755b, posts, ago, amazon, techcrunch, versus, billion, services.
• Amazon and Valentino team up in joint lawsuit against New York counterfeiter over Rockstud knock-offs - Amazon is ramping up its efforts to tackle counterfeiting on its platform by aiming for the higher end of the fashion market. Today the e-commerce giant announced that it has jointly filed a lawsuit with Italian luxury brand Valentino against Buffalo, New York-based Kaitlyn Pan Group, LLC and New York resident Hao Pan for copying […]
  Topics: counterfeit, team, counterfeiter, brand, amazon, valentino, techcrunch, joint, rockstud, kaitlyn, company, sold, valentinos, lawsuit, knockoffs, york, pan.
• Amazon expands Flex delivery program to more than 35 cities in India - Amazon said on Thursday it has expanded its Flex delivery program to more than 35 cities in India, one of its key overseas markets, as the e-commerce giant looks to scale its delivery capability to service the growing number of orders. The e-commerce giant, which completed seven years in the country this month, launched the […]
  Topics: flex, program, delivery, ecommerce, workforce, service, workers, techcrunch, cities, india, company, expands, amazon.
• Amazon fires two more employees who were openly critical of working conditions during pandemic - Two additional employees who were publicly critical of Amazon’s warehouse conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic have been fired by the company. UX designers Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa were both also members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, an organization of employees “who believe it’s our responsibility to ensure our business models don’t contribute to the […]
  Topics: critical, openly, conditions, techcrunch, right, public, pandemic, company, come, working, amazon, fires, employees, told, workers, fired.
• Amazon limiting shipments to certain types of products due to COVID-19 pandemic - Amazon’s “Fulfillment by Amazon” (FBA) program, through which it provides warehousing and shipment services for products from third-party sellers, was well as its larger vendor shipment services are being partially suspended through April 5 due to the global coronavirus outbreak. This suspension will allow Amazon to prioritize shipment of “household staples, medical supplies and other […]
  Topics: limiting, fulfillment, pandemic, company, shipment, techcrunch, products, certain, shipments, amazon, household, covid19, sellers, staples, types, supplies.
• Amazon pledges US$2 billion in Climate Pledge Fund - Amazon has pledged US$2 billion for a Climate Pledge Fund to foster sustainable technologies and services that will enable it to achieve net zero carbon.
  Topics: company, services, pledge, climate, technologies, amazon, zero, billion, pledges, size, carbon, companies, fund.
• Amazon reportedly closes warehouses in France following court order - Amazon has decided to close its six fulfillment centers in France until Monday, according to an internal document seen by Capital and Reuters. The company also said publicly that it’ll probably appeal yesterday’s court decision that restrict orders to essential goods. Yesterday, a French court ruled that Amazon hasn’t been doing enough to protect warehouse […]
  Topics: court, reportedly, closes, orders, essential, warehouses, order, union, following, shutting, yesterdays, france, company, amazon, protect, techcrunch.
• Amazon says it will offer full-time jobs to 125,000 temporary workers - In a blog post today, Amazon announced plans to offer permanent jobs to around 70% of the 175,000 temporary workers it brought on to meet demand amid a COVID-19-fueled surge. Initially filled as seasonal positions, the company will be transferring 125,000 people to full-time roles next month, as the pandemic-fueled push theoretically dies down. Those […]
  Topics: workers, roles, fulltime, policies, covid19, unemployment, month, temporary, staff, jobs, techcrunch, company, amazon, offer.
• Amazon to hire 75,000 more to address increased demand due to coronavirus crisis - Amazon has already hired over 100,000 new employees in the past four weeks as a result of the uptick in demand it’s seeing due to the global coronavirus pandemic, but it’s looking to add 75,000 more workers in the U.S., across both full- and part-time positions. The company revealed the expanded hiring efforts in a […]
  Topics: demand, pay, safety, looking, efforts, pandemic, coronavirus, hire, amazon, past, including, crisis, employees, company, techcrunch, address, increased.
• Amazon warehouse workers strike in Germany over COVID-19 conditions - Amazon warehouse workers in Germany are striking for 48 hours this week, to protest conditions that have led to COVID-19 infections among fellow employees. Strikes began today at six warehouses and are set to continue through the end of the day Tuesday. The company has drawn international criticism for its decision not to disclose official […]
  Topics: warehouse, company, criticism, working, conditions, union, covid19, strikes, strike, amazon, striking, techcrunch, germany, end, workers.
• As Uber hunts for a deal, can Postmates leverage an IPO? - If Postmates has managed anything like revenue growth acceleration because people have been staying home and ordering more food and other goods, its IPO story could prove attractive.
