CommerceIQ, a startup with a platform that allows major CPG brands to manage their ecommerce sales into retailers and marketplaces, has crossed the unicorn line with the closing of a $115 million Series D funding, bringing the company’s total valuation to more than $1 billion.
Shippo, a provider of shipping software, has created an API integration with major ecommerce platform company Shopify, making its tools natively available to millions of Shopify merchants, a process that is being accelerated by a major investment from Shopify. Much of the initial focus is on expanding in European markets.
If Holiday 2013 demonstrated anything to ecommerce merchants, it was that we need better ways to meet customer expectations and deliver products. So what did we as an industry learn during this challenging holiday season? Here are key observations by ecommerce and catalog operations experts.