Tag: merchants
Shopify merchants set $9.3-billion sales record over Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Over 61 million consumers globally made purchases from Shopify sellers. Defying industry forecasts of a slowdown in retail purchases, Shopify merchants hit a new…
R|T: The Retail Times – Former Shopify leader launches AI imaging tool for merchants
Plus: Shein and Temu call off US legal spats. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around…
QuoteMachine adds $3.7 million in new funding to streamline the sales stack for merchants
The Montréal-based startup is led by Lightspeed alumni. Montréal-based retail tech startup QuoteMachine has raised $3.7 million in new seed financing as the startup…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Circle is losing to Tether, Square merchants lose connectivity
Plus: Meet the Y Combinator Summer 2023 cohort startups with Canadian connections. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech…
TikTok to remove Shopify ‘Storefront’ integration, pushing merchants to use TikTok Shop BetaKit
Social media giant TikTok is sunsetting its Shopify-integrated Storefront feature, which enables Shopify merchants to sync their product catalogues to TikTok. The move, which…
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify touts checkout conversion rates, ranks merchants
Plus: Lightspeed Commerce recovers from tough third quarter. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…
Canada ranks 12th in Shopify’s first report on economic impact of merchants
Canada’s Shopify merchants lag behind on economic impact compared to smaller economies. Shopify has published its first entrepreneurship index, mapping the economic impact of…
Shopify enterprise merchants can now use Google’s AI tools to improve searchability
Google Cloud’s integration increases access to Google’s search and browsing technologies. Enterprise brands can now access Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for discoverability through…
Goloot announces $4 million to improve online advertising for D2C merchants
Backed by former Paysafe leaders, Goloot has amassed a list of customers that includes Lancôme, Keurig, and SSENSE. Amid a boring banner ad and…
Shopify launches ‘Collabs’ to directly connect creators with merchants
The program lets creators monetize and give merchants a new sales channel. Shopify has launched a new program to help creators find partnerships with…