China’s Tencent launched a version of its WeChat mobile chat service in Africa late in 2013, and now the chat-app giant has used WeChat Africa to make its first investment in an African startup: the “micro-jobbing” platform M4JAM, according to Ventureburn. Get the Full Story...
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Frantic shoppers roaming from store-to-store to find the last gallon of milk in the city before the next major storm hits may become a thing of the past. Record-breaking snowfall are keeping many in the Northeast from venturing out, but omnichannel merchants are keeping consumers...
Social marketplace app Shopa has closed an $11 million funding round — one of the biggest Series A rounds ever for a U.K.-based startup, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
While the world tries to determine whether social media celebrities count as real celebrities, there is little controversy around the idea that the social media famous have a big role to play in motivating the shopping behaviors of others. Everyone wants to be like the...
There is buzz that soon social networking site Pinterest will be offering users more than a chance to “pin” it – where it is defined as whatever item they are looking at a picture of. Reports are circulating that Pinterest could be adding a buy button...
Social shopping platform Fancy said it has closed a new financing round that’s reportedly worth as much as $20 million, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Facebook’s new features that make it a bit easier for users to sell items represent a minor social commerce update. But they’re also a return to an old challenge: how to challenge Craigslist as the king of online classified ads, according to Bloomberg News. Get...
Facebook currently reaches more than 1 billion people, but what CEO Mark Zuckerberg really wants is to reach is the whole world. So far, he’s about 6 billion short. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
