Amazon rows back on threat to stop accepting UK-issued Visa cards
Amazon appears to have rowed back from a public threat to end support for Visa payments in the UK in …
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Gradient, 10xFounders back Zowie’s no-code, e-commerce customer service tool
Customer service tickets tend to fall into the same few buckets — returns, refunds or quality control questions. Not only …
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7bridges raises $17M to automate logistics supply chains using AI
Supply chain logistics — getting components and eventually finished products from A to B to C — is one of …
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Fresh round of $355M lifts online checkout company Bolt into decacorn territory
Checkout technology company Bolt continues to make quick work of attracting new capital. The company announced Friday $355 million in …
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Instacart doubles down on its ready-made meals offering with new hub and faster delivery
Instacart is introducing a new “Ready Meals” hub to make it easier for users to discover and order ready-made meals …
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Swell takes in $20M to develop more adaptable headless commerce infrastructure
Starting an e-commerce business on one of the large marketplaces, for example, Shopify, can be an easy process, but what …
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Tiger Global backs Accrue Savings’ ‘save now, pay later’ approach to consumer purchases
Buy now, pay later has grown to be an alternative to credit cards, with the trend generating $100 billion in …
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Seel secures $17M round to infuse AI in customer product returns
Product returns remain a headache for many e-commerce companies. Some have gotten creative in how they approach it — for …
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Kenyan BNPL startup Lipa Later eyes more African markets after raising $12 million
Lipa Later, a Kenyan tech-led consumer credit platform, is planning to expand to new markets in Africa after raising $12 …
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Placer.ai, a location analytics startup, finds $100M at a $1B valuation
Many of us are moving around these days a lot less than we used to — because of Covid, we’re …
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