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Walmart, Salesforce Team Up on Fulfillment Services

| Mike O'Brien

Drawing parallels with Amazon’s expansion of Buy With Prime to all U.S. merchants — do they each have moles in the other’s operation? — Walmart and Salesforce have linked up to provide the former’s delivery and fulfillment services to a wider swath of merchants in the latter’s app store.

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FedEx, Salesforce Partner on Joint Solutions

| Mike O'Brien

FedEx and Salesforce are joining forces on a multi-year partnership integrating Salesforce Commerce Cloud and its order management system with FedEx and its ShopRunner subsidiary, in a bid to offer a front-to-back ecommerce and supply chain and fulfillment solution for retailers.

Shogun Raises $10M to Help Ecommerce Brands Battle Amazon

| Douglas P. Clement

Shogun, a drag-and-drop ecommerce website builder, has raised $10M in Series A funding from Initialized Capital, VMG Partners and Y Combinator to expand its platform and launch a new product helping sellers compete with Amazon and do headless commerce. Major brand clients include Leesa, MVMT and K-Swiss.

Technology Allowing Brands to Survive, Thrive Amidst Disruption

| Daniela Forte

Doomsday predictions of a “retail apocalypse” notwithstanding, industry disruptions including thousands of store closings and many bankruptcy filings provide opportunities for brands to grow their customer relationships, according to a new study from Deloitte Digital and Salesforce. See what types of disruptions are paving the way for a retail renaissance.