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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In many ways, eCommerce has democratized the market for small sellers, a group that can now easily reach a global base of potential customers. But that trend has, in some cases, made those same small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) less able to access the financing they need to take advantage of the global market.

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MAY 14, 2018

Bloomberg , citing four people with direct knowledge of the matter, reported that Morgan Stanley purchased $14 million in local subordinated bonds from online consumer lender Geru Tecnologia e Servicos. Morgan Stanley’s move comes at a time when the Brazil FinTech market is exploding. percent each year, noted the report.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Online Resale. Online resale has become all the rage — even for retailers like Neiman Marcus — from a little bit of everything on OfferUp to fashion-focused Poshmark and high-end The RealReal and 1stdibs. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Perry, and new fund Bramalea Partners, launched by Andrew Boyd, former head of global equity capital markets at Fidelity Investments. Loadsmart features an online portal designed for those in the shipping business to move freight through ports and across rail lines and highways on land.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Founded in 2010, Sightline has experienced 744 percent revenue growth since 2015. Its client roster includes MGM Resorts, Caesars Resorts, and Hard Rock Hotel and Casino; the Oregon and Pennsylvania state lotteries; Churchill Downs; Golden Nugget online; and DraftKings, FanDuel, William Hill, and Rush Street sports, among others.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

And while those numbers aren’t likely to keep Amazon or H&M up at night, for a small Cuban eCommerce startup operating out of nation where internet access is patchy and from which the company can’t ship goods directly to U.S. The firm has been up and running since 2015, though the recent expansion into U.S. eCommerce operation.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

It costs merchants nothing to join or remain on Sky.Garden; all they provide is their shop name, MPesa phone number and a few personal and business details (such as operating hours). Sky.Garden isn’t looking to replace those methods, said Isaac Hunja, the company’s marketing director. The Place Of eCommerce in Africa.

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MAY 18, 2016

Ever since consumers made it clear that they weren’t going to give traditional brands the benefit of the doubt if they couldn’t pivot toward online sales, it’s largely been big-box merchants, like Target and Macy’s, that have blamed supply chain issues for empty shelves, delayed delivery estimates or overflowing stock rooms.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

How cumbersome and annoying do you find the return process for items that you ordered online? 2015 and are now in the process of trying to make the company’s “return bars” as ubiquitous in shopping malls as food courts and bathrooms. The growth of online commerce continues at a rapid pace. shopping malls. Until now.”.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

India’s largest online travel company, MakeMyTrip, is entering the business-to-business (B2B) space with the launch of a new solution for corporate travel. The nation’s second-largest travel operator, Yatra Online, recently acquired Air Travel Bureau, a corporate travel service provider, to strengthen its B2B services.

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MAY 1, 2019

Google appears to be losing steam in the ongoing race to dominate the online advertising market, and competitors Amazon and Facebook are taking advantage of the stumbles. Another issue is attached to this recent news: Searches – specifically, product searches, which help drive online commerce. YouTube Concerns.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 22, 2017

First they started to invest in equivalent products and services to their own in other markets of similar nature, such as India and Thailand. Hence, they invested $680 million in India’s Paytm in September 2015, just before demonitisation stimulated Indians to open 200 million wallets on Paytm.

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MAY 11, 2016

Common sense isn’t so common when retail is still experiencing its fair share of upheavals from each new disruptor to make it to market, but the decade-plus of online and in-store retail operating side by side has established a few new ground rules that almost everyone can agree on.

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MARCH 30, 2020

The new funding will assist the startup in speeding up team building, supply chain optimizations and market growth. Weee, which was started in 2015, began as a community buying platform that received Asian spices and fresh produce, among other items. Bigbasket competes against Amazon and Flipkart in the Indian eCommerce market.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

“This partnership will help us bolster our payments and ticketing technology solutions for bus operators and enable us to provide a more seamless booking and post-booking experience to our growing base of online bus ticketing customers.”. million to expand its travel sector.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

And then there’s the challenge of how to use marketing research to reach the right consumer in the right channel and the right time with the right message. Wiland operates one of the largest consumer databases, tracking more than $220 billion in transactional, SKU-level data — transactional and behavioral — for over 235 million Americans.

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JULY 31, 2017

Why should merchants be the only ones who get to leverage the speed, convenience and low-friction environment of the online marketplace? The big box retailer has been investing heavily in its online marketplace, and recently invited international vendors onto its platform. As it turns out, they aren’t.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Menlo Park-based Enjoy Technology , the eCommerce startup led by Ron Johnson, former VP of retail operations for Apple, has raised an additional $150 million in Series C funding, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. Enjoy Technology operates in 54-plus U.S. markets and will be offered in 11 U.K. The funding will go toward U.K.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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JUNE 26, 2020

That vision appeared to be coming to fruition with Albertsons’ 2015 purchase of rival chain Safeway for $9.2 Along with Safeway, the Albertsons portfolio includes Vons, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs, Sav-On, Jewel-Osco, Acme, Shaw’s, Star Market, United Supermarkets, Market Street, Amigos and United Express.

