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• 1 in 3 UK retailers don’t offer next-day delivery - While 45 percent of British consumers say that next-day delivery would make them more likely to shop with a merchant, 66 percent of retailers offer this kind of service. Also, some retailers fail to meet consumers’ needs regarding free delivery. This retail expectation gap is the title of a report… Continue reading
  Topics: payment, uk, offer, think, shop, whitepaper, say, free, retailers, dont, delivery, nextday, consumers.
• 10 Ways to Dress Up Your Fashion Ecommerce Strategy - “By 2022, brick-and-mortar retail spaces will be little more than showrooms,” wrote BigCommerce co-founders Eddie Machaalani and Mitchell Harper —…
  Topics: trends, examples, brands, customer, retailers, sites, online, fashion, ecommerce, shoppers, product, customers, industry.
• 13 Augmented Reality Examples from Retailers, Brands - Augmented reality allows consumers to visualize the appearance of products on their bodies, in their homes, and more. Apple's ARKit has made the technology accessible.
  Topics: virtual, retailers, ar, reality, augmented, product, technology, shoppers, brands, app, users, examples, try.
• 3 Reasons the Future is Still Bright for Small Retail - Brick and mortar retail will survive and thrive post-pandemic. Here's how they can compete with the e-commerce market.
  Topics: shop, brickandmortar, future, close, large, retailers, small, retail, customers, reasons, stores, bright.
• 3 ways fintech companies can help retailers launch financial services - As retailers expand banking opportunities, they will need help positioning their products, keeping them safe and selling to end users. Now is your chance to make connections in that world.
  Topics: ways, services, launch, financial, companies, start, accounts, retailer, gain, need, retailers, techcrunch, help, fintech.
• 6.4% of German ecommerce generated via click & collect - Last year, 6.4 percent of all ecommerce revenue in Germany was generated via click & collect solutions in physical stores. But these revenue was not equally distributed across different product categories. Consumer electronics represent the biggest click & collect segment, with a revenue share of 27 percent. It was a… Continue reading
  Topics: generated, collect, german, ecommerce, physical, retailers, online, revenue, click.
• 67% of Europeans want to be inspired when shopping online - A majority of consumers in Europe want to be inspired when browsing ecommerce websites online. But according to many shoppers, many online stores aren’t that inspirational. And that lack of inspiration is a barrier against using them. As a matter of fact, only 29 percent of consumers in Europe say… Continue reading
  Topics: inspired, shoppers, whitepaper, payment, product, emotional, shopper, retailers, amazon, inspiration, europeans, online, shopping.
• 74% of Europeans won’t reduce online shopping - Three in four European consumers (74 percent) say they will stick to their pandemic online shopping levels, meaning they won’t reduce their ecommerce activities now they can shop offline again. So it looks like the shift to ecommerce is here to stay. During the lockdowns of last year, 96 percent… Continue reading
  Topics: europeans, reduce, methods, digital, payment, shopping, say, consumers, shift, wont, online, retailers.
• 8 Women Founders Talk About the Biggest Missed Opportunities in Retail - From AI and DTC partnerships to disrupting the shopping experience as we know it, these founders have big ideas about what's possible for retail and e-commerce.
  Topics: cofounder, missed, opportunities, value, insights, tiktok, women, retail, talk, shopping, ceo, biggest, good, founders, thats, retailers.
• AiFi adds new funding into its cart to expand autonomous retail footprint - Contactless stores are gaining traction, more so in Europe, but there are some trickling into the U.S., including Atlanta’s Nourish + Bloom Market that opened in January. In that article, we pointed out that the store was entering territory that included Amazon Go, 7-Eleven and Walmart. Behind some of that cashierless technology are startup companies […]
  Topics: aifi, autonomous, funding, techcrunch, retail, company, stores, retailers, store, cart, adds, million, gu, expand, footprint.
• Alerzo raises $10.5M Series A to bring Nigeria’s informal retail sector online - The process of digitizing the operations of mom and pop stores in Nigeria is serious business right now. In fact, it might be the second-best thing after fintech at the moment. Today’s news is from Alerzo, a little-known B2B e-commerce retail startup based in Ibadan, Nigeria. The company is announcing a $10.5 million Series A […]
  Topics: alerzo, cities, informal, retail, business, bring, retailers, ibadan, million, nigerias, sector, nigeria, company, series, techcrunch, online, raises.
• Amazon rolls out in-store pickup for products ordered from local retailers - Amazon is rolling out “Local Selling,” a set of services that allow local and regional retailers to offer both in-store pickup and fast delivery to nearby customers. With this new option, sellers can offer in-store pickup for products and services to shoppers in specific ZIP codes. In some instances, customers will be able to purchase […]
  Topics: techcrunch, stores, sellers, retailers, products, rolls, delivery, amazon, services, instore, local, customers, ordered, pickup.
• Ankorstore reaches $2 billion valuation two years after launching its wholesale marketplace - French startup Ankorstore has raised a $283 million Series C funding round (€250 million). Founded in November 2019, it took Ankorstore around two years to reach a post-money valuation of $2 billion (€1.75 billion). The company operates a wholesale marketplace for independent retailers across Europe. Ankorstore lets independent brands sell their products to independent retailers. […]
  Topics: retailers, products, working, startup, billion, marketplace, wholesale, ankorstore, brands, items, launching, company, reaches, techcrunch, valuation.
