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Walmart Grocery now offers curbside alcohol pickup at 2,000 US stores

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020

The online grocery wars continue. Amazon this week just made grocery delivery free, so Walmart is now touting how its grocery service offers the booze. The retailer today announced a new milestone in terms of … Read more

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WeFarm rakes in $13M to grow its marketplace and network for independent farmers

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020

Huge networks like Facebook and LinkedIn have a huge gravitational force in the world of social media — the size of their audiences make them important platforms for advertising and those who want information (for … Read more

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Amazon axes $14.99 Amazon Fresh fee, making grocery delivery free for Prime members to boost use

November 4, 2020November 3, 2020

Amazon is turning up the heat once again in the world of groceries, and specifically grocery delivery, to make its services more enticing in the face of competition from Walmart, as well as a host … Read more

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China Roundup: Xi’s power on bitcoin, the rise of Alibaba’s new rival

November 4, 2020November 2, 2020

Welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of the latest events that happened at major Chinese tech companies and what they mean to tech founders and executives around the world. Alibaba’s nemesis Alibaba’s new … Read more

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Porsche pilots online vehicle sales in the US and Germany

November 4, 2020November 2, 2020

Porsche will begin selling its vehicles online in the U.S. for the first time, the company announced on Monday. To begin with, the company is proceeding with a pilot program that will be offered with … Read more

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Founder-investor Natalie Massenet on how new brands win

November 4, 2020October 23, 2020

Natalie Massenet, the fashion entrepreneur who founded the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter, chaired the British Fashion Council for four years and today runs Imaginary Ventures, a venture firm that’s focused on consumer startups, took the … Read more

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Lowlights from Zuckerberg’s Libra testimony in Congress

November 4, 2020October 23, 2020

Congress grilled Facebook’s CEO today, unleashing critiques of his approach to cryptocurrency, privacy, encryption, and running a giant corporation. Mark Zuckerberg tried to assuage their fears while stoking concerns that if Facebook doesn’t build Libra, … Read more

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Kenya’s Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after $30M raise led by Goldman

November 4, 2020November 5, 2019

Kenya’s Twiga Foods has raised a total of $30 million from lenders and investors led by Goldman Sachs. The B2B food distribution company financed $6.25 million of the funding in convertible debt and $23.75 million … Read more

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Zola, the $650M wedding portal, taps the travel market with an expansion into honeymoons

October 7, 2019October 3, 2019

The wedding industry is estimated to be worth some $100 billion in the U.S. alone, and now one of the fastest-growing companies in that space — the wedding planning site Zola — is making a … Read more

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Redesigned Google Shopping goes live, with price tracking, Google Lens for outfits and more

October 7, 2019October 3, 2019

Google Shopping is getting a redesign with several new features, including options to shop local stores, track prices and even find style inspiration through Google Lens. Already, Google Lens’ smart image recognition technology can help … Read more

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