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Citing Price Concerns, UK Competition Watchdog Blocks Sainsbury’s-Asda Merger
The UK’s chief competition regulator, The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has blocked Sainsbury’s proposed £7.3 billion ($9.4 billion) takeover of Walmart-owned Asda. The rejected merger is a major setback, both to the…
News April 25PayPal Participates In $11 Million Happy Returns Funding Round
PayPal has made a strategic investment in Happy Returns as part of an $11 million financing round that also included existing investors U.S. Venture Partners and Upfront Ventures. The returns,…
News April 25Want To Survive And Thrive In Retail’s New Shopping Battlefield? Capitalize On These 10 Winning Trends
Almost no one can argue that the retail ecosystem isn’t changing at an accelerated pace. But a school of thought around the shift misses the mark pretty badly. Specifically, there…
Executive Viewpoints April 25Avatria Debuts Solution To Automated Category Page Listings
Avatria, a digital commerce solution provider, has launched Avatria Convert, a platform that uses Google Analytics data and machine learning to intelligently order category pages. The solution identifies the products…
News April 25Eyelevel.ai Launches Natural Sounding, Contextually Driven Adbots
Eyelevel.ai has introduced a native conversational marketing platform. The software supports in-context, conversational ads, and the platform’s promotions are designed to deliver relevant messages to users that feel like recommendations…
News April 25FullStory Raises $32 Million To Expand Digital Customer Experience Capabilities
FullStory, a digital intelligence platform, secured $32 million in Series C funding. The round, which brings the company’s total funding up to $47 million, was led by Stripes Group. Existing…
News April 24Vue.ai Raises $17 Million To Deliver AI-Driven Styling Recommendations, Visual Search
Vue.ai, a platform designed to provide retailers with AI-driven and computer vision-based styling recommendations, automated product tagging, shoppable content and visual search capabilities, has raised $17 million in a Series…
News April 24Google Drone Subsidiary Receives FAA Approval For Delivery Business
Google subsidiary Wing Aviation LLC has become the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, an important step on the path to having legal authority to deliver…
News April 24Chico’s CEO Steps Down
Chico’s FAS CEO and President Shelley Broader has resigned from her roles, as well as from the company’s Board of Directors. Bonnie Brooks, former Vice Chair, President and CEO of Hudson’s Bay…
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