• B2B marketplace TradeDepot acquires Green Lion to accelerate its growth in Ghana - TradeDepot, a B2B marketplace that connects micro-retailers with distributors and manufacturers of fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs), has acquired Green Lion, its competitor in Ghana, for an undisclosed amount, paving the way for its growth and the delivery of its services across the West African country. The acquisition involves a full take-over of Green Lion’s […]
  Topics: marketplace, rojas, growth, accelerate, retailers, series, techcrunch, tradedepot, lion, acquires, ghana, green, goods, b2b.
• BigBuy connects with Amazon Poland and Amazon Sweden - BigBuy has extended its connector for selling on Amazon marketplaces. Now, retailers can start selling BigBuy products on the Amazon marketplaces in Poland and Sweden. With this expansion, all European Amazon marketplaces are covered by BigBuy. One of the services BigBuy offers is the Multi-Channel Integration Platform. It allows sellers… Continue reading
  Topics: platform, multichannel, sweden, bigbuy, amazon, selling, marketplaces, retailers, connects, connector, poland.
• BigBuy expands catalogue with supermarket products - BigBuy has expanded its dropshipping catalogue with a new product category. Online retailers can now also sell foods and drinks online through the dropshipping platform of BigBuy, giving them the opportunity to start their own online supermarket. As a dropshipping supplier, BigBuy often expands its catalogue with new products. But… Continue reading
  Topics: food, category, retailers, bigbuy, dropshipping, drinks, catalogue, products, supermarket, sell, expands, online.
• BigBuy: “new VAT regulations strengthen our position” - New VAT ecommerce rules have come into force on the 1st of July. Now, all imported goods – also the ones worth less than 22 euros – are taxed with VAT. For dropshipping ecommerce companies things could get more costly, but not for retailers using dropshipping platforms that work with… Continue reading
  Topics: strengthen, stock, position, retailers, dropshipping, work, rules, vat, suppliers, bigbuy, online, chinese, regulations, products.
• BigCommerce Enjoys Good Spirits at eTail East in Boston - The word on the street is that eTail East was back in Boston on August 8–11 with their first in-person…
  Topics: bigcommerce, connect, bourbon, whiskey, etail, retailers, ecommerce, good, boston, events, east, spirits, opportunity, enjoys.
• Brazil’s Olist gets its horn with new $186M funding round - Olist said it tripled its size in 2021 and closed on four acquisitions within the last year.
  Topics: capital, horn, small, 186m, techcrunch, olist, funding, technology, series, round, gets, retailers, brazils, wellington, company, sachs.
• Byrd raises $19M to expand Amazon-style fulfillment and logistics to more e-commerce merchants in Europe - E-commerce in Europe is set to grow 30% percent this year, with the online shopping surge that started at the rise of Covid-19 showing little sign of abating. Today, a startup that’s building infrastructure in the region to help merchants fill and deliver those orders — and present an alternative to using Amazon for fulfillment […]
  Topics: service, raises, companies, fulfillment, logistics, ecommerce, customers, amazon, retailers, byrd, merchants, million, techcrunch, europe, expand, online, amazonstyle.
• Bzaar bags $4M to enable US retailers to source home, lifestyle products from India - Bzaar, a business-to-business cross-border marketplace, is connecting retailers with over 50 export-ready manufacturers in India.
  Topics: goods, bzaar, enable, company, india, lifestyle, products, bags, 4m, buyers, verman, way, marketplace, small, trade, retailers, source, techcrunch.
• Cartona gets $4.5M pre-Series A to connect retailers with suppliers in Egypt - Today, Cartona is announcing that it has raised a $4.5 million pre-Series A funding round to connect retailers and manufacturers via an application. It’s looking to take a large piece in the budding e-commerce and retail play, where multiple startups in Egypt are pulling their weight including, Capiter, also a year-old startup we reported on […]
  Topics: warehouses, technology, company, egypt, techcrunch, 45m, preseries, suppliers, connect, retailers, model, companies, cartona, market, gets.
• ChannelEngine raises $50M for an operating system that helps retailers sell through marketplaces - Marketplaces are the order of the day when it comes to selling online, providing a one-stop shop for shoppers, and for retailers looking to target as many would-be buyers as possible, while also creating more economies of scale in areas fulfillment and delivery. Amazon has become the name synonymous with marketplace selling, but it’s far […]
  Topics: ecommerce, channelengine, sell, system, raises, operating, helps, global, marketplaces, techcrunch, help, brands, marketplace, retailers, selling, 50m.
• Charts: Physical Retail to Transform Layout, Purpose - The shift to online buying could prompt physical retail stores worldwide to commit a third of their space for online fulfillment. That's according to Edge by Ascential, a U.K.-based research and advisory firm.
  Topics: stores, retailers, worldwide, layout, online, charts, edge, retail, space, transform, store, purpose, insight, physical.
• Commercetools raises $140M at a $1.9B valuation as ‘headless’ commerce continues to boom - E-commerce these days is now a major part of every retailer’s strategy, so technology builders and platforms that are helping them compete better on digital screens are seeing a huge boost in business. In the latest turn, Commercetools — a provider of e-commerce APIs that larger retailers can use to build customized payment, check-out, social […]
  Topics: continues, commerce, ecommerce, commercetools, retailers, hoerig, valuation, growing, raises, funding, 140m, boom, lot, headless, techcrunch, million, company, 19b.
• Constructor finds $55M for tech that powers search and discovery for e-commerce businesses - One of the biggest problems in the world of e-commerce is the predicament of shopping cart abandonment: when shoppers aren’t getting to what they want fast enough — whether it’s finding the right item, or paying for it in a quick and easy way — they bounce. That singular problem is driving a wave of […]
  Topics: include, built, techcrunch, powers, tech, businesses, retailers, discovery, finds, product, results, 55m, search, constructor, ecommerce, world.
