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R|T: The Retail Times – Shop Pay vs. ‘Buy with Prime’ begins

Plus: TikTok Parent ByteDance’s E-Commerce Volume Surged in 2022. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around…

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GoBolt lays off five percent of staff shortly after $75 million raise, citing worsening consumer demand

With cuts, GoBolt shifts focus away from SMBs to mid-market, enterprise merchants. Toronto-based delivery startup GoBolt has laid off 55 employees, becoming the latest…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Michael Rubin’s Fanatics has $700 million for more acquisitions

Plus: GoBolt, Elastic Path, CommerceBear secure new funding. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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GoBolt closes $75 million Series C round to double down on EVs, North American expansion

GoBolt spent the last year building a fleet of EVs from suppliers like Ford, Lion Six. Toronto-based startup GoBolt, which provides a tech-enabled supply…

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Report: over 150 new real estate tech-related startups founded in past two years

RenoRun and Ecobee topped the Proptech in Canada Report. RenoRun had the top funding round of the year in proptech, while Generac’s acquisition of…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Swyft cuts, lightning-fast acquisitions

Plus: Rohlik bags $231M as market cools on food delivery startups. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada…

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GoBolt buys same-day delivery startup BoxKnight to accelerate move into small parcel space

Acquisition comes as GoBolt looks to win big in US fulfillment market. Toronto-based tech-enabled fulfillment and last-mile delivery startup GoBolt has made its first…

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R|T: The Retail Times – E-commerce Maverix

Plus: Chinese fast fashion giant Shein now has more monthly app downloads than Amazon Shopping and Shopify’s Shop. The Retail Times is a weekly…

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Bolt Logistics rebrands to GoBolt, expands supply chain network to US

GoBolt hopes third name’s the charm as it eyes new global markets. E-commerce fulfillment and delivery provider Bolt Logistics has changed its name to…

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