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Retail Tech & E-commerce

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Exciting week in ecommerce & retail tech, I’m writing this from China. From almost nothing, the China ecommerce sector has grown to more than the US and UK combined, see stat of the week below.
This Week: How China embraces Black Friday, The end of the beginning (video), Australian ecommerce step change, and the world’s first social ecommerce platform built on blockchain.
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📈 STAT OF THE WEEK
Global Ecommerce Spending - 2005 vs 2016 - Ben Evans
Global Ecommerce Spending - 2005 vs 2016 - Ben Evans
US & China: Annual volume of packages 2006 vs 2016
US & China: Annual volume of packages 2006 vs 2016
📢 NEWS
After Singles’ Day, Chinese shoppers turn to Black Friday | Abacus
After Singles’ Day, Chinese shoppers turn to Black Friday | Abacus
Looking for cheaper products and a sense of uniqueness, Chinese shoppers are beginning to target Black Friday
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Amazon is reportedly testing its cashier-less technology in larger stores - The Verge
Amazon is reportedly testing its cashier-less technology in larger stores - The Verge
The company has opened a number of smaller outlets throughout the US, and could bring the technology to its chain of Whole Foods stores.
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Walgreens launches next-day prescription delivery with FedEx to compete with Amazon
Walgreens launches next-day prescription delivery with FedEx to compete with Amazon
Amazon bought online pharmacy PillPack in June, but the deal has not closed yet, giving Walgreens and its rivals the chance to head off a possible disruption in the pharmacy space.
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Project Verte: Blockchain Technology in Ecommerce
Project Verte: Blockchain Technology in Ecommerce
Project Verte , the world’s first social ecommerce platform built on blockchain. With a mission of bringing greater transparency and wider participation into ecommerce.
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Yoox Net-a-Porter’s WeChat Weak Spot | The Daily
Yoox Net-a-Porter’s WeChat Weak Spot | The Daily
China may have played a role in Kering’s recent decision to take e-commerce in-house.
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Amazon triggers 'step change' in Australian e-commerce
Amazon’s Australian launch 12 months ago may not have lived up to the hype but the behemoth is on track to replicate its US success after triggering a step change in the local market.
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💰 FUNDING and M&A
Shopify Buys Sweden-based TicTail to Expand Global Presence
Shopify Buys Sweden-based TicTail to Expand Global Presence
Shopify (SHOP) to acquire TicTail in a bid to expand international presence.
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Shogun Raises $2.1M in Funding | FinSMEs
Shogun Raises $2.1M in Funding | FinSMEs
Shogun, a Burlingame, CA-based e-commerce tech startup, raised $2.1m in funding. Backers included Initialized Capital and Y Combinator.
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Real estate ecommerce platform BuildSupply raises $3.5 million from Venture Highway
Real estate ecommerce platform BuildSupply raises $3.5 million from Venture Highway
BuildSupply plans to expand from the current 50 million square feet to about 300 million square feet of real estate projects over the next 18 months.
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🌟 SPOTLIGHT:
The end of the beginning — Benedict Evans
Ecommerce is still only a small fraction of retail spending, and many other areas that will be transformed by software and the internet in the next decade or two have barely been touched. Global retail is perhaps $25 trillion dollars, after all.
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Ecommerce is still only a small fraction (10%) of total retail spending in the US, and many other areas that will be transformed by software and the internet in the next decade or two have barely been touched.
Ecommerce is still only a small fraction (10%) of total retail spending in the US, and many other areas that will be transformed by software and the internet in the next decade or two have barely been touched.
Techstars Startup Digest Retail Tech & E-commerce is curated by:
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