• Convictional grabs another round of funding to help retailers quickly onboard vendors - Retailers can more easily discover and change out inventory and get to their first orders in as little as 10 days versus three months.
  Topics: vendors, techcrunch, company, suppliers, round, retailers, funding, kirkness, grouchy, onboard, series, quickly, grabs, convictional, million, edi, help.
• Crisp convinces more investors that it will rid the world of empty grocery store shelves - As we enter Junior Year of the global pandemic, the sight of empty or near-empty grocery store shelves has returned from its debut in early 2020. And if it’s a headache for us, the end consumers, imagine how it must feel to the brands, distributors and retailers of the grocery store supply chain that are […]
  Topics: techcrunch, convinces, brands, world, retailers, shelves, investors, platform, data, supply, better, distributors, chain, grocery, crisp, rid, store, product.
• Delivery platform Seven Senders raises 33 million euros - Seven Senders, a German delivery platform for parcel shipping, has concluded a Series C financing round of 40 million dollars (33 million euros). The company wants to use the money to further support Chinese and US online retailers with their business activities in Europe. Just like in the previous financing… Continue reading
  Topics: strategy, raises, euros, online, retailers, platform, wants, shipping, senders, seven, company, million, delivery.
• E-commerce startup Little Birdie lands $30M AUD prelaunch funding from Australia’s largest bank - Melbourne-based Little Birdie, an e-commerce startup that wants to become the “new homepage of online shopping,” won’t launch until next month, but it’s already scored a major investor. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the largest of Australia’s “Big Four” banks, has poured $30 million AUD (about $23.2 million USD) in prelaunch funding into Little Birdie, […]
  Topics: birdie, million, ecommerce, bank, shopping, techcrunch, largest, offers, lands, prelaunch, online, customers, little, shoppers, retailers, funding, startup.
• Extend raises $260M on a $1.6B valuation to expand its warranty and protection plan services - A company that has built a new approach to the business of extended warranties — providing a cost-effective and efficient way for retailers or brands to offer them; and an easy way for consumers to buy and file claims against them — is today announcing a huge round of funding as it looks to take […]
  Topics: plan, retailers, consumers, techcrunch, expand, services, warranty, warranties, way, extended, raises, valuation, extend, business, offer, protection, plans, 260m.
• Fashion wholesale marketplace JOOR opens China office - JOOR, an online marketplace that connects fashion brands and retailers around the world, has opened its first China office in downtown Shanghai as it eyes growth in the region. The 11-year-old New York-based company works as a virtual showroom for brands, which traditionally would meet with their retail partners in physical venues to showcase the […]
  Topics: brands, opens, techcrunch, retailers, volume, shanghai, world, office, china, partners, joor, fashion, wholesale, marketplace, company.
• Gamitee becomes Joyned as it secures $4M for social shopping platform - Joyned turns retailer websites into mini social media platforms where shoppers can show friends their potential purchases and shop together without leaving the site.
  Topics: social, company, build, 4m, shopping, platform, secures, abraham, sales, merchants, retailers, gamitee, joyned, techcrunch.
• German ecommerce companies are generous with return policy - Major online retailers in Germany are, in general, very generous when it comes to their return policy. Every second retailer extends its return period beyond the legal minimum. And 13 percent of ecommerce companies who specify a time period for remittances pay earlier than promised. Returns in ecommerce are still… Continue reading
  Topics: customers, companies, portal, generous, policy, online, german, returns, offer, pay, label, return, retailers, ecommerce, payment.
• Holiday Shopping Fails – 2021 Sales Fall Short - Another holiday shopping cycle bites the dust, and the results are in: nothing for the record books. AdWeek reported lower projections, with the biggest returns projected for Cyber Monday. Amid supply chain issues and a national labor shortage, it seems shoppers made the bulk of purchases earlier in the season to ensure no disappointments on Christmas morning, as retailers offered deep deals as early as October to get a jump on the season. Not surprisingly the most sought-after items include high-definition TVs, next gen smartphones, devices, gaming systems, household appliances, and the latest toys for the kid, or the kid-at-heart, who has everything. A few key numbers and findings: Online sales reached $8.9 billion on Black Friday, slightly below last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics Physical store traffic rose from last year, but still well below pre-pandemic levels Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services are on the rise, and in recent months several major retailers now offer the option at point-of-sales both in-store and online Curbside pickup remains steady since the pandemic began, while other shopping behaviors have waned. According to Adobe, curbside services were used in 20% of all online orders placed on Black Friday. For the month of November, curbside services were up 78% from pre-pandemic levels in 2019 And now on with the show… Holiday shopping woes abound in the Twittersphere and among the TikTok nation, with pain points ranging from no inventory to coupon missteps, and overall lackluster shopping experiences. Here are snapshots of a few #fails: When the deal is really anything but: No availability for highly anticipated new product launches on the busiest shopping day of the year is in this shopper’s mind not just a fail, but one of epic proportions:   While some retailers do accept expired paper coupons, in the case of online codes for an on-demand service, it requires an extra step to chat with customer service when the code fails – or when you don’t even get to redemption because the offer is marked with an expired date. Inconsistency on sale models and pricing, whether intended or triggered by a glitch in your inventory system, damages the trust you work so hard to build with your customers. And when you do find that unicorn of a deal, your size seems to be the only dreaded out of stock: While this instance could be chalked up to tough luck, or maybe this shopper has niche taste beyond a 4K Ultra HD TV, a deeper dive could suggest you aren’t listening to what your customers want. Again, glitches can ruin the experience; especially when you’ve been led to believe you are “next in line”… Despite all the inevitable #fails along the way, many shoppers found they got exactly what they were looking for at the right price, either in person or online. I shopped Small Business Saturday by purchasing handmade items from some of my favorite local artists. But even if you didn’t have the best experience, some shoppers dug deep and found a certain amount of humor in the situation: And brutal self-awareness: We can’t forget our Black Friday shoppers who braved the in-store experience, only to find curious merchandizing decisions: (Video Source) And well, at least you aren’t this guy: (Video Source) That’s a wrap on holiday shopping 2021…it turned out to be more of a bear than a bull, one could say. Stay tuned for more insights and trends as we continue to navigate shopping habits in these unprecedented times.
