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"We Got Funded!" Cairo-Headquartered FlapKap Raises US$3.6 Million In A Seed Round To Realize Its Mission Of Empowering Underfunded SMBs In The MEA Region
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As the e-commerce boom continues, FlapKap is seeking to ease the process of accessing capital for small and medium business owners without having to give up on equity or ownership.
Topics: underfunded, growth, funding, flapkap, round, startup, realize, offering, mission, us36, coucha, seed, smbs, raised, region, raises, clients, model, million. -
4 Things to Know About the State of B2B eCommerce in ANZ, India and Southeast Asia
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New report from Econsultancy
Topics: b2b, respondents, asia, region, systems, southeast, india, know, things, state, anz, capabilities, report, data, ecommerce, companies. -
Citi partners with Lazada to launch co-branded credit card
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The financial services giant Citi has partnered with Lazada Group to launch the new Lazada Citi credit card in Southeast Asia.
Topics: card, launch, rewards, purchases, region, lifestyle, partners, pacific, credit, customers, cobranded, reach, lazada, citi. -
Despite COVID-19, 5 Chicago VCs say region is poised for success
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Chicago has a long history of creating industry-leading companies and it doesn’t seem COVID-19 is slowing down the city. TechCrunch surveyed Chicago venture capitalists who remain optimistic despite the current crisis. COVID-19 could be good for Chicago, they told TechCrunch throughout their survey responses. It’s clear from the responses below investors in Chicago are interested […]
Topics: techcrunch, vcs, tech, founders, city, success, companies, talent, expect, local, region, poised, despite, startup, say, remote, covid19, chicago. -
E-commerce tipped to take one third of Asia-Pacific retail spending
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E-commerce will account for 31.4 per cent of total Asia-Pacific retail spending by 2020, predicts Mintel.
Topics: tipped, ecommerce, future, economy, retail, online, spending, cent, region, populations, urban, asiapacific. -
Ecommerce in DACH region surpasses 100 billion euros
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For the first time, ecommerce in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (also known as the DACH region) reached a consolidated volume of more than 100 billion euros. The German-speaking ecommerce markets are now generating more sales than any other language area in Europe. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the average order… Continue reading
Topics: region, ecommerce, surpasses, dach, online, billion, germany, worth, sales, austria, euros, switzerland. -
Ecommerce in Europe: €717 billion in 2020
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Ecommerce in Europe is expected to be worth 717 billion euros at the end of 2020. That would mean an increase of 12.7 percent compared to the situation last year. This growth is somewhat lower than the 14.2 percent increase of the European ecommerce in 2019. One might think that… Continue reading
Topics: europe, report, highest, billion, shoppers, ecommerce, growth, share, shows, region, online. -
Egypt’s Flextock closes $3.25M in the largest pre-seed yet in MENA
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Flextock, one of the 10 African startups from the recent Y Combinator winter batch, has bagged an impressive pre-seed round just two months after graduation. The five-month-old company, which helps consumers and businesses manage e-commerce and fulfillment operations — from warehousing and logistics to delivery and cash collection — has closed a $3.25 million pre-seed […]
Topics: flextock, preseed, company, techcrunch, 325m, ecommerce, ventures, closes, logistics, largest, mena, investment, mossaad, egypts, merchants, region, egyptian. -
German fashion store Edited launches in Belgium
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German fashion retailer Edited keeps on expanding. The retail company has opened its latest online store in Belgium. The launch follows just one month after the German company opened its digital doors in the Netherlands. Edited was already active in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, better known as the DACH region Continue reading
Topics: store, fashion, launches, belgium, company, region, german, online, opened, ecommerce, edited, retailer. -
Goodiebox expands in Europe
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Danish ecommerce company Goodiebox is expanding in Europe. The beauty tech startup launched in Austria last week and just went live with pre-launch websites in Finland and Switzerland. Goodiebox will go live in these countries approximately a month from now, while the German website will be launched later this year.… Continue reading
Topics: europe, markets, schimegelow, lot, expands, market, members, region, goodiebox, months, company. -
Grab expands grocery-delivery service into eight SE Asian markets
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Grab has expanded its grocery-delivery service GrabMart into eight Southeast Asian markets within the last three months.
