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BigCommerce Raises $64M Led By Goldman Sachs

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BigCommerce , the eCommerce platform for retailing brands, announced news on Wednesday (April 25) that it has closed a $64 million round of funding. Our mission is to help every business selling online maximize success through the benefits of SaaS,” said Brent Bellm, CEO of BigCommerce.

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Strava’s Journey From Fitness App To Fitness Ecosystem

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In some ways, Strava is a very much like any social media platform, albeit with a slightly narrower focus than most. It is getting very serious about the larger social media play and the ecosystem it hopes to build around it. Quarles is new to his job, having come on board last spring, but he is not new to social media.

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FashionPass And Wardrobe Rentals Tailored To Influencers

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With the successful launch of Rent the Runway in 2009, there have been many variations of fashion-on-demand rental services. Instead, the brand directly addresses influencers and those aiming to become influencers, whose livelihood literally depends on how well they can outfit themselves. She’s going to weddings,” she said.

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Protein Bar And Kitchen Customers Earn Loyalty Points No Matter How They Pay

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We’re a dietary-sensitive brand,” said Rettker. Our online ordering really makes that easy for the guest to make sure they’re getting exactly what they want.”. Protein Bar had to fight an uphill battle against people’s perception of fast food when the company first launched in 2009.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, Date: May 21, 2009. And in the short-term, that would have looked like a good deal, as the social media site hit its peak in 2007 at a value of about $12B.

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

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Leveraging the Virtual Wallet brand it built years ago, it will be worth watching how PNC fares in 2019. Timing is everything, and Feiger knew that after tripling the stock price since the 2009 downturn, it was time to get the shareholders a solid payback. Former Apple exec Guy Kawasaki at Financial Brand Forum.

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If You Can’t Sell On A Retail Holiday, Invent One

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Interestingly, one retailer in particular — Zappos , the online shoe and clothing store that, since 2009, has been a subsidiary of Amazon — this year took the very fact that Leap Day is not a nationally recognized holiday as a springboard to drum up a little attention for its own brand. Heck, it’s not even Flag Day.

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