RETAIL ME NOT FILES FOR IPO
Retail Me Not, Inc., the company that brought users
online discount codes and coupons for smarter
shopping, has prepared and filed an IPO. With more
than 450M visits to its global sites in 2012, Retail Me
Not continues to lead the digital coupon market.
- FashInvest
EBAY BRINGS SAME DAY DELIVERY
TO DESKTOP
eBay Now, eBay’s same-day delivery service, has
expanded its reach to support the Bay Area,
Brooklyn and Queens, and Chicago and Dallas this
summer. Previously available only in San Francisco,
San Jose, and New York, eBay has also rolled out a
desktop version for PC. - TechCrunch
THE ANTI-AMAZON COALITION
Shopkick, the app that provides discounts for users
when they search for products by automatically
checking them in at retailers, is expanding its
revenue streams. e company is rolling out an inapp purchase option with its current group of retail
partners. As part of its “anti-Amazon coalition”,
consumers purchase products directly from the
store, helping individual retailers keep up.
- TechCrunch
LUXURY COMMERCE SITE AHALIFE
ACQUIRES KAPTUR
In an unlikely pairing, luxury online commerce site
AHAlife has acquired Kaptur, a photo sharing
startup with lack of viable revenue stream. AHAlife
CEO Shauna Mei explains the move takes advantage
of Kaptur’s unique proprietary algorithm that can
can drive traffic in almost any vertical. e move
will bolster AHAlife’s main customer base as well as
vital window shopping audience. - PandoDaily