  Topics: hunts, venturebacked, company, revenue, leverage, companies, ipo, software, public, uber, techcrunch, postmates, deal.
• As the U.S. shuts down, StockX’s business is booming, says its CEO - StockX, the high-flying resale marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of sneakers, streetwear, handbags and other collectible items, has seen its fortune rise along with the $6 billion global sneaker resale market, which is part of the broader $100 billion sneaker category. In fact, the company, which was assigned a billion-dollar-plus valuation last year, says […]
  Topics: ceo, sneakers, cutler, thats, market, griffith, shuts, booming, techcrunch, right, company, stockx, say, business, stockxs.
• Austrian startup Refurbed raises €15.6 million - Refurbed, an Austrian startup that sells repaired electrical appliances, has raised 15.6 million euros. It’s one of the highest investments in the Austrian start-up industry. Through an online marketplace, Refurbed sells refurbished electrical devices that look and work like new, but are sold for a price that normally comes with… Continue reading
  Topics: euros, million, refurbed, money, highest, austrian, products, raises, investments, startup, company.
• Away, the high-flying travel brand, just furloughed half its employees and laid off 10% - Pretty much everyone is getting socked by the COVID-19 shutdown. Among the latest to say so in a public way is Away, the trendy, five-year-old, New York-based travel brand that has raised roughly $180 million from investors over the years, including a $100 million round last year that pegged the company’s valuation at $1.4 billion […]
  Topics: founders, furloughed, employees, rubio, travel, laid, say, away, layoffs, techcrunch, half, company, highflying, korey, work, brand, way.
• Bankruptcies, Layoffs Deplete the Retail Industry - At the beginning of 2020 several brick-and-mortar chain retailers were struggling, trying to restructure debt or find new lenders while dealing with plummeting revenues. The Covid-19 pandemic has closed stores and effectively made those efforts pointless.
  Topics: bankruptcy, industry, retail, bankruptcies, filed, layoffs, closed, chapter, deplete, sales, administration, million, company, stores.
• Bluestone offers free PIM platform for nonprofits - Bluestone has announced it will offer nonprofit organizations free access to its PIM platform. With this offer, the Norwegian company wants to help nonprofits around the world who have been hit hard by Covid-19. The tech company wants to support nonprofits who try to turn to ecommerce as a way… Continue reading
  Topics: nonprofits, platform, bluestone, pim, information, offer, product, ecommerce, free, offers, access, company.
• Book Summary: Good to Great by Jim Collins - With over four million copies sold to date, Good to Great by Jim C. Collins is one of the best-selling management books of all time. The follow-up to his international bestseller, Built to Last, Good to Great focuses on how both mediocre and good companies can go beyond their stagnant […]
  Topics: concept, hedgehog, level, companies, collins, jim, goodtogreat, summary, company, book, great, team, good.
• Brand Logos: The Good, The Bad, and The Most Questionable Designs - When it comes to your business' branding strategy, establishing your company's logo is one of the most critical tasks.
  Topics: good, logos, questionable, starbucks, brand, bad, company, branding, pixar, designs, logo, great, apple, design.
• Byte projects $100 million in 2020 revenue without increasing marketing spend - One usual characteristic of a bootstrapped company is that its growth is slower than its VC-backed competitors. Bootstrapped marketing spend relies on revenue, revenue often relies on marketing spend, and the tension between the two can force slower growth. VC-backed companies, in contrast, can afford to spend ahead of revenue, often allowing them to grow […]
  Topics: increasing, spend, million, byte, projects, companies, growth, techcrunch, customers, teeth, revenue, company, orthodontists, marketing.
• CIO Cynthia Stoddard explains Adobe’s journey from boxes to the cloud - Up until 2013, Adobe sold its software in cardboard boxes that were distributed mostly by third party vendors.
  Topics: cynthia, journey, network, transformation, techcrunch, way, took, company, software, adobes, cloud, boxes, didnt, adobe, stoddard, cio, working, explains.
• Can B2C Marketing Succeed on LinkedIn? - Almost every morning, I log onto LinkedIn. I like to stay updated about the changes in the marketing industry and congratulate my peers on their recent accomplishments. And, of course, I love looking at the new and exciting marketing campaigns brands roll out.
  Topics: linkedin, b2c, brand, content, audience, succeed, company, page, posts, marketing, post, network.
• Carrefour launches food marketplace in France - Carrefour has launched an online grocery marketplace in France. The platform will feature up to 100,000 products from more than a hundred different retailers by the end of this year. These items complement Carrefour’s daily product range. The supermarket chain is the latest major company with a marketplace for external… Continue reading
  Topics: online, french, food, marketplace, products, company, items, launches, carrefour, product, ecommerce, france.
