Shopify CPO: Next 5 Years Will Be More Exciting for Retail Than Previous 150
This May, Street Fight will take a look at the companies, technologies and ideas that are shaping the way we buy and sell goods in the real-world. To kick-off the series, we caught up with Harley Finkelstein, chief platform officer at Shopify, to discuss the blurring line between e- and local commerce…
Street Fight Daily: PayPal’s Agrawal Departs, Google Expands Shopping Service
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… PayPal’s Strategy Exec: I Quit Before Twitter Tirade (Recode)… Google Shopping Express Comes to NYC, L.A. (USA Today)… Rare Yelp Lawsuit Over Alleged Fake Reviews is Put on Hold to Debate Merits (Ars Technica)…
Street Fight Daily: Groupon’s Big Acquisition Closes, Shopify Revamps iOS App
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology.… Groupon Finalizes $260 Million Deal for Ticket Monster, LivingSocial’s Korean Business (Recode)… Uber Driver Hits, Kills Six-year-old Girl. Is “Not our Problem” Still an Appropriate Response? (Pando)… Shopify Revamps Its iOS App With A Focus On Payments And Store Management (TechCrunch)…
Street Fight Daily: Shopify To Push Offline, Patch’s Impending Partnership
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology.… Shopify Raises $100 million Series C To Expand Offline Into general Commerce (GigaOm)… AOL’s Tim Armstrong Hints at Impending Patch Partnership (AdAge)… Square Acquires Evenly, A Venmo Competitor For Sending And Receiving Payments With Friends (TechCrunch)…
Street Fight Daily: Gannett Cuts Jobs, Fandango Acquires Quantum
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology… Gannett Cuts Jobs At Some Local Papers (USA Today)… Fandango Acquires Promotional Ticketing Company Quantum (Wall Street Journal)…
LBMA Podcast: Chuck Martin on ‘Mobile Influence’
In this week’s episode, eBay turns windows into stores; Shopify turns e-tailers into retailers; The LBMA creates the world’s first human heatmap logo; Wikipedia goes local with content; Rogers partners with FiveStars on Vicinity; Free wifi with Scrabble; Pak ‘n Save makes the shopper the DJ; and local mobile is exploding…
PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Placecast, Expion
In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan reflect on the first 100 shows. Innovation finally strikes with ByteLight; the Green Giant makes his augmented reality debut; stories from Placecast, Klash and Facedeals; and a ton of acquisitions, our resource of the week from Shopify, and special guest Erica McClenney of Expion…