acquisitions

Today In Retail: Casey’s General Stores In-Store Sales Climb; Attentive Plans To Buy Tone

Today In Retail: Casey’s General Stores In-Store Sales Climb; Attentive Plans To Buy Tone
Today In Retail: Casey’s General Stores In-Store Sales Climb; Attentive Plans To Buy Tone
June 09, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Casey’s General Stores reported rising same-store sales, while text messaging upstart Attentive is purchasing Massachusetts-based Tone. Plus, video-streaming network Shopflix...

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Amazon, Gopuff Both Seek To Buy Grocery Delivery Firm Flink
Amazon, Gopuff Both Seek To Buy Grocery Delivery Firm Flink
June 09, 2021  |  Delivery

Amazon and U.S. delivery company Gopuff, which is backed by SoftBank, are both looking at buying up Germany-based Flink, sources told Bloomberg. Flink has already...

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Attentive Acquires Conversational B2C Text Messaging Firm Tone
Attentive Acquires Conversational B2C Text Messaging Firm Tone
June 09, 2021  |  Retail

Fresh on the heels of its $470 million March fundraise, text messaging startup Attentive announced on Wednesday (June 9) that it is acquiring Boston-based Tone,...

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Today In Payments Around The World: Nium To Buy Ixaris; Worldline, Toshiba Team On Checkout Kiosk
Today In Payments Around The World: Nium To Buy Ixaris; Worldline, Toshiba Team On Checkout...
June 08, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, Nium announced that it would purchase Ixaris as part of an international expansion, while Worldline announced it...

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Credit Sesame Raises $51 Million, Acquires FinTech Software Platform
Credit Sesame Raises $51 Million, Acquires FinTech Software Platform
June 08, 2021  |  Investments

Credit Sesame has raised $51 million in growth capital and has seen its premium subscriptions grow by 200 percent annually, the financial wellness platform announced...

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Acquisitions, BNPL And Employee Wages Make Retail Headlines
Acquisitions, BNPL And Employee Wages Make Retail Headlines
June 08, 2021  |  Today In Data

Etsy’s latest acquisition is expected to be a boon for consumers – and a game-changer for luxury brands looking to compete with secondhand online retailers....

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Nium Invests In B2B Travel Payments With Ixaris Acquisition
Nium Invests In B2B Travel Payments With Ixaris Acquisition
June 07, 2021  |  Acquiring

The payments platform Nium announced on Monday (June 7) that it would acquire the travel payments optimization platform Ixaris as part of a global expansion....

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Microsoft Clears US Antitrust Hurdle For Nuance Purchase
Microsoft Clears US Antitrust Hurdle For Nuance Purchase
June 06, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Microsoft has received U.S. antitrust approval to purchase the artificial intelligence and speech technology firm Nuance Communications for $16 billion. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Staples Makes $1 Billion Bid For Office Depot, OfficeMax
Staples Makes $1 Billion Bid For Office Depot, OfficeMax
June 06, 2021  |  Retail

USR Parent, the corporate parent of Staples office supply stores, said Friday (June 4) that it has formally offered to pay $1 billion for the...

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