  Topics: holiday, shopping, fall, prepandemic, service, fails, shoppers, sales, black, retailers, online, experience, services, short.
• How Can Retailers Survive a Cyberattack? Build Forgivability. - As more businesses grew their sales online during the COVID-19 pandemic, something more sinister was also growing — ecommerce fraud.…
  Topics: retailers, target, protect, responded, survive, customers, measures, cyberattack, security, information, forgivability, build, important.
• How Merchants Combat Inflation without Raising Prices - Inflation could be an opportunity for merchants to improve their businesses. Subscriptions, updated products, new markets, heightened productivity — all are potential alternatives to raising consumer prices.
  Topics: retailers, products, combat, example, inflation, raising, market, prices, business, company, upset, merchants, price.
• How to Build Brand Loyalty Through Augmented Reality - Combining AR and 3D experiences into a website is increasingly vital to foster customer engagement and brand loyalty.
  Topics: tryon, reality, 3d, video, brand, build, augmented, ar, experience, brands, retailers, virtual, loyalty, consumers, shopping.
• How to Maximize Profits over Black Friday – Cyber Monday - How to maximize profits on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
  Topics: send, audiences, retailers, purchase, holiday, bfcm, black, profits, marketing, strategies, customers, customer, maximize.
• InPost launches label-free returns service - Parcel locker provider InPost has launched a returns solution that wants to simplify the process of returning items that were bought online. Customers no longer need to use or print labels, instead they use a QR code on their smartphone. The new returns solution wants to make ecommerce returns easier… Continue reading
  Topics: printed, inpost, qr, retailers, online, easier, launches, labelfree, returns, shoppers, labels, service, process.
• Increased fraud in online fashion - The growing ecommerce has led to a rise in most types of fraud, online fashion retailers claim. One in three have experienced more online payment fraud, while 44 percent have experiences a rise in account takeover and promotion abuse. The coronavirus outbreak has led to a boost in ecommerce. But… Continue reading
  Topics: fashion, online, ravelin, led, fraud, saw, retailers, increased, ecommerce, increase, rise.
• Instacart acquires Caper AI, a smart cart and instant checkout startup, for $350M, as it moves deeper into physical retail tech - Instacart made its name by providing a way for consumers to bypass shopping in stores in person, by ordering items online and getting them delivered to their homes — a business that positively boomed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But with physical stores still looming large in the world of groceries, Instacart also […]
  Topics: instacart, caper, deeper, stores, physical, techcrunch, technology, smart, retail, tech, startup, items, moves, retailers, instant, company, business.
• Instacart speeds up grocery orders with ‘Priority Delivery’ option - Instacart is speeding up grocery delivery. The company announced today it’s debuting a faster delivery service, “Priority Delivery,” in select markets across the U.S. and Canada, with the aim of attracting customers who would have otherwise quickly run to the store for their smaller orders or more urgent demands. At launch, the service will operate […]
  Topics: orders, options, option, techcrunch, service, speeds, instacart, delivery, store, customers, retailers, priority, grocery.
• Inventa poised to enter Mexico, Colombia with its supplier marketplace - Its technology connects retailers with suppliers for inventory discovery and also provides credit so retailers can flexibly pay suppliers.
  Topics: techcrunch, enter, marketplace, round, poised, mexico, supplier, salama, capital, suppliers, head, products, inventa, growth, retailers, colombia.
• Inventory optimization startup Flieber bags $12M, aims to help retailers avoid out-of-stock, overstock moments - The platform aims to give multi-channel brands a leg up when it comes to determining what the ideal stock level would be across all of their sales channels and inventory locations.
  Topics: flieber, optimization, product, overstock, retailers, inventory, techcrunch, sales, selling, moments, sell, outofstock, startup, retailer, help, platform, retail.
• Jeff Bezos invests in Indonesian e-commerce startup Ula - Updated at 8.15pm PT, October 3: In a statement just now, Ula confirmed TechCrunch’s reporting, saying it has raised $87 million in its Series B financing round. The round was, as TechCrunch reported, co-led by Prosus Ventures, Tencent, and B Capital. Jeff Bezos invested in the new round. “We launched in 2020, with a single-minded […]
  Topics: ecommerce, techcrunch, ula, amazon, bezos, india, b, round, investors, invests, indonesian, retailers, jeff, startup, capital.
• Kenyan fintech Zanifu nabs $1M to bridge MSME financing gap, eyes Ghana, Uganda expansion - Kenyan fintech Zanifu is set to upgrade its platform and grow the number of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) it extends stock financing to after securing $1 million in seed funding. Saviu Ventures, which invested in the startup’s pre-seed round early 2020, Launch Africa Ventures, Sayani Investments and a number of angel investors from […]
  Topics: fintech, msmes, ghana, unsecured, uganda, techcrunch, zanifu, financing, kenya, businesses, retailers, msme, kenyan, loans, credit, nabs, small, gap.
