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Amazon flexes its retail muscle with a brick-and-mortar clothing store

May 25, 2022

Signaling its ambitions to make a dent in the apparel market, Amazon today opened its first physical clothing store, Amazon Style, in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Offering a twist on the traditional experience, visitors … Read more

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Namibian B2B e-commerce retail platform JABU raises $15M led by Tiger Global

May 25, 2022

More venture capital keeps trooping into Africa’s B2B e-commerce retail, a space where startups are digitizing informal trade to get thousands of merchants to operate more efficiently. This time, it’s a startup that was in … Read more

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Getir, the $12B instant delivery startup, plans to axe 14% of staff globally and cut aggressive expansion plans

May 25, 2022

It continues to be a very rough week for e-commerce companies in Europe. In the latest development, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Getir — the $12 billion quick commerce upstart that grocery essentials and sundries and … Read more

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Online shopping platform buywith already bagged Walmart, now grabs seed round

May 25, 2022

Buywith completed a $9.5 million seed round, and while that may be the kind of funding a younger company takes, the livestream shopping platform is actually a “veteran” in this emerging way of shopping. The … Read more

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Instacart updates its customer ratings system, rolls out new features for shoppers

May 24, 2022

Instacart announced today that it’s introducing a revamped customer ratings system that is designed to be more informative and fair for shoppers on its platform. The company will now remove a rating if it’s from … Read more

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SoftBank leads $150M round for Firework’s shoppable video

May 24, 2022

Firework, a San Mateo livestreaming commerce company, secured $150 million in Series B funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The company says it is now valued at $750 million. In 2021, Firework raised $55 … Read more

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Nomagic picks up $22M for its e-commerce warehouse picking robots

May 24, 2022

Robotics are playing a growing role in the world of e-commerce logistics and fulfillment — where they are seen not just as a way to speed up operations but to drastically reduce the costs of … Read more

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Pandas wants to give Latin American businesses buying power in Asia

May 24, 2022

Access to global supply chains can be difficult for small businesses in Latin America, but companies like Meru, which raised funding in March to source and import goods between Mexico and China, and now more … Read more

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SwipeRx lands $27M from MDI and Gates Foundation to digitize the pharma industry in Southeast Asia

May 23, 2022

SwipeRx, a platform for pharma professionals, said Tuesday it has secured a $27 million Series B round led by Indonesia’s MDI Ventures, with participation from the Gates Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, Susquehanna International … Read more

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Walmart is adding Symbotic robots to warehouses across the country

May 23, 2022

The push behind the massive influx of warehouse robotics funding is largely driven by one entity: Amazon. There are other factors driving the industry, of course, including the pandemic, labor shortages and supply chain constraints, … Read more

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  • Amazon flexes its retail muscle with a brick-and-mortar clothing store
  • Namibian B2B e-commerce retail platform JABU raises $15M led by Tiger Global
  • Getir, the $12B instant delivery startup, plans to axe 14% of staff globally and cut aggressive expansion plans
  • Online shopping platform buywith already bagged Walmart, now grabs seed round
  • Instacart updates its customer ratings system, rolls out new features for shoppers

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