ecommerce
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JD.com’s logistics arm raises a $218 million investment fund
The logistics division of JD.com, Alibaba’s closest e-commerce competitor in China, has raised 1.5 billion yuan (about $218 million) to…
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Carrefour sale shifts the balance of power in China’s new retail battle
Hot on the heels of Amazon’s decision to shutter its local marketplace, Carrefour — another global commerce giant — is…
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Meet Hatch Baby’s portable, WiFi-enabled sleep device Rest+
Menlo Park-based Hatch Baby has prided itself on introducing “smart” nursery devices — including Grow, a changing pad with a…
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Walmart announces it will fully integrate Jet’s teams, but Jet will remain a standalone brand
Three years after acquiring Jet for $3 billion, Walmart announced today that it is now more fully integrating Jet’s teams…
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Kurly, a grocery e-commerce startup in Korea, closes upsized $113M Series D round
Kurly, a startup that operates a grocery delivery service in Korea, said today that it has closed an upsized Series…
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Soda Says, a curated consumer electronics retail platform, launches in the U.S.
Grace Gould has spent her life thinking about the intersection of retail and tech. She started out in Apple Retail,…
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A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
At just 26, Waiz Rahim is supposed to be involved in the family business, having returned home in 2016 with…
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