Shopify Acquires Deliverr for $2.1 Billion

| Mike O'Brien

Shopify is acquiring asset-light last-mile startup Deliverr for $2.1B, further building out its fulfillment infrastructure and giving it a counter-move to Amazon’s new Buy With Prime that extends the Prime experience to other retailers. But the question is, will it be enough to enable Shopify to gain ground on its much larger competitor?

Hits of the Week 5-9-22

| David Hurwitz

How are you addressing speed to customer in a challenging environment? Hear from executives in transportation and logistics from GNC, Best Buy, Vermont Teddy Bear, Crutchfield and DSW in this … Continue Reading →

Home Depot Customer Records Offered on Dark Web

| Mike O'Brien

About 6,000 customer records from Home Depot, acquired by a hacker in 2020, are being offered for free on the dark web, according to the company, while a firm that tracks such activity claimed a substantially higher figure. The information included addresses, phone numbers, delivery records, brands purchased and orders.

MCM Ecommerce & Marketing 5/4/22

| David Hurwitz

With the advent of headless commerce and APIs, and platforms like Salesforce, Adobe/Magento and Shopify, retailers and brands — and increasingly, affinity-based communities or organizations — can now easily launch … Continue Reading →

Automating at the Edge: Easing Omnichannel Tax Pain

| Pete Olanday

The biggest source of omnichannel tax pain has always been flexibility and the process of adapting to an ever-changing tax landscape. Companies who broadened the scope and breadth of their sales streams as a result of the global pandemic were better equipped to meet this challenge.