• Cazoo, the used-car sales portal, raises another $116M - The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic has put a freeze on many in-person sales and transactions for goods and services, so in what might be a sign of the times for funding in the startup world, today a company in the U.K. that’s been building a portal to carry out car sales in the […]
  Topics: world, ventures, vehicles, usedcar, techcrunch, raises, million, company, delivery, uk, sales, portal, car.
• Czech online supermarket Rohlík will launch in Germany - Rohlík, an online supermarket from the Czech Republic, has announced plans to launch in Germany. The expansion was originally planned for 2025. But due to the current high demand for online grocery shopping, the start is brought forward. Rohlík is expected to launch in Munich by the end of this… Continue reading
  Topics: germany, called, online, rohlík, launch, czech, popular, supermarket, operates, company.
• DHL acquires stake in Link Commerce developed by MallForAfrica - DHL has acquired a minority stake in Link Commerce, a turn-key e-commerce company that grew out of MallforAfrica.com — a Nigerian digital-retail startup.
  Topics: mallforafrica, way, platform, chris, investment, developed, ecommerce, acquires, company, commerce, link, folayan, dhl, stake.
• DSV builds Europe’s largest logistics center in Denmark - Logistics company DSV plans to invest about 270 million euros in a new logistics center, which will become Europe’s largest with just one leaseholder. The new site will cover 700,000 square meters. The reason for a new logistics center is that the current facilities in and around Horsens (a city… Continue reading
  Topics: square, solutions, facilities, builds, largest, dsv, horsens, europes, denmark, logistics, center, company.
• Ebay struggling to sell South Korea division - US online shopping giant eBay is struggling to offload its South Korean unit. Sources within the e-commerce industry believe there are a few large retail companies that could potentially buy the Ebay South Korea business due to its large size. They estimate the business could potentially be worth 5 trillion won (US$4.18 billion), based on […]
  Topics: trillion, korea, struggling, division, south, ebay, ecommerce, company, won, business, sell, large, online.
• Entrepreneur Sells the Most Competitive Product on Amazon, and Thrives - What's the most competitive product on Amazon? Smartphone cases. What does Matt Altschul's company, Smartish, sell? Smartphone cases. And it thrives. I spoke with Altschul recently about Amazon, phone cases, and custom manufacturing, among other topics.
  Topics: business, competitive, products, phone, day, things, company, thrives, youre, product, entrepreneur, cases, sells, amazon.
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fulfillment Services - Whether you’re thinking about starting an ecommerce business, or you’ve been selling products for a while, you’ve probably thought about warehousing, shipping, and fulfillment. If you need more time or space to manage inventory and orders, it might be time to outsource fulfillment.More
  Topics: shipping, order, ecommerce, logistics, wanted, services, companies, know, company, business, orders, fulfillment.
• Everything You Need to Know About Employer Branding - When a job seeker begins their search, their queries might look like this: "Top companies to work for in 2019" or, alternatively, "Top companies in X industry."
  Topics: know, culture, need, employer, job, brand, employees, value, work, page, company, branding.
• Extended Marketing Mix: What It Is and Why It's Useful - Cooking is my favorite pastime. It's so much fun to find new recipes and learn about new ingredients. Plus, (usually) the results are delicious. Finding new recipes and ingredients is nothing short of delightful.
  Topics: mix, product, extended, marketing, company, shop, useful, sell, promotion, physical, price.
• How 5 Brands Use WhatsApp For Marketing - In 2019, WhatsApp reached 2 billion global users and solidified itself as the most popular mobile messaging app worldwide.
  Topics: whatsapps, contact, marketing, companies, audiences, app, brands, company, platform, whatsapp, absolut.
• How Grab adapted after COVID-19 hit its ride-hailing business - The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on ride-hailing services, like Uber and Lyft. Grab, Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing company, has also been impacted, but the company has adapted by quickly transitioning many of its ride-hailing drivers to its on-demand delivery verticals and expanding services needed by customers during social distancing measures. The company […]
  Topics: adapted, markets, covid19, ridehailing, delivery, began, grab, drivers, driver, techcrunch, company, ondemand, business, hit, services.
• How These 7 Companies Thrived During the Recession - In 2008, the Great Recession was all over the news. At 14, I didn't exactly know what that meant. However, I understood that my parents were struggling financially. While it was the first economic crisis I was old enough to remember, it isn't the only economic downturn we've seen, nationally or internationally.
  Topics: company, crisis, times, fact, brand, recession, companies, netflix, business, economic, thrived.
