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The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week
week of 9/13/2019 |
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| High-End Candy Maker Sugarfina Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy |
| Delicious champagne-flavored gummy bears couldn’t save Sugarfina from filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As sweet as it is, the company fell victim to the decidedly more sour challenges of the current retail climate as it expanded from online to malls. …» |
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| Robotics Startup 6 River Systems Acquired by Shopify for $450 Million |
| Adding robotics capabilities to its new fulfillment service launched in June, major SMB ecommerce platform Shopify is acquiring 6 River Systems for $450 million, the companies announced, making it the first platform firm with this capability for its ecommerce seller customers worldwide.…» |
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| Amazon Again Tops Brand Loyalty List |
| Amazon once again hit the number-one spot in terms of brand loyalty as it did in 2018, according to Brand Key’s annual Loyalty Leaders survey, beating out major players like Google, Samsung and Apple atop the list. Here are other retailers that made the loyalty list. …» |
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| Navigating Ecommerce Tax a Year After the Wayfair Decision |
| To help ecommerce sellers better understand the landscape a year-plus after the Wayfair decision, Multichannel Merchant spoke with Mark Sieczkowski, senior product manager at Vertex, in an MCM CommerceChat podcast. Sieczkowski addresses registration, reporting and filing requirements and manual vs. automated processes.…» |
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| FTC Steps Up Investigation of Amazon Over Anti-Competitive Charges |
| Investigators from the FTC have begun interviewing merchants selling on Amazon’s third-party marketplace, in an attempt to ascertain if the ecommerce giant is using anti-competitive practices, according to a report in Bloomberg. They're asking merchants how much business they do on Amazon.com vs. other major marketplaces.…» |
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