• Klarna launches Comparison Shopping Service - Klarna has announced the launch of its new Comparison Shopping Service. This service offers retailers across Europe an increased customer reach. Klarna has also launched a comparison shopping page that offers brands the opportunity to reach browsing consumers with their products. Comparison Shopping Service has been launched in 21 markets… Continue reading
  Topics: launches, reach, service, google, shopping, product, merchants, klarna, customer, retailers, comparison.
• Lack of payment methods leads to loss of money - Online retailers in the UK lose more than 1.8 billion pounds (2.13 billion euros) annually due to the lack of payment methods available for their customers. This was discovered in new research amongst regular online shoppers. New research shows the importance of offering multiple payment methods on websites of online… Continue reading
  Topics: money, research, pay, payment, methods, lack, billion, loss, retailers, respondents, leads, online, euros.
• Largest marketplace sellers account for 88% of GMV - Large marketplace sellers play an essential part on online platforms. They contributed 88 percent of marketplaces’ Gross Merchandise Value during the first quarter of this year. But small and medium-sized sellers are on the rise: they doubled their contribution in that same period and even tripled in the past year.… Continue reading
  Topics: largest, gmv, online, retailers, marketplace, marketplaces, seller, ecommerce, account, payment, thirdparty, sellers, whitepaper.
• Lightspeed Payments launched in Europe - Lightspeed has announced the launch of Lightspeed Payments in Europe. At first, this payment solution will only available for hospitality merchants in the United Kingdom. Soon it will be available for retailers. Other European markets will also follow soon. With Lightspeed Payments, small and medium-sized businesses in the hospitality industry… Continue reading
  Topics: software, retailers, united, launched, kingdom, lightspeed, hospitality, businesses, europe, payments, available.
• Lightspeed and Google partner up to boost local sales - Lightspeed and Google today announced a partnership with the goal of helping retailers as stores are re-opening. Lightspeed will integrate some Google tools directly into its platform, at no additional cost, to boost local sales from retailers. The integration allows omnichannel retailers to automate ads and real-time inventory levels directly… Continue reading
  Topics: retailers, searches, google, partner, sales, shopping, ads, search, local, customers, boost, businesses, lightspeed.
• Lightspeed buys Ecwid for $500M; NuOrder for $425M in ongoing e-commerce consolidation play - Lightspeed has picked up two more companies in what is shaping up to be an acquisition spree for the Canadian point-of-sale software provider. The company today announced that it would acquire e-commerce platform Ecwid for $500 million, and NuOrder, a B2B ordering platform servicing wholesales, brands and retailers, for $425 million. Together, the two deals underscore […]
  Topics: ecommerce, million, nuorder, play, consolidation, platform, techcrunch, commerce, retail, 500m, ongoing, lightspeed, retailers, merchants, ecwid, buys, company.
• Lucky is bringing brands, retailers together with its take on product merchandising - Lucky's plug-and-play API gives e-commerce brands visibility of its products on retailer store shelves to offer local fulfillment options.
  Topics: inventory, techcrunch, online, retailers, company, target, bringing, brands, nordstrom, product, merchandising, lucky, store.
• MaxAB gets an extra $15M, acquires YC-backed Moroccan startup WaystoCap - Last month, MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, raised one of the largest Series A on the continent, to the tune of $40 million. Today, it has raised a $15 million extension from existing investors — RMBV, IFC, Flourish Ventures, Crystal Stream Capital, Rise Capital, Endeavour Catalyst, Beco Capital […]
  Topics: gets, platform, 15m, moroccan, maxab, startup, acquisition, waystocap, ycbacked, morocco, team, million, supply, techcrunch, extra, retailers, acquires, company.
• Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization - Reducing waste is key to meeting environmental milestones, and some retail firms have narrowed in on a unique approach to minimize what their customers throw away: personalization.
  Topics: strategy, color, meet, virtual, shade, tryon, waste, beauty, sustainability, mime, retails, skin, retailers, techcrunch, personalization.
• Nexite raises $67M for its new approach to tagging and tracking merchandise in physical stores - When it comes to commerce innovation, physical retail often feels like it gets the short end of the development stick against newer, faster-growing, more quantifiable (and still far from perfect) digital channels. But physical retail is far from disappearing altogether, and today a company that’s built a solution very specifically targeted at improving data around […]
  Topics: techcrunch, approach, tracking, 67m, merchandise, data, retailers, shakedd, tagging, stores, physical, items, system, radio, million, raises, nexite, tags.
• Nicole Leinbach Reyhle Shares the Secret to Holiday Retail Success at Make it Big 2021 - Customers expect to be delighted when they shop — but are you prepared to entertain? At BigCommerce’s 2021 Make it…
  Topics: consumers, success, customers, shoppertainment, brand, season, secret, shares, reyhle, leinbach, big, nicole, holiday, really, retail, retailers.
• Omnibiz gets $3M to digitize Nigeria’s informal B2B supply chain - Despite the prevalence of shopping malls and the emergence of VC-backed e-commerce companies like Jumia, informal retail in Africa is still king. A 2016 study by PwC states that 90% of sales in Africa’s major economies come through informal channels — markets and kiosks. This presents a large market ripe for digitization, and over the […]
  Topics: 3m, company, techcrunch, africa, scale, b2b, omnibiz, supply, digitize, gets, manufacturers, retailers, investment, chain, nigerias, platform, informal, rustagi, goods.
• Online retailers: Stop trying to beat Amazon - It’s a matter of building a loyal customer base that comes back time and again for the reliable, personalized service provided by a platform that offers and delivers exactly what consumers want.
  Topics: amazon, retailer, stop, online, network, techcrunch, trying, beat, payment, point, distribution, retailers, customers, data, compete.
