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Walmart shuts down its experimental personal shopping service, Jet black
Walmart is shutting down its personal shopping service, Jet black, on February 21, after struggling to find adoption or additional…
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ePharmacy Ro launches doc-approved WebMD rival Health Guide
‘Whatever your symptom, WebMD says you have cancer.’ It’s a long-running joke that underscores the distrust of perhaps the top…
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SoftBank-backed Brandless shuts its doors for good
It was a roller coaster ride — a short one. Brandless, a San Francisco-based e-commerce company that made and sold…
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Real estate startup Homie plans to expand to more cities with $23 million in Series B funding
Homie has made an impression among younger, first-time home buyers in the Utah and Arizona markets for cutting out the…
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Shopping via smart speakers is not taking off, report suggests
U.S. consumers aren’t adopting voice-based shopping as quickly as expected, according to a new report today from eMarketer. While consumers…
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Nomagic, a startup out of Poland, picks up $8.6M for its pick-and-place warehouse robots
Factories and warehouses have been two of the biggest markets for robots in the last several years, with machines taking…
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Newly funded Legacy, a sperm testing and freezing service, conveys a message to men: get checked
Legacy, a male fertility startup, has just raised a fresh, $3.5 million in funding from Bill Maris’s San Diego-based venture…
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Moda Operandi, an online marketplace for high-end fashion, raises $100M led by NEA and Apax
Moda Operandi, an online marketplace that specialises in right-off-the-runway luxury fashion, accessories and home decor, is today announcing a high-priced…
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Amazon takes action against FedEx
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