Topics: services, service, grabmart, ondemand, expands, region, grab, grocerydelivery, asian, markets, delivery, market, se, southeast, including. -
H Twenty Capital aims to be ‘go-to fund for pre-seed investments’ in Latin America
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Venture capital continues to flow into Latin America at a staggering rate. Just over $15 billion went into startups in 2021, according to LAVCA. That was three times more than the association recorded in fiscal year 2019. Brazil and Mexico continue to lead as regions where many startups are getting funding, but as LAVCA’s statistics […]
Topics: h, capital, million, cofounder, investments, preseed, aims, lloreda, region, latin, goto, fund, techcrunch, tiger, h20, early, series, america. -
Hreflang Explained
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Hreflang is an HTML attribute that allows Google and other search engines to recognize localized versions of web pages. If you have sections of your site for a French audience, for example, an hreflang tag helps Google understand that the section should appear in search results on Google.fr, not Google.com.
Topics: link, language, hreflang, search, line, google, example, relalternate, practical, region, code, ecommerce. -
Kenyan low-cost ISP Poa Internet secures $28 million in round led by AfDB-backed Africa50, plans to link region with cheap, limit-free connectivity
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In 2020, Africa50, an infrastructure financier backed by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Group and a good number of African governments, hosted an innovation challenge that sought affordable and reliable solutions for last-mile internet connectivity across the continent. A proposal by Poa Internet, a Kenyan startup, beat 673 others from across the world as a […]
Topics: kenya, continent, lowcost, mobile, africa50, startup, connectivity, round, data, region, secures, poa, plans, bank, limitfree, internet, video, link, million, techcrunch. -
Moda Operandi shapes up for Asia
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Expanding into menswear, luxury trunk show and e-commerce company Moda Operandi is preparing to enter Asia.
Topics: mens, million, moda, asia, region, cent, company, represent, shapes, operandi, release. -
New Lazada CEO named
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Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Lazada has appointed Chun Li as its new CEO, succeeding Pierre Poignant, who will head to parent Alibaba Group.
Topics: technology, southeast, named, li, region, ecommerce, lazadas, group, digital, ceo, lazada. -
Nordic ecommerce grew by 11% in first half 2018
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Ecommerce in the Nordic region has increased by 11 percent during the first six months of 2018, compared with the same period last year. Nordic consumers made online purchases worth 10 billion euros. The largest ecommerce country in the region is Sweden, with 4.12 billion euros. Denmark follows with 2.49 Continue reading
Topics: online, highest, shop, region, nordic, billion, sweden, half, ecommerce, shopping, consumers, grew. -
Number of online marketplaces in DACH region more than doubled
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The amount of online marketplaces in Germany, Austria and Switzerland has increased significantly in the past five years. In 2015, there were only 81 online marketplaces, but nowadays there’s 173 of them. Five years ago, only two online marketplaces were really significant within the DACH region (which consists of Germany,… Continue reading
Topics: region, online, platforms, number, dach, marketplaces, poster, amazon, doubled. -
Omnichannel startup CitiXsys launches Asian foray
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Fresh from a US$20 million funding injection, omnichannel-solutions startup CitiXsys plans to open six offices across Asia.
Topics: citixsys, foray, local, business, offices, startup, worlds, asian, today, launches, omnichannel, region, partner, important, asia. -
PayPal to invest $750M, and Dragoneer $100M, into MercadoLibre, Argentina’s e-commerce powerhouse
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It’s not only SoftBank that’s eyeing up the opportunity to tap into the quickly expanding market for e-commerce in Latin America. MercadoLibre, a marketplace and financial services powerhouse based out of Argentina and serving 18 countries across the region, has announced that PayPal is investing $750 million, and investment firm Dragoneer another $100 million, as part […]
Topics: mercadolibre, payments, paypal, million, region, growth, argentinas, ecommerce, powerhouse, 750m, 100m, latin, invest, billion, dragoneer, financial. -
Revealed: Asia’s most-popular fashion labels for resale
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Global community preowned fashion platform Vestiaire Collective has launched a special report on “The Smart Side of Fashion”.