• Online-only players most popular among UK fashion shoppers - Ecommerce is, of course, very popular now the physical stores are closed in many countries across Europe. But online-only retailers seem to really reap the rewards of having a strong digital infrastructure. In the UK, online-only retailers are now the number-one purchasing channel for fashion shoppers. This means that online-only… Continue reading
  Topics: shoppers, popular, online, amazon, shopping, fashion, retailers, onlineonly, stores, players, uk, think.
• Orderchamp expands to Germany - Dutch wholesale marketplace Orderchamp has announced its expansion to Germany. It’s the fifth market where the B2B platform officially has a presence. It’s also active in the Benelux and France. After a soft-launch, Orderchamp will now open an office in Germany to further penetrate this market. Orderchamp, which expanded to… Continue reading
  Topics: brands, team, orderchamp, platform, wholesale, expands, products, presence, retailers, german, germany.
• Orderchamp raises 16.5 million euros - Dutch wholesale platform Orderchamp has raised 16.5 million euros for further expansion in Europe. The Series A-round was led by venture capital firm Prime Ventures, while existing investors henQ and several business angels also participated. The fresh funding follows only two years after Orderchamp’s inception in September 2019. The b2b… Continue reading
  Topics: way, euros, orderchamp, million, retailers, technology, raises, prime, sales, wholesale, unique, store, ventures.
• Particular Audience takes in $7.5M to give retailers way to take on Amazon - Particular Audience provides product discovery tools for retailers to offer personalization without compromising personal data.
  Topics: retailers, million, company, office, techcrunch, amazon, funding, particular, data, taylor, 75m, ecommerce, audience, way, takes.
• PayPal launches Checkout with Crypto - PayPal today announced the launch of Checkout with Crypto. With this feature, PayPal customers can pay with crypto coins alongside other payment methods in their PayPal wallet. Checkout with Crypto is available at millions of global online retailers and other businesses. Checkout with Crypto starts rolling out to PayPal customers… Continue reading
  Topics: pay, cryptocurrency, customers, digital, wallet, retailers, checkout, launches, paypal, feature, crypto.
• Peeba raises $4.2M to digitize Asia’s B2B wholesale market - Over the past two years, Asia’s retailers were forced to do virtual meetings instead of visiting in-person trade shows or conferences to source new brands and products due to the pandemic lockdowns. A startup called Peeba has built a B2B wholesale online platform that connects independent retailers across Asia with unique brands around the world. Peeba […]
  Topics: wholesale, asias, retail, raises, lai, products, market, peeba, retailers, 42m, platform, asia, digitize, brands, unique, b2b, techcrunch.
• Productsup raises $70M to help retailers navigate sales strategies in the choppy world of e-commerce - To many people, e-commerce is synonymous with shopping on Amazon, but the reality is that a retailer has the option to use a bundle of different channels to sell and market products — and many do. Today, a startup called Productsup, which has built a platform that helps retailers navigate that landscape, is announcing $70 […]
  Topics: round, market, shopping, strategies, navigate, sales, retailers, channels, productsup, help, ecommerce, solutions, raises, techcrunch, world, companies, commerce.
• Returns Take a Toll on Online Retailers - Many merchants that have softened return policies during the pandemic are starting to feel the financial pain. Some have pulled back entirely.
  Topics: sellers, returns, return, toll, average, holiday, billion, merchants, retailers, online.
• Rushing Into Ecommerce Can Lead to Costly Mistakes. Here's What You Need to Know. - The few still new...to what's become an all-encompassing way to retail...must tread lightly.
  Topics: stores, heres, great, know, tasks, shopify, rushing, need, data, mistakes, ecommerce, retailers, digital, worth, lead, online, pandemic, costly.
• Sendcloud nabs $177M led by SoftBank to double down on SaaS — shipping as a service - E-commerce has undoubtedly seen a huge boost in growth in the last year and a half of COVID-19 living, with people turning to the web and apps to shop for essentials and not-so-essentials to keep their social distance, and using delivery services to receive their goods rather than picking things up in person. Today, a […]
  Topics: delivery, nabs, 177m, services, ecommerce, way, techcrunch, customers, retailers, market, service, saas, growth, led, softbank, double, shipping, sendcloud.
• Shipium gives e-commerce retailers Amazon-like supply chain tech - E-commerce retailers of all sizes can have that supply chain coordination layer that enables them to provide fast and cheaper shipping, too.
  Topics: shipping, amazonlike, tech, supply, ecommerce, shipium, technology, chain, gives, company, retailers, techcrunch, million.
• Shogun, a front-end e-commerce page builder, nabs $67.5M as retailers look for alternatives to marketplaces - E-commerce marketplaces continue to play a major role in how consumers buy goods online and how retailers show off and sell goods to those consumers, accounting globally for 47% of all e-commerce sales. But today, one of the startups that has built technology to help retailers build and run more direct relationships — by way […]
  Topics: headless, marketplaces, ecommerce, retailers, taylor, way, shogun, look, frontend, used, merchants, customers, nabs, builder, help, page, techcrunch, build.
• Shopify acquires shipping logistics startup Deliverr for $2.1B - Shopify today announced that it will acquire Deliverr, a San Francisco, California-based e-commerce fulfillment startup, for $2.1 billion in cash and stock. The deal, rumors of which were reported in April by Bloomberg, is the largest acquisition in Shopify’s history, and Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke says that it will enable the company to […]
  Topics: fulfillment, techcrunch, delivery, startup, retailers, billion, inventory, chain, logistics, deliverr, acquires, 21b, platform, shopify, shipping.
