Shopify makes checkout solution Shop Pay available to enterprise retailers not using Shopify
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Shopify makes checkout solution Shop Pay available to enterprise retailers not using Shopify

The move represents part of Shopify’s push to woo larger clients. Shopify is making its one-click online checkout solution, Shop Pay, available to enterprise…

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Online vehicle retailer E Inc. to delist from TSX citing limited trading volumes
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R|T: The Retail Times – E Inc. to delist from TSX, Sleep Country scoops up Casper’s Canadian operations

Plus: Product sampling startup Sampler acquires Abeo. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….

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Federal #Budget2023 includes cleantech commitments, little else for innovation
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Canadian startup news of the week (4/16/23)

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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Online vehicle retailer E Inc. to delist from TSX citing limited trading volumes
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Online vehicle retailer E Inc. to delist from TSX citing limited trading volumes

E Inc. expects to delist from the TSX on May 24. Toronto-based E Automotive (E Inc.), an online vehicle auction marketplace, is delisting its…

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Fight brews over Magnet Forensics’ proposed $1.8 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo
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Magnet Forensic to delist from TSX as $1.8 billion merger deal closes

Magnet Forensics acquisition closes following opposition to the deal. Following the April 6 closing of Thoma Bravo’s purchase of Magnet Forensics, the latter is…

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Fight brews over Magnet Forensics’ proposed $1.8 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo
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Magnet Forensics shareholders approve $1.8 billion Thoma Bravo acquisition as campaign against deal proves unsuccessful

Despite vote, dissenting shareholder says “this is not the end of the road for us.” Shareholders of Kitchener-Waterloo’s Magnet Forensics have voted in favour…

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Lightspeed to lay off 300 employees as it targets “profitable growth”
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Lightspeed COO Brandon Nussey to depart in latest C-suite shakeup

The COO is the latest in a string of exec changes at Lightspeed. In the latest C-suite shakeup at Lightspeed Commerce, executive Brandon Nussey…

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Lightspeed one-time net loss of $814.8 million USD sends Groundhog Day signal: six more weeks of tech winter

Lightspeed makes slight revenue gain but faces recessionary pressures in the marketplace. Perhaps it wasn’t the best signal as Lightspeed Commerce’s third fiscal quarter…

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Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand to depart company, citing “personal reasons”
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Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand to depart company, citing “personal reasons”

CEO Tobi Lütke to also lead R&D as Shopify loses third C-Suite exec since October. Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand is leaving the Ottawa-based e-commerce…

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Canadian startup news of the week (1/22/23)
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Canadian startup news of the week (1/22/23)

Plus: Vidyard eyes $1 billion in revenue. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news,…

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