• How To Master Writing Advertorials - I'm a huge fan of food magazine Bon Appetit. I love the brand's voice, messaging, and content, so when I found the corresponding YouTube channel for the publication last year, I was immediately sold.
  Topics: master, brand, advertorials, product, youre, writing, content, readers, company, advertorial, post, write.
• How Zoosk's Co-Founders, Shayan Zadeh and Alex Mehr, Are Using Data and AI to Power Online Retail During Unprecedented Times of Uncertainty - Lessons learned from starting a company during the 2008 recession, which eventually sold for over $300 million.
  Topics: mehr, unprecedented, power, right, online, company, uncertainty, covid19, potential, dont, shayan, zoosks, retail, zoosk, work, business, times, zadeh, using.
• How to Align with Your Sales Team, According to HubSpot Marketers - Throughout the history of business, marketing and sales teams have repeatedly run into the same problem: misalignment.
  Topics: sales, according, marketers, align, help, ye, marketing, salespeople, objections, team, hubspot, learn, teams, company.
• How to Gain Visibility When You Work Remotely, According to HubSpot Employees - When working remotely, you'll likely notice some unique challenges arise that aren't necessarily roadblocks you'd experience in a shared office. Additionally, as a career-minded professional, you might also have fears related to being isolated or unseen. For example, you might ask yourself, "Am I missing something important?", "Do people think I'm actually working?" or "Is it even possible to move up the ladder in a remote position?"
  Topics: employees, meetings, visibility, manager, according, remotely, work, company, reichenbach, remote, team, gain, hubspot, colleagues.
• How to Improve Your Corporate Marketing Strategies [+ Examples] - I know I've talked about this before (if you've read some of my other blog posts, you might know this already), but I love Taco Bell's marketing. The quick-wit on Twitter, the upheaval in their branding a few years ago … I love it all. The main reason I admire their corporate marketing is because it has a real brand story that I can relate to as a customer.
  Topics: customers, corporate, brand, customer, improve, help, audience, know, way, strategies, company, marketing, examples.
• How to Master Website Personalization - In the summer, there's so many things I enjoy: The sun, the temperature, chilled drinks, BBC's Pride and Prejudice miniseries, but most of all … my summer subscription box.
  Topics: software, data, visitors, customer, company, website, customers, recommendations, personalization, based, master.
• How to Sell a Business: Why Ecommerce Entrepreneurs Need to Have an Exit Strategy - While it might seem absurd to create an exit strategy for your business, there are actually lots of reasons why you need to be making these plans right now.
  Topics: business, company, things, sell, entrepreneurs, exit, strategy, good, strategies, investors, likely, need.
• How to Structure a Kick-Ass Marketing Team for Any Company -  Companies are taking note of inbound marketing and revamping their strategy and talent pool to generate higher quality leads at about a 60% lower cost per lead than outbound marketing . Want to know how you can transform your marketing department to become an inbound lead generating machine helping your sales team KILL it and grow your business?
  Topics: teams, web, product, company, marketing, kickass, hire, social, media, seo, team, structure, content.
• Hydrant raises $5.7 million Series A to help consumers hydrate faster - Eight glasses of water a day. That’s the old recommendation you and I have heard growing up. And while we all know the importance of hydration to our health, some methods of hydration are more efficient than others. At least, that’s the premise that Hydrant was built on. The company, a wellness brand that launched […]
  Topics: company, hydrate, mix, faster, techcrunch, hydrant, hydration, business, body, consumers, retail, molecules, help, million, right, raises, water, series.
• Indian travel and hotel booking firm Ixigo cuts salary of every employee over coronavirus - Ixigo, a 13-year-old travel and hotel booking service in India, said on Monday it is cutting the salary of its entire staff as the firm grapples with severe disruption in its business due to the coronavirus outbreak that has pushed New Delhi to issue a nationwide lockdown. Aloke Bajpai, co-founder and chief executive of Ixigo, […]
  Topics: business, entire, world, indian, industry, techcrunch, travel, coronavirus, service, salary, company, week, cuts, hotel, ixigo, bajpai, firm, employee.
• Just Eat Takeaway acquires Grubhub - Just Eat Takeaway, the Dutch-British meal delivery company, has acquired Grubhub, a food delivery service from the US. It’s an extra interesting acquisition from Just Eat Takeaway: competitor Uber Eats had also been trying to acquire Grubhub. Just Eat Takeaway.com stating it is to acquire 100 percent of the shares… Continue reading
  Topics: outside, takeaway, company, combined, grubhub, eat, food, online, takeawaycom, acquires, worlds, delivery.
