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Morphe closes US stores to focus on wholesale, e-commerce

January 6, 2023

Via: Retail Dive

Makeup brand Morphe announced via Twitter on Thursday that it has decided to close all of its U.S. stores. As of Thursday evening, the brand’s website listed 18 U.S. locations. “We have made the difficult decision to close all Morphe […]


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Payments funding plummets in 2022

December 22, 2022

Via: Payments Dive

This year saw seismic shifts in the payments venture capital world. From 2019 to 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic fueled rapid change in payments and fintech, “it was a battle to get onto a lot of companies’ radars,” said Commerce […]


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eBay and Etsy CEOs Call for Lawmakers to Act on Small-Business Issues

December 20, 2022

Via: EcommerceBytes

As the year wound down, the CEOs of eBay and Etsy called on US lawmakers to take action to help small-business owners who sell on their respective platforms, but each executive had his own priority. For eBay CEO Jamie Iannone, […]


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Retail looks beyond its old love — the movies

December 12, 2022

Via: Retail Dive

In 2019, toy retailers were blessed with the holiday release of hit movies like “Frozen II” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” as well as a robust list of releases earlier on in the year. Included in the list […]


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PayPal Runs $5K SleighPal Holiday Promotion on Social Media

December 2, 2022

Via: EcommerceBytes

PayPal is giving away $5,000 in a holiday promotion on social media over the course of four days this month. The SleighPal Giveaway encourages people to promote PayPal via Instagram and Twitter for a chance to win. The promotion runs […]


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Visa names new CEO for next year

November 18, 2022

Via: Payments Dive

Visa CEO Al Kelly will step aside and the card network company will promote President Ryan McInerney to the chief executive role next February, the company said in a press release Thursday. Kelly will stay on at the company as […]


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Etsy Kicks off Cyber Week Sale on Friday

November 14, 2022

Via: EcommerceBytes

The 2022 Etsy Cyber Week sales event kicks off this weekend with participating sellers offering up to 60% off on everything in their store. Shoppers can access the sale on the Etsy mobile app beginning November 18, while desktop users […]


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OSF Digital Acquires Oegen, Sprinklr Teams With Salesforce on CXM and CRM, More News

November 10, 2022

Via: CMSWire

OSF Digital, a provider of digital transformation service and a Salesforce partner offering consultancy, configuration, design and development, has announced the acquisition of Oegen, a U.K.-based Salesforce consulting firm. Company officials said the acquisition will allow the expansion of a […]


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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s comments on unions run afoul of labor laws, federal agency says

October 28, 2022

Via: Retail Dive

The charges outlined in the NLRB complaint cite statements Jassy made during interviews with CNBC and Bloomberg. In an April interview with CNBC, he said that if employees were represented by a union they would be less empowered in the […]


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Elon Musk resurrects $44B Twitter offer, envisions ‘everything app’

October 5, 2022

Via: Marketing Dive

Elon Musk sent a proposal letter to buy Twitter for his original asking price of $54.20 per share, or roughly $44 billion, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange commission. The development was reported on earlier by Bloomberg. […]


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BNPL firms encounter growing pains

September 28, 2022

Via: Payments Dive

Seeking to stave off losses and withstand macroeconomic headwinds, buy now-pay later provider Klarna and some of its fintech peers are tightening underwriting standards and chasing cost savings. Swedish firm Klarna said last week it’s shedding more workers, after already […]


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Companies call out for seasonal logistics staffing. Will they get the help they want?

September 28, 2022

Via: Logistics Management

As the calendar moves closer to the holiday season, so, too, do respective announcements by companies, ringing the bell for seasonal labor help. In the past, these types of announcements were viewed as commonplace, and, to a point, they still […]


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Meta Detects New Covert Influence Campaigns Run from Russia and China

September 27, 2022

Via: Social Media Today

This serves as a good reminder of the need to remain vigilant in policing social media misuse and manipulation, and improving education around the same. Today, Meta has announced that it’s detected and removed two significant new influence operations, stemming […]


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Court Rules that Twitter Vs Musk Trial Will Go Ahead in October, After Musk’s Team Sought Extension

September 7, 2022

Via: Social Media Today

So where are we at in the ever-evolving Twitter versus Elon Musk saga? This week, Musk’s lawyers have once again sought to delay the October trial, in order to give themselves more time to establish their case for exiting Musk’s […]


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Consumer spending rises despite inflation: Mastercard

August 8, 2022

Via: Payments Dive

Mastercard’s calculations did not adjust for inflation, so some of the rise in spending found in the report can be attributed to surging prices for consumer goods and services. And as for e-commerce retail sales, the report noted that consumers […]


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US online retail sales to reach $1.6 trillion by 2027: report

August 8, 2022

Via: Retail Dive

While the COVID-19 pandemic drove the rapid rise of e-commerce in 2020, some of the retail growth shifted from online to offline in 2021, Forrester noted. Brick-and-mortar retail sales rose 14% in 2021 compared to 2020, according to the report. […]


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Meta Reports Slowdown in User Growth and Revenue Amid Shifting Economic Conditions

July 27, 2022

Via: Social Media Today

Tough times at Meta, with the company reporting a decline in monthly active Facebook users, and a further slowdown in revenue, as global economic trends continue to impact the company’s overall performance. First off, on usage – Facebook is currently […]


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B2B News for Monday, July 25. 2022:  Accenture Acquisition Highlights On-Shoring Trend, More HVAC Merger and Acquisition Activity

July 25, 2022

Via: B2B News Network

The long predicted on-shoring trend is starting to show in mergers and acquisitions. Accenture will acquire Eclipse Automation. Eclipse provides customized manufacturing automation and robotics solutions from its headquarters in Cambridge. Financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed. “Technology, data […]


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TikTok vs. YouTube: Who Wins the Video Game for 2022?

July 15, 2022

Via: CMSWire

When you are leading a race, tracking your No. 2 competitor is important, but it is often more important to know who is creeping up from behind the pack. For a few years now, many marketers identified Instagram as TikTok’s […]


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TikTok Suspends Planned Data Usage Policy Change Amid New EU Investigation

July 12, 2022

Via: Social Media Today

This doesn’t look great for TikTok, which is already under scrutiny in several regions. Today, TikTok has confirmed that it has suspended a planned change to its privacy policy relating to the use of user insights for targeted advertising, amid […]