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The Sky’s The Limit For Kenyan Online Marketplace Sky.Garden

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Previously, African merchants had the opportunity to sell their wares on platforms such as OLX and Jumia or by leveraging social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. What the Sky.Garden platform does differently is allow sellers to manage online inventory just as they would in a brick-and-mortar setting.

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WeTravel Lands Seed Money For Entrepreneurial Travel Organizers

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9), WeTravel closed a $2 million seed funding round from The House Fund and former TubeMogul chief executive Brett Wilson; 500 Startups, Amino Capital and the First Round Capital Dorm Room Fund, as well as Foundation Capital’s Berkeley founder program, also participated in the round, the publication said.

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Facebook Among Investors In $125M Funding Round For India’s Meesho

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Naspers led the Series D funding round and was joined by existing investors SAIF, Sequoia, Shunwei Capital, RPS and Venture Highway. A digital marketplace connecting buyers and sellers, Meesho has raised $190 million to date since its launch in 2015. Facebook and Arun Sarin, the former CEO of Vodafone, also invested. .

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Pixlee Lets Retailers Market Using Real Customers’ Photos

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Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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The Buyers: Omnichannel Customer’s Impact On Retailers

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Between 2015 to 2016, consumer expectations for multiple purchase options grew from 61 percent up to 74 percent according to Retail Systems Research’s 2016 Customer Experience/Unified Commerce Benchmark Survey. And both retailers and CPG companies face competition from online superstores, such as U.S.-based

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China’s Recommerce Market Heats Up

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Venture capitalists are funding new entrants to the field, and features like authenticity guarantees, postings to social media, the use of data and post-sale services could propel the industry forward, according to a new report from Fung Global Retail & Tech. com launched in 2015.

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New Investors Flock To Food

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This includes a wide range of investors, including venture capital funds, private equity firms, corporations, and angel investors. CA-based VC firm Blueberry Ventures has backed startups such as Ripple Foods and Biena since its 2015 launch. Since 2015, there has been a rash of major acquisitions of food startups. SNACKING 2.0:

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