• Lessons from Successful Online Store Owners - 4 online store owners reflect on their journey, share how they started, & reveal what they wish they knew beforehand. Spoiler: nothing ever goes as planned.
  Topics: company, furgiuele, woocommerce, life, store, business, im, successful, start, owners, work, customer, online, lessons.
• Letting Workers Go Because of Covid-19 - During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many retailers have been forced to furlough or lay off workers. While this is never an easy process, good communication may help make it relatively less emotional and painful for everyone involved.
  Topics: necessary, layoff, letting, covid19, help, company, know, job, business, workers, retailer, employees.
• Lidya: How one company is hoping to help small businesses thrive in Africa (Video) - "Our aim is to be the biggest alternative financier to small businesses in the world," says Lidya Co-Founder, Tunde Kehinde.
  Topics: small, video, woman, young, african, videos, hoping, africa, help, lidya, businesses, kehinde, tunde, company, thrive, world.
• Meet the Three-Person Team Behind a Global Giftware Company - Al Cuttell, Diana Paisis, and Jos Reinders are the trio behind Bitten Design, a global giftware maker based in Utrecht, Netherlands. The team designs and produces over 40 new items each year and distributes them in over 45 counties. With over a decade of operating under their belts, the team shares how they entered entrepreneurship, built a global network of distributors, and remained financially independent.More
  Topics: team, meet, diana, al, global, threeperson, bitten, company, items, products, giftware, designs, design, jos.
• Microsoft is closing all of its retail stores for good - As other retailers begin the slow, cautious move to reopen, Microsoft has announced that it will be permanently shutting down the vast majority of its retail stores. There are some exceptions, including flagships in urban hubs including London, New York City, Sydney and its own campus in Redmond, Washington, but the remainder of the locations […]
  Topics: online, closing, microsoft, team, including, digital, retail, sales, locations, good, stores, company, techcrunch.
• Modsy confirms layoffs, 10 months after announcing its $37M Series C - Modsy, an e-commerce company that creates 3D renderings of customized rooms, has confirmed to TechCrunch that it laid off a number of staff. In addition, several of its executives, including CEO Shanna Tellerman, will take a 25% pay cut. TechCrunch first heard about the layoffs from a source. The company’s confirmation of cuts comes amid […]
  Topics: confirms, layoffs, modsy, recent, companys, months, furniture, 37m, company, confirmed, series, c, announcing, techcrunch, ecommerce, number.
• Nuet Aquavit first Norwegian company to sell spirits online - Nuet Aquavit says it is the first Norwegian company ever to sell spirits online. The startup offers its products from their own website with global delivery. The drinks are not for sale in Norway itself. That’s because sales of alcoholic beverages have to go through state-owned channels. The Oslo-based company… Continue reading
  Topics: spirits, wellkept, bottle, youre, nuet, online, sell, norwegian, aquavit, company, small, scandinavian.
• Online marketplace Tiki wins US$130 million funding - Vietnamese online marketplace Tiki has successfully raised US$130 million in its latest funding round led by Northstar Group.
  Topics: marketplace, value, online, company, million, funding, wins, vietnams, us130, investment, northstar, vietnamese, tiki.
• Online optician Lentiamo expands to Ireland - Czech online optician Lentiamo is expanding in Europe again. The ecommerce company has now launched its online store in Ireland. From now on, Irish shoppers can order contacts, spectacles and sunglasses in the online Lentiamo shop. The launch of an online store in Ireland marks the 17th country in Europe… Continue reading
  Topics: achieve, europe, optician, expands, company, sales, lentiamo, ireland, glasses, foreign, online.
• Podcast 36: So we just bought AutoAnything.com …. - In this episode, Drew talks about buying a company, and a few major lessons he learned from doing the deal. Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher EXCLUSIVE RESOURCE: Prefer to read rather than listen? the text transcribe from this episode. Highlights The Lessons I learned from the AutoAnything deal Links / Resources AutoAnything Press Release Transcript Prefer to […]
  Topics: business, company, things, going, podcast, deal, autoanythingcom, really, lot, think, know, bought, theres.
• Podcast 37: Intro to Private Equity - In this episode, Drew talks about his own personal experiences in buying and selling companies, and gives a brief intro to private equity, which he’ll discuss in the next few episodes. Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher EXCLUSIVE RESOURCE: Prefer to read rather than listen? the text transcribe from this episode. Highlights Insight on selling Drew’s first company, […]
  Topics: company, equity, maybe, money, podcast, private, lot, business, companies, think, intro, going.
