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Ex-Uber Exec To File $250M SPAC IPO Backed By Former Google CEO

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2) for DPCM Capital Inc. , The trend has grown in recent months. Hims , a direct-to-consumer company selling health products targeted at millennials, is using a SPAC to go public , for example. Hims , a direct-to-consumer company selling health products targeted at millennials, is using a SPAC to go public , for example.

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Target Pilots Buy Now Pay Later With Sezzle

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Sezzle , the installments payments platform, will be working on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services with Target , a press release says, which will test how the popular payment trend works with the retail giant's operations. After a recent $55 million capital raise , Sezzle plans to focus more on that area of business.

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Does Destination Maternity Chain Bankruptcy Signal Larger Trends?

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21), the latest commerce operator to be on the verge of extinction in this age of digital and mobile. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” Larger Trends. The company owns 458 stores in the U.S.,

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Lendified And The SMB/Millennial Connection

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Lendified , which offers loans to small Canadian businesses online, said earlier this month that it has secured a $20 million credit facility through Liquid Capital. So it is with the extension of credit to smaller firms who need the funds to gain top-line traction.

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TGI Fridays, Fast Casual Food To Cater To Millennial Expectations

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Whole Foods and other retailers capitalizing on the at-home health food craze were able to get out in front of millennial eating trends — or, at least, start riding at the crest of the wave. The pilot store will be operating on extended hours, opening four hours earlier at 7 a.m. ” Hang out they’ll have to.

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Afterpay Reaps Benefits Of BNPL With Best Q4

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The company, which operates in the U.S., Given the ongoing impacts from COVID-19 and the uncertain global economic conditions, we have continued to focus on preserving capital and maintaining a strong balance sheet.”. Today, this trend is repeating itself.”. Afterpay Ltd. , Total sales were $11.1

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Depop Raises $62M To Expand Tech, US Presence

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startup that operates an app where individuals sell items on social feeds, has raised $62 million in venture funding. Additional investors included HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Balderton Capital, Creandum, Octopus Ventures, TempoCap and Sebastian Siemiatkowski, founder and CEO of Klarna, the Swedish payments company. Depop, the U.K.

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