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Digital Exercise Brands Get Pumped Up As In-Person Fitness Loses Muscle

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million, an increase of 28 percent since 2010,” according to The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). Major brands like Apple and Peloton have the resources to provide unique fitness experiences featuring instructors that achieve celebrity status. In 2019, U.S. billion visits for the year.”.

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Chinese eCommerce Firm JD.Com And Google Debut Online Store

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A majority of the products are under $100 and from brands with less exposure. What we can share at this stage is that we are conducting test operations during this early phase,” a JD.com spokeswoman said. The site is called Joybuy and currently offers everything from shoes to electronics to hair extensions.

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CoverHound Raises $58M For Expansion Of Insurance Platform

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CoverHound, the online property and casualty insurance platform operator, announced Tuesday (Feb. In a press release , the San Francisco startup that has sold more than 200,000 policies online said the Series D funding round was led by global insurer Hiscox and included participation from Chubb, Aflac Ventures, MS&AD of Japan.

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Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online

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The online marketplace has disrupted any number of verticals, changing the way we shop and spend, and where we grab must-have items — from books to rugs to lamps, and sometimes from across international borders. We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers.

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eBay Seeks Buyer For Korean Division

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Online marketplace and auction site eBay is looking to unload its South Korean unit, according to a report by Reuters. The unit includes one of the biggest online marketplaces in the country, called Gmarket. eBay used to also own brands like PayPal and StubHub, but sold them when their directives differed from its own.

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Grab And Gojek Reportedly Closing In On Mega-Merger 

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A mega-merger between Grab Holdings and Gojek is getting closer to being realized in what would be the biggest tie-up of online firms in Southeast Asia, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (Dec. The two entities could also operate independently under their own brand names for an undetermined amount of time, the sources said.

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Creative Group FinTech Lands $25M To Expand Into 30 Countries

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Founded in 2010, Creative Group enables customers to digitally buy or send prepaid credit to spend with their favorite brands, as well as to send cross-border credit remittances. We are an official digital distributor for some of the world’s most powerful brands,” said Günther Vogelpoel, CEO of Creative Group. “We

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