Amazon-as-a-Service Provider Amify Marks $100 Million Sales Milestone
Amazon-as-a-Service Provider Amify Marks $100 Million Sales Milestone
May 20, 2021  |  Amazon

Amify, which bills itself as “the first Amazon-as-a-Service provider” announced on Thursday (May 20), that it had hit an annual run rate of $100 million...

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Payments Company Square Launches In Ireland
Payments Company Square Launches In Ireland
May 20, 2021  |  International

San Francisco-based Square said that its services are now available in Ireland, its first country in the Eurozone. The company said in a press release...

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Klarna Offers BNPL Service On More Retail Sites, From Aéropostale To Brooks Brothers
Klarna Offers BNPL Service On More Retail Sites, From Aéropostale To Brooks Brothers
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

Buy now, pay later firm Klarna has partnered with two major retail powerhouses, SPARC Group and Authentic Brands Group (ABG), to offer its “Pay in 4” BNPL service to more retail...

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Google Joins Big Tech Peers With First Brick-and-Mortar Retail Location
Google Joins Big Tech Peers With First Brick-and-Mortar Retail Location
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

Another Big Tech player has unveiled plans to join the physical retail party, as Google has announced it will open its first-ever physical retail location...

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Tencent Ups Spending To Compete With Alibaba
Tencent Ups Spending To Compete With Alibaba
May 20, 2021  |  International

China’s Tencent Holdings said on Thursday (May 20) that it wants to put a greater portion of this year’s incremental profits  into sectors that include...

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Grocery Roundup: Goodbye, Amazon Go Grocery
Grocery Roundup: Goodbye, Amazon Go Grocery
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

Amazon Go Grocery is Amazon going, going, gone. The format, which launched in early 2020 as a grocery offshoot of the Amazon Go convenience store...

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Goldman Sachs Courting Investors For Startups
Goldman Sachs Courting Investors For Startups
May 20, 2021  |  Investments

GS Growth, a unit of Goldman Sachs that buys stakes in startup firms, has spent the past few months wooing outside investors, The Wall Street Journal...

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From Beds To Bird Feeders: Expanding Home Improvement Category Extends Nesting Trend
From Beds To Bird Feeders: Expanding Home Improvement Category Extends Nesting Trend
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

A spate of solid earnings reports in the home improvement and furnishings space this week has allayed fears that the red-hot nesting trend spawned by...

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Today In Retail: Petco’s Sales Surge Amid Growth In Pet Ownership; Ralph Lauren’s Global Digital Revenue Accelerates
Today In Retail: Petco’s Sales Surge Amid Growth In Pet Ownership; Ralph Lauren’s Global Digital...
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Petco’s revenues surged amid growth in pet ownership, while Ralph Lauren’s worldwide digital revenue accelerated throughout owned and wholesale digital...

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