• Podcast 38: How you sell a business—“the Deal Process” - In this episode, Drew talks about the three highlights of how deals go down in the private equity process. Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher EXCLUSIVE RESOURCE: Prefer to read rather than listen? the text transcribe from this episode. Highlights Three highlights on how deals go down in the private equity Links / Resources FE International Quiet Light […]
  Topics: buyer, process, gonna, deal, company, wanna, multiple, youre, diligence, businessthe, podcast, sell, business.
• Podcast 39: The Six Things You Can Do Today to Maximize Your Valuation Tomorrow - In this episode, Drew talks about six things you can do to maximize your company’s valuations. Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher EXCLUSIVE RESOURCE: Prefer to read rather than listen? the text transcribe from this episode. Highlights Six tips to maximize your valuation How to decide on your story Tips for minimizing risk Diversifying your traffic sources Getting […]
  Topics: things, sell, podcast, maximize, risk, number, today, company, tomorrow, really, business, buyers, lot, going, valuation.
• Popping the hood on Vroom’s IPO filing - What does a private, car-focused e-commerce company worth $1.5 billion look like?
  Topics: today, series, vrooms, startup, popping, ipo, private, terms, hood, techcrunch, filing, vroom, markets, public, company, unicorn.
• Portobel turns food producers into direct-to-consumer businesses - A startup called Portobel is working to help food producers shift their businesses so they can support direct-to-consumer deliveries. Portobel is backed by Heroic Ventures and led by Ranjith Kumaran, founder or co-founder of file-sharing company Hightail (acquired by OpenText) and loyalty startup PunchTab (acquired by Walmart Labs). Kumaran told me that he and his co-founders […]
  Topics: portobel, food, turns, things, businesses, producers, started, moo, techcrunch, pandemic, grocery, company, delivery, kumaran, drivers, directtoconsumer.
• Principles by Ray Dalio: A Book Summary - Ray Dalio, one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time, is humble about what he knows. The founder of Bridgewater Associates, a prominent investment management firm, and the world’s 79th wealthiest person, he understands what it takes to be successful. Dalio attributes his success to a set of principles […]
  Topics: work, book, summary, life, process, bridgewater, ray, reality, principles, company, better, dalio, need.
• Same-day delivery platform Ziticity raises €2.2 million - Ziticity, a urban logistics platform from Lithuania, has raised 2.2 million euros. The seed equity investment round was led by NordicNinja VC. With the money, the same-day delivery platform wants to expand in Europe. Currently, Ziticity is only active in France and the Baltics, but after successful piloting, the company… Continue reading
  Topics: delivery, sameday, company, deliveries, wants, million, local, platform, raises, euros, ziticity.
• Self-Made Millionaire Matt Clark Shares How to Build Your Own Ecommerce Company - Pay attention to expenses and double down on what works.
  Topics: build, business, pay, ecommerce, clark, matt, selfmade, company, millionaire, shares, realized, selling, product, didnt, events.
• Selling Food Online - It is becoming increasingly popular for food brands to sell directly to the consumer through online companies they have built from the ground up. But how do you continue to grow your independent food company without in-person advertisements? To help me dissect all the logistics of this complicated business, from distribution to advertisement, is the [...]
  Topics: business, niche, sure, food, youderian, subscriptiontips, awad, tune, peter, company, online, building.
• Side Project for Amazon Sellers Attracts 250,000 Customers, 150 Employees - Five years ago Greg Mercer developed a spreadsheet to estimate how well products on Amazon were selling. He launched it as a "fun, side project." That project is now Jungle Scout, with roughly 250,000 worldwide customers and 150 employees.
  Topics: project, scout, data, search, amazon, selling, employees, seller, company, sellers, customers, team, attracts, jungle, products.
• Social Media Marketing Examples of What to Stop, Start, and Keep Doing in 2020 - Social media is always shifting and changing, so if you are still running on the same strategy as you have in years past, now is the time to start thinking differently.
  Topics: strategy, doing, media, need, content, messaging, start, social, examples, company, global, marketing, stop.
• Steelcase launches its first online store in Hong Kong and Singapore - Office furniture company Steelcase has launched online stores in Hong Kong and Singapore, offering office furniture to help people adapt their homes for work.
  Topics: online, store, director, office, company, kong, work, launches, working, furniture, stores, singapore, hong, products, steelcase.
• Storage marketplace Warehouse Exchange raises $2.2M - Warehouse Exchange, a startup that describes itself as the Airbnb of warehouse space, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding. The company was founded Jonathan Rosenthal (CEO of Saybrook Management) and Dan Pimentel (previously CFO/COO of startup Hub TV). They recently brought on former eHarmony CEO Grant Langston as Warehouse Exchange’s chief executive. Langston admitted […]
  Topics: ecommerce, 22m, startup, raises, marketplace, companies, warehouses, warehouse, techcrunch, exchange, company, storage, usually, langston, space.
