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Streetify Looks to Expand Virtual Shopping Streets

| Mike O'Brien

UK startup Streetify hopes to gain traction with a two-year-old app that creates virtual versions of physical streets and stores, where retailers and brands can display offers, discounts and links, and hopefully drive traffic to physical stores as well. The company says there are 1 billion stores in virtual form, compared to 4.4 million sites for Shopify.

Framebridge Founder Describes Growth of Disruptive Business

| Mike O'Brien

Susan Tynan, founder and CEO of Framebridge, said said she decided to start the company five years ago after a bad experience at a custom frame shop made her realize the category was rife for disruption. Tynan talked about the ups and downs of growing and scaling the business at the IRCE conference in Chicago.