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MARCH 16, 2016

The Korea Herald has the story of the lowball pricing war going on between Coupang, one of the country’s fastest-growing online marketplaces, and E-mart, the oldest and largest in-store retailer in South Korea. percent in the country from July 2014 to July 2015, eCommerce sales alone increased 21.2 percent over the same period.

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JULY 25, 2018

When eBay announced that it would be accepting Apple Pay , it wasn’t the only new development for the online marketplace. The report also highlighted how eBay is working with PayPal rivals, Square and Apple Pay, following its split from PayPal in 2015. Amazon rolled out small business lending services in several markets in 2015.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

The case against them, and the decision it rendered, deviated sharply from the traditional Sherman Act cases that accused companies of using their market power to raise prices to the detriment of the consumer. By 2015, it had closed its doors. There was one wholesaler for every 43 mom-and-pop operations. at that time.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

The nationwide chain — which operates about 1,470 retail stores selling pet supplies and professional services like veterinary care — is changing its name to Petco Health and Wellness in conjunction with the listing. This IPO marks Petco’s third foray into the public markets following filings in 1994 and 2000. million new customers.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Online bank N26 ‘s decision to exit the U.K. The Berlin-based digital bank said it would not be able to operate in the country anymore in the wake of Brexit, as it will no longer have a license to do business there. million customers since opening in 2015. has customers feeling left behind, CNBC reported.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

With the formation of an in-house armada of carbon-neutral delivery trucks, Amazon will soon integrate another step of the online shopping pipeline. By 2022, 10,000 of the new carbon-neutral vehicles will be reportedly operating. And, by 2030, all 100,000 would reportedly be operating.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

In Russia, Apple Pay will initially operate with partners Sberbank and Mastercard. Apple’s decision to launch Apple Pay in Russia comes at a time when the country’s mobile payments market grew by almost 40 percent in 2015, to 70.4 billion) eCommerce market last year. billion) eCommerce market last year. and others.

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JUNE 22, 2020

Online grocery delivery service Milkbasket has landed $5.5 Milkbasket , launched in 2015, calls itself a micro-delivery service. Our Gurgaon, Noida and Bengaluru operations are already breaking even with other cities on an accelerated track.”. million in venture capital in a round led by Inflection Point Ventures.

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APRIL 27, 2020

the California-based online payments system, on Monday (April 27) released its annual Global Impact Report , which typically highlights the firm’s progress on advancing profitability, promoting a diverse workforce, minimizing pollution and operating responsibly. PayPal Holdings Inc.,

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MARCH 24, 2016

Coupled with internal factors — like pressures from CFOs to reduce operating costs — the CPO today is facing monumental challenges but also the opportunity to rise as a strategic part of the overall enterprise, Umbenhauer explained. The difference in investment of new technologies between 2014 and 2015 was also significant.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

So let’s take a look at what the Big 4 core vendors (FIS, Fiserv, Jack Henry and D+H) are doing and have to bring to the table in 2015 (other than a sweetheart deal). In 2015 will Fiserv be able to continue DNA’s strong market momentum outside of its own core base? Take a look at the two headlines below from the Fiserv web site.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

287 crore, which mostly came from markets in the U.S. and China where it operates — but it didn’t show any profit after that initial maiden profit. After that, the company has seen setbacks such as a competitive mobile market and news of layoffs. Earlier, InMobi reported a 2017 net profit of ?11.87 crore and ?287

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AUGUST 14, 2017

There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. Take a look at this chart, which lays out grocery chain market share. Walmart has the largest market share at 14.2 In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

billion in its Mexican operations as a means to fund logistics improvement plans for Walmart de Mexico. Total online sales in Mexico are expected to grow by 107 percent to reach about $6 billion by 2018, up from $2.9 billion in 2015, according to Forrester Research. Walmart then acquired online marketplace Jet.com for $3.3

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JANUARY 15, 2020

The company currently works out of Austria and Germany, and it plans to add more markets this year. The company was started in 2015. The idea behind the way Grover operates is that it provides a better way to consume objects, as they’ll have more owners over their lifetime, and it’s more sustainable.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Fraud could cost the market more than $25 billion this year, and approximately 20 percent of attempted travel-related transactions are confirmed to be fraudulent. Streamlining operations and improving customer insights were key, but so was protecting against fraud, Koch said. Overcoming legacy systems.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

While online order volumes were strong in Q4, slowing traffic to physical stores led to overall weak sales results for the end of 2016 to January 28, 2017. billion in 2015. percent in the quarter as more shoppers chose online channels for the ease of online shopping. billion in 2015. percent to $6.21

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