• Stripe expands to 5 new markets in Europe - Stripe has expanded its payment services in Europe. The American tech company is now generally available in the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Malta. The payments company can now support businesses in 29 countries across Europe. Europe is a very interesting market for Stripe, as 75 percent of all… Continue reading
  Topics: europe, markets, startup, started, software, company, european, businesses, payments, stripe, processed, expands.
• Tencent costs surge as competition Bytes - Soaring costs saw Tencent Holdings report a net income of US$13 billion for last year, after a slow fourth quarter.
  Topics: surge, revenue, tencent, billion, workplaces, wechat, cent, competition, costs, sales, coronavirus, bytes, income, quarter, company.
• The Current Climate: How to Sustain an Environmental Business During COVID-19 - It’s hard to focus on the environment in the middle of a global crisis. But what if your business has built its brand around contributing to the fight against climate change? We consulted some environmentally-minded Shopify merchants about how their businesses are faring, any business pivots they’ve had to make, and best practices for individuals and businesses who still want to reduce their environmental footprint.More
  Topics: current, business, products, companys, company, climate, businesses, food, unscented, environmental, better, covid19, sustain, jayden.
• The Dipp, a subscription-only entertainment news startup, is springing to life despite the pandemic - There is no shortage of coverage about the sprawling entertainment industry. There is a shortage of coverage for die-hard fans of reality TV shows, according to Kate Ward and Lindsay Mannering. That opening in the market is why the two — former colleagues at the women’s website Bustle, where Ward was the founding editor-in-chief and […]
  Topics: including, bustle, despite, early, pandemic, life, company, entertainment, say, subscriptiononly, techcrunch, ward, focus, work, media, springing, dipp, startup.
• The Onboarding Process That Makes New Hires Fall in Love With Your Company All Over Again - It was the first day of my first internship in college. When I walked in the doors, my boss gave me a brief, 20-minute rundown on how the organization was structured, what my role entailed, and what my first assignment would be. Then, I found my cubicle and got to work ... feeling both largely unprepared and frustratingly secluded.
  Topics: hire, team, process, fall, hires, help, makes, role, company, ask, necessary, love, onboarding.
• The Plain English Guide to Dark Posts on Facebook - This morning, I did my usual social media scanning before getting ready for work, and as I was scrolling Facebook, I began to notice ads for companies I didn't recall following.
  Topics: plain, facebook, dark, ad, guide, page, english, audience, post, ads, posts, create, company.
• The Ultimate Guide to Company Culture - Nowadays, we hear about a company's culture a lot — including perks like free beer, ping-pong tables, and fitness classes at the office.
  Topics: corporate, culture, employees, employee, help, company, youll, workplace, instance, guide, ultimate, diversity.
• The Ultimate Guide to Utilizing a 3PL Provider for Ecommerce Fulfillment - How much do you know about shipping & fulfillment? Sure, you can assemble your own team but without experience, you won’t be as efficient as a 3PL provider.
  Topics: company, 3pl, fulfillment, ultimate, services, companies, ecommerce, utilizing, businesses, provider, supply, guide, operations.
• The Who, What, Why, & How of Digital Marketing - With how accessible the internet is today, would you believe me if I told you the number of people who go online every day is still increasing? It is. In fact, "constant" internet usage among adults increased by 5% in just the last three years, according to Pew Research. And although we say it a lot, the way people shop and buy really has changed along with it -- meaning offline marketing isn't as effective as it used to be.
  Topics: company, media, social, channels, digital, marketing, content, seo, online, website.
• Vestiaire Collective raises $64.2 million for its second-hand fashion platform - Vestiaire Collective just closed another big round of funding in the middle of an economic crisis — the round closed in early April. The startup raised $64.2 million (€59 million) and the company has raised more than €209 million in total, according to Crunchbase. Vestiaire Collective operates a marketplace of pre-owned fashion items. Users can […]
  Topics: items, collective, shipping, round, working, raised, secondhand, startup, vestiaire, platform, techcrunch, raises, company, million, fashion.
• VibePay opens up its APIs to businesses - Payments platform VibePay has opened up its APIs for bank-to-bank payments and subscription payments, making payments available for retailers, businesses and SMEs. The move comes after the UK-based company secured about 1.4 million euros in funding. As of today, VibePay makes its payments available for businesses. By opening up its… Continue reading
  Topics: apis, wants, million, businesses, banking, subscription, payments, euros, vibe, opens, vibepay, company.