• Should DTC Brands Sell to Mass Merchandisers? - Beardbrand's products are in all 2,000 Target stores. Lindsey Reinders, my business partner, drove that project in 2018. Selling products to mass merchandisers is a goal of many direct-to-consumer ecommerce brands. Has selling to Target worked out for Beardbrand? I asked Lindsey that question and more.
  Topics: sell, brand, beardbrand, retailers, dtc, business, merchandisers, mass, target, brands, products, experience, customers.
• Snap further invests in AR Shopping with dedicated in-app feature, new tools for retailers - At Snap’s Partner Summit on Thursday, the Snapchat maker announced a number of new initiatives focused on using its AR technology to aid with online shopping. Most notably, the company is introducing a new in-app destination within Snapchat called “Dress Up” that will feature AR fashion and virtual try-on experiences, and it’s launching tools that […]
  Topics: snapchat, techcrunch, shopping, tryon, invests, inapp, fashion, tools, retailers, feature, snaps, users, dedicated, lenses, snap, ar, technology.
• Stryx, a DTC Brand, Prepares Rollout in Target Stores - Stryx is a pioneering direct-to-consumer seller of men's cosmetics. The company is soon to launch its products in 950 Target stores. The decision comes with risks.
  Topics: tiktok, cvs, target, products, retailers, prepares, brand, dtc, rollout, stores, stryx, experience, thats.
• Sustainable e-commerce startup Olive now ships beauty products, in addition to apparel - Earlier this year, a startup called Olive launched its new shopping site and app with the goal of making e-commerce more efficient, convenient and sustainable by offering a way for consumers to aggregate their orders from across retailers into single shipments that arrive in reusable packaging, not cardboard. If items need to be returned, those […]
  Topics: products, ships, beauty, amazon, reusable, techcrunch, packaging, packages, apparel, addition, retailers, startup, sustainable, olive, ecommerce, return, consumers.
• Swiftly quickly gets brick-and-mortar stores set up to cater to online customers - Swiftly provides the technology tools that democratize the technology lead, enjoyed by Amazon and Walmart, to the rest of the industry.
  Topics: customers, cater, techcrunch, store, brickandmortar, set, gets, online, swiftly, million, quickly, retailers, digital, kim, grocery, ecommerce, technology, company, stores.
• The Folklore Group secures $1.7 million, launches fashion B2B e-commerce platform - Fashion e-commerce startup The Folklore Group today announced a shift from direct-to-consumer to B2B wholesale against the backdrop of a $1.7 million pre-seed funding, which the startup plans to use to fuel the growth of its new business. The startup’s new wholesale business, dubbed The Folklore Connect, will link luxury fashion brands in emerging markets to […]
  Topics: group, africa, startup, launches, brands, south, sales, rasool, secures, continent, ecommerce, million, platform, retailers, folklore, fashion, b2b, techcrunch.
• The Increasing Complexity of Product Returns - The pandemic sparked an increase in ecommerce sales but it also generated a massive hike in product returns. According to U.S. Department of Commerce estimates, total ecommerce sales for 2020 were $788 billion, an increase of 32.4 percent from 2019.
  Topics: complexity, process, items, returns, increasing, product, retailers, cost, return, billion, fedex, happy, merchants.
• The Main Tab revamps luxury goods marketplace after picking up $1M in pre-seed funding - The company is launching a new website and app this fall with about 200 luxury retailers.
  Topics: retailers, preseed, goods, retail, brands, luxury, shelegu, picking, revamps, tab, website, techcrunch, main, company, sales, inventory, reps, marketplace, funding.
• The Price Is Right: 14 Strategies for Finding the Ideal Price for Your Products - Setting prices for your products is a balancing act. If a small business prices products too low, it might see a healthy stream of sales without turning any profit (and we all like to eat and pay our bills, right?). But when products are priced too high, a retailer will likely see fewer sales and “price out” more budget-conscious customers. So, what options do you have?More
  Topics: pricing, product, finding, price, strategy, prices, right, customers, products, higher, retailers, strategies, ideal, costs.
• The Retail Omnichannel Imperative - In 2021 and beyond, successful retailers with physical stores will likely become powerful omnichannel sellers as shoppers choose merchants with superior end-to-end buying experiences. "The reason that omnichannel is critical for retailers in 2021 is because the customer demands it," said Jess Huang, a partner at McKinsey & Company.
  Topics: store, retailers, online, company, supply, stores, mckinsey, imperative, physical, retail, shopping, omnichannel.
• The Seller's Guide to Ecommerce Success on Amazon, Instacart, Walmart and Target - These four major ecommerce platforms require different strategies for success.
  Topics: advertising, brands, target, walmart, instacart, retailers, ecommerce, success, guide, sellers, platform, consumer, amazon.
• The State of Cannabis Payments in U.S. - How does the cannabis industry flourish when it is banned by federal law, shunned by the credit card networks, and rejected by most banks? How do cannabis retailers accept payments when credit cards and merchant accounts are unavailable? I'll examine those questions and more in this post.
  Topics: state, merchants, retailers, merchant, credit, cannabis, payment, card, payments, cash, providers.
• The holiday shopping season is coming: How are growth marketers preparing? - With just 22 days left until the holiday shopping season begins, we spoke to several growth marketers to find out how 2021's supply chain meltdowns are impacting their campaign planning.
  Topics: season, supply, techcrunch, growth, marketing, going, marketers, preparing, theres, coming, holiday, chain, things, q4, shipping, shopping, far, retailers.
• Toolio bags $8M in new funding to keep your retail shop fully stocked with the right products - Just as the supply chain side was getting more analytical and sophisticated, the global pandemic disrupted it and gave retailers an insight into just how connected to China they really were.