Topics: report, revealed, cent, vintage, mostpopular, items, labels, sales, resale, fashion, region, way, vestiaire, asias, growth. -
Shopee signs Cristiano Ronaldo
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Southeast Asian/Taiwanese e-commerce platform Shopee has appointed global football icon Cristiano Ronaldo as its newest brand ambassador.
Topics: shopees, football, signs, newest, shopee, ronaldo, look, users, shopping, forward, region, cristiano. -
Shopee to focus on growing market share in Southeast Asia
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Singaporean online shopping business Shopee is aiming to boost its market share in Southeast Asia.
Topics: online, southeast, share, focus, growing, market, shopee, region, interview, zhou, singapore, sure, asia. -
SoftBank launches the Innovation Fund, committing $2B to invest in Latin America
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While SoftBank continues to make big bets on startups out of its $100 billion Vision Fund, it has also launched another vehicle to invest in tech opportunities specifically in Latin America. Today the group announced the SoftBank Innovation Fund, which is starting out with a $2 billion commitment to invest in tech startups in Central […]
Topics: latin, america, launches, vision, opportunities, fund, 2b, invest, region, million, group, softbank, committing, innovation. -
Turkey wants to boost ecommerce to MENA region
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Turkey wants to increase its export market share in the Middle East and North Africa. It’s planning new initiatives in the ecommerce sector. Therefore, it will form a virtual committee to promote and help ecommerce companies online. The Turkish E-commerce Association has announced it will collaborate with the Dubai Chamber… Continue reading
Topics: form, companies, turkish, region, turkey, virtual, ecommerce, boost, wants, mena, market, taking. -
Visa unveils first innovation hub in Africa to drive product development
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Global digital payments giant Visa has opened an innovation studio in Kenya, its first in Africa and sixth globally, after posts in Dubai, London, Miami, San Francisco and Singapore. The studio will bring together developers, Visa’s internal and external clients, and other partners to co-create payment and commerce solutions. “Sub-Saharan Africa is a fast-growing region […]
Topics: technology, subsaharan, development, visas, unveils, africa, drive, product, solutions, region, visa, hub, payments, techcrunch, studio, innovation. -
Why Local Partnerships Will Be Key To Turbocharging Amazon's Rollout In The MENA Region
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The MENA region makes a lot of sense for Amazon, and Amazon also makes a lot of sense for the MENA region.
Topics: region, ecommerce, rollout, markets, market, local, subsaharan, partnerships, turbocharging, key, amazons, egypt, going, mena, amazon. -
Yves Rocher becomes online only in DACH region
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French cosmetics company Yves Rocher is closing all of its branches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. With the company’s current business model, it is no longer possible to operate sustainably and successfully. It will continue operating in those markets, but online only. Yves Rocher is French cosmetics company with brick-and-mortar…
Topics: dach, german, shops, rocher, pandemic, stores, closing, company, region, yves, germany, online. -
Zalando introduces body measurement feature
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Zalando launches a body measurement feature to assist customers in the DACH region in finding their right size. They receive size advice based on their measurement by taking two pictures of themselves. With this tool, size-related returns should be reduced. By taking just two pictures in tight clothing, Zalando should…
Topics: returns, customers, zalando, feature, introduces, measurements, measurement, body, region, right, size. -
Zalando: another year without growth
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Zalando expects its revenue to be 0.5 to 3 percent lower this year compared to 2022, when the company already saw a 0.1 percent decrease in revenue. While the bottom line loss is narrowing, Zalando is struggling to attract buyers. Particularly in the DACH region, spending is under pressure.These insights…
Topics: growth, euros, million, zalando, dach, company, trading, spending, decreased, region, revenue.