• Walmart says it will discontinue Jet, which it acquired for $3B in 2016 - So much for Walmart’s big and expensive effort to take on Amazon with a digitally-native brand. Amid the coronavirus crisis and its impact on the retail industry, today the retail giant quietly announced in its quarterly report that it would be discontinuing Jet.com, the online-only marketplace that it acquired when it was just over one year […]
  Topics: company, business, ecommerce, report, 3b, jetcom, online, walmart, techcrunch, discontinue, jet, acquired, billion, shopping, including.
• Walmart’s Flipkart rolls out voice assistant to make shopping easier - Flipkart is rolling out a voice assistant feature to its platform to make it easier for consumers to shop as the Walmart-owned e-commerce giant looks to expand its reach in the nation. The AI-powered voice assistant currently supports the grocery category, called Supermart, but a company spokesperson told TechCrunch that Flipkart will soon be extending […]
  Topics: walmarts, support, voice, india, flipkart, easier, assistant, feature, techcrunch, shopping, company, rolls, online, users, supports.
• Will ‘Irrational’ Start-up Valuations Continue? - Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, IPOs for many start-ups with supposedly bright futures crashed when they entered the public market. Some didn’t even make it that far, canceling in 2019 their public offerings. A disturbing gap between the private and public valuations of venture-capital-funded start-ups has emerged. This divergence will likely continue as many start-ups are remaining private for longer periods of time.
  Topics: startup, companies, value, private, continue, share, irrational, billion, company, valuations, valuation, public, market, startups.
• Wine shop Neleman expands across Europe - Neleman, the online store of Dutch winemaker and merchant Derrick Neleman, is expanding further across Europe. The omnichannel company will soon open online shops in Belgium, Germany and Spain. Neleman previously operated online with the domain Neleman.org, but it is now expanding its portfolio with local ecommerce websites. Organic and… Continue reading
  Topics: europe, online, producesneleman, neleman, shop, sales, expands, sells, wine, tree, organic, company, vegan.
• WooCommerce Tech Stack: Grundéns’ Global Web Manager - Not your normal online store: a 100-year-old, $24 million-dollar brand shares their eCommerce tech stack. Unique, enterprise-level apps are just the start.
  Topics: manager, weve, global, search, tech, grundéns, web, stack, really, gear, fishing, company, wordpress, woocommerce.
• Yelp lays off 1,000 employees and furloughs 1,100 more - Yelp co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman announced in an internal email that the company is going through difficult times. Yelp has to cut expenses, which means a large round of layoffs and some additional measures — 1,000 employees have been laid off. According to an SEC filing, Yelp had 5,950 employees as of December 31, […]
  Topics: employees, costs, businesses, company, furloughs, pay, measures, local, stoppelman, lays, techcrunch, layoffs, yelp.
• Zilingo trims staff, refocuses on Asia - Online fashion platform Zilingo has axed about 45 staff, including 30 in its Singapore head office, as it refocuses on Asia in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
  Topics: million, partners, asia, markets, raised, staff, platform, fashion, trims, refocuses, global, zilingo, spokesperson, company.
• Zycada emerges from stealth with $19M and a bot that speeds up e-commerce and other interactive services - Shopping cart abandonment — when a person shopping online moves away from a site or mobile app before completing a sale — remains one of the biggest hurdles to e-commerce, with some 70% of all visits with an intention to buy never resulting in actual transactions. Now, a startup called Zycada is emerging from stealth […]
  Topics: emerges, work, sites, technology, ecommerce, zycada, amazon, techcrunch, bot, speeds, stealth, typical, services, 19m, company, online, interactive.
• eBay Q1 reports sales of $2.374B, active buyers up to 174M in wake of COVID-19 - After a quarter in which eBay, tussling with an activist investor, completed the sell-off of its ticketing business StubHub for $4 billion and saw appointed a new CEO after its previous one departed, while also weathering waves of surging demand and dodgy supply resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, today the e-commerce company reported its Q1 […]
  Topics: range, 2374b, company, covid19, business, sales, earnings, diluted, buyers, share, ebay, q1, continuing, wake, active, billion, operations, techcrunch, reports.
• eBay names Walmart exec Jamie Iannone CEO - Half a year after Devin Wenig stepped down as CEO, eBay is finally ready to name a permanent replacement. Following an appointment from the company’s board of directors, Jamie Iannone will step into the role as head of the company, effective April 27. The executive was also elected to eBay’s board. Most recently, Iannone served […]
  Topics: ebays, ceo, recently, names, jamie, walmart, value, shareholder, companys, pressing, ebay, online, company, techcrunch, exec, iannone.