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Leap Platform Raises $15M To Boost Store Count To 250 By End of 2022

Leap Platform Raises $15M To Boost Store Count To 250 By End of 2022
Leap Platform Raises $15M To Boost Store Count To 250 By End of 2022
August 30, 2021  |  Retail

Retail platform Leap on Monday (Aug. 30) said it will grow its store count by 300 percent this year, with plans to have 50 stores...

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Gap Adds Virtual Try-On Firm, Peloton Faces DOJ Sanctions, Amazon Closes In on Walmart
Gap Adds Virtual Try-On Firm, Peloton Faces DOJ Sanctions, Amazon Closes In on Walmart
August 30, 2021  |  Today In Data

Peloton’s treadmill injury reporting leads to a DOJ subpoena. Plus, Gap has acquired the virtual try-on company Drapr, and we have all the latest news...

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Behold The ‘Micro-Influencer’ — The Trusted, Unsung Work Horse Of Social Commerce
Behold The ‘Micro-Influencer’ — The Trusted, Unsung Work Horse Of Social Commerce
August 30, 2021  |  Retail

When Taylor Swift officially joined TikTok last week, practically every corner of the internet took notice. Her first video, recapping recent album releases, reached over...

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Ikea To Pilot Furniture Buyback, Secondhand Sales
Ikea To Pilot Furniture Buyback, Secondhand Sales
August 30, 2021  |  Retail

Home furnishing retailer Ikea is joining the growing list of companies testing U.S. demand for a secondhand market, with the company saying Monday (Aug. 30)...

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Zebra Technologies Acquires antuit.ai
Zebra Technologies Acquires antuit.ai
August 30, 2021  |  Retail

Front-line business firm Zebra Technologies on Monday (Aug. 30) said it will acquire antuit.ai, a retail and consumer packaged goods-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)....

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Deep Dive: How 2020 Increased The Necessity Of Fully Online Bill Payment Solutions For Businesses, Consumers
Deep Dive: How 2020 Increased The Necessity Of Fully Online Bill Payment Solutions For Businesses,...
August 30, 2021  |  B2B Payments

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BECU On The Changing Strategies For Credit Union Branches
BECU On The Changing Strategies For Credit Union Branches
August 30, 2021  |  Credit Unions

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Wearables Startup Whoop Notches $200M At $3.6B Valuation
Wearables Startup Whoop Notches $200M At $3.6B Valuation
August 30, 2021  |  Investments

Fitness wearables firm Whoop notched $200 million in a Series F funding round led by SoftBank’s second Vision Fund, bringing the Boston startup’s valuation to...

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Deep Dive: How Integrating Embedded Payments, A2A Into ERPs Can Give Firms A B2B Payments Advantage
Deep Dive: How Integrating Embedded Payments, A2A Into ERPs Can Give Firms A B2B Payments...
August 30, 2021  |  Digital Payments

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