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Glossier Brings Shops To Nordstrom

PYMNTS

The beauty brand has launched pop-up shops in cities such as Austin, Miami, Boston and London, but its success has primarily been in online sales of its lotions, lash products and soft, pink-colored lip balms since its 2014 inception. fragrance sales.”.

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Tracksmith: Taking DTC Running From Heartbreak Hill To The Global Market

PYMNTS

Boston is home to the world’s “statement race” — the Boston Marathon. you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world.

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Today In Retail: Wayfair Exceeds Estimates; Carvana Sales Surge; SA Company Pivots With Pandemic

PYMNTS

Bloomberg reported this week that Boston-based home décor eCommerce giant Wayfair turned in strong third quarter financials, noting that the firm’s quarterly results “exceeded analysts’ estimates, suggesting the wave of home improvement inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic is lingering.”. These are the top stories in retail for Tuesday (Nov.

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ShipMonk Pulls In $290 Million For eCommerce Growth Effort

PYMNTS

ShipMonk has pulled in $290 million in a funding round led by Boston-based Summit Partners as part of an expansion effort. Florida’s ShipMonk, started in 2014, offers eCommerce fulfillment services and technology solutions.

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Freeletics Apps-In To Customizable Fitness

PYMNTS

In a 2014 podcast episode, Planet Money visited one Planet Fitness location that had signed up 6,000 total members – 20 times the number of people their building can serve –secure in the knowledge that less than half of the members don’t ever set foot in a gym again after that initial visit.

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PYMNTS

51 million : That’s the amount of new funding that Druva, an India-based enterprise security company, has secured from Sequoia Capital India and a new backer, Economic Development Board Investments, based in Singapore. Luckily, the PYMNTS 11 is here to break it all down. Luckily, the PYMNTS 11 is here to break it all down.

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VC Challengers: 7 Largest U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Startups

Fintech Labs Insights

Startups looking to raise capital have more options today thanks to evolving technology, regulation and market behavior. only seeing deals that could not raise elsewhere), but now that it has matured, it’s becoming an option to other sources of early capital (eg. First Round Capital blog post. family & friends, angels, VCs).

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