  Topics: toolio, retail, techcrunch, products, shop, fully, retailers, walmart, supply, right, company, planning, funding, capital, bags, stocked, daniyalzade, inventory.
• TradeDepot raises $110M from IFC, Novastar to extend BNPL service to merchants across Africa - Startups digitizing B2B e-commerce and retail in Africa continue to grab the headlines after the pandemic paved the way for widespread offline retail and commerce disruption. TradeDepot, a Nigeria- and U.S.-based company that connects consumer goods brands to thousands of retailers and helps with distribution, has raised $110 million in new equity and debt funding […]
  Topics: merchants, retailers, raises, extend, novastar, debt, bnpl, retail, tradedepot, africa, techcrunch, ifc, company, work, nigeria, service, equity.
• TryNow raises $12M to bring try-before-you-buy, Prime Wardrobe as a service to online retailers - Amazon’s Prime Wardrobe has been a key way for the e-commerce giant to expand its reach selling clothing and other apparel: giving shoppers an easy way to try on several items, return what they don’t want and pay for what they keep has helped it cross the virtual chasm by bringing the online experience a […]
  Topics: retailers, technology, try, trybeforeyoubuy, trynow, wardrobe, payment, raises, shopify, service, build, prime, bring, online, ecommerce, techcrunch.
• Two-thirds of the Largest U.S. Retailers Use Content Marketing - Some 33 of the 50 largest U.S. retail companies use content marketing. And 22 of those are doing it fairly well. I reviewed the websites and social media channels of the 50 largest U.S. retailers, according to the National Retail Federation, to learn which ones used content marketing.
  Topics: company, blog, stores, largest, retail, walmart, marketing, retailers, twothirds, used, content, amazon.
• UK driver shortage could steer grocery retailers toward bigger profits - The increasing prices as a result of today’s driver shortage could create a far more profitable e-grocery opportunity for British retailers by driving click-and-deliver customers to click-and-collect.
  Topics: grocery, profits, uk, price, customers, shortage, delivery, retailers, clickandcollect, driver, steer, market, egrocery, bigger, techcrunch.
• UK’s Zilch raises $80M at a $500M+ valuation for its direct-to-consumer buy now, pay later service - The buy now, pay later model, popularized by companies like Klarn and Affirm has been one of the big e-commerce winners in the last year, giving consumers who might be stretched financially another option to pay for things when they buy them online. While that has prompted the UK financial authority to re-examine how it […]
  Topics: techcrunch, pay, later, uks, card, buy, financial, bnpl, zilch, raises, belamant, directtoconsumer, uk, retailers, valuation, service, payment.
• Unpacking the Disruptors of Retail - The modern age of retail faces many challenges, but overcoming these obstacles can drive a company's success.
  Topics: disruptors, ecommerce, quality, crossborder, retailers, consumers, retailer, unpacking, retail, product, logistics, products.
• Walmart announces GoLocal, a last-mile delivery service for other retailers - Walmart today announced a new delivery service business called Walmart GoLocal, which allows other merchants, both large and small, to tap into Walmart’s own delivery platform to get orders to their customers. Merchants can choose to use the service for a variety of delivery types, including scheduled and unscheduled deliveries, including same-day delivery, and they […]
  Topics: retailers, lastmile, delivery, walmarts, customers, merchants, techcrunch, walmart, announces, services, service, golocal, local.
• Walmart to sell its e-commerce technologies to other retailers - Walmart’s investments in software and retail technologies it used to transform its business from a brick-and-mortar to one that combines both in-person and online shopping will now be made available to other retailers for the first time, the company announced today. Through a strategic partnership with Adobe, Walmart will integrate access to Walmart’s Marketplace, as […]
  Topics: sell, partnership, retailers, ecommerce, pickup, walmarts, technologies, retail, techcrunch, marketplace, walmart, customers, adobe.
• When Retailers Are Ad Platforms - Amazon pioneered the concept of a retailer-driven ad network. Now other retailer marketplaces are selling ads, too. The trend has far-reaching implications.
  Topics: ad, traffic, retailers, networks, platforms, revenue, retail, marketplaces, data, brands, ads.
• White-label SaaS shipping startup Outvio closes $3M round led by Change Ventures - Outvio offers online stores of any size a post-purchase shipping setup, which seeks to replicate an Amazon-style experience where customers can also return packages.
  Topics: outvio, retailers, fulfillment, stores, experience, startup, led, shipping, ventures, saas, techcrunch, tools, closes, online, solutions, round, whitelabel.
• Why Landing in a 'TikTok Made Me Buy It' Listicle Isn't Something Your Company Should Be Striving For - It's in everyone's best interests to shop more mindfully.
  Topics: customer, shoppers, listicle, tiktok, good, shopping, fact, striving, isnt, thats, mindless, retailers, landing, buy, dont, company, experience.
• Your Startup Guide For Selling Wholesale to Other Retailers - Is selling wholesale worth it as a small business? A $10 trillion industry, wholesale can be a profitable sales channel for any retailer. Learn how to set up your channel and start selling wholesale items today with this guide.More
  Topics: retailers, order, startup, shopify, selling, customers, store, product, payment, guide, business, products, wholesale.
• Zubale bags new capital to match gig workers with LatAm e-commerce fulfillment jobs - Now flush with new capital, the company plans to launch some embedded financial products for the independent workers using its marketplace.
  Topics: products, techcrunch, financial, capital, investors, month, qed, order, ecommerce, workers, jobs, latam, fulfillment, retailers, zubale, gig, company, match.