With $2 million raised to date, Omnicart aims to serve hyperlocal last-mile delivery
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With $2 million raised to date, Omnicart aims to serve hyperlocal last-mile delivery

Omnicart wants to help local businesses in small towns become their own DoorDash. Vancouver-based last-mile delivery platform Omnicart has secured $1 million CAD in…

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Waabi partners with Uber Freight to deploy its autonomous trucking tech |

Waabi’s self-driving solution has already hit the road in Texas as part of 10-year agreement. Toronto-based autonomous vehicle (AV) startup Waabi has teamed up…

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What’s next for Shopify? | BetaKit

Business Insider’s Madeline Stone joins to discuss the end of Shopify’s “side quest” and future of Canada’s tallest tech poppy. On May 6 2020,…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO
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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO

Plus: Attabotics sues Canadian Tire over warehouse fire. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify sheds staff, offloads logistics business to focus on “main quest”
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify sheds staff, offloads logistics business to focus on “main quest”

Plus: RenoRun halts operations as it pursues asset sale. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around…

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Shopify cuts 20 percent of staff, announces sale of logistics division

“There’s no way to make this good news,” Shopify CEO tells employees in company letter. Shopify announced 20 percent cuts across the business in…

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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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