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Amazon’s Selz Acquisition is Encouraging News for Small Businesses

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Many have seen the acquisition as an attempt to fight back against Shopify's rampant growth during the coronavirus pandemic. The Amazon/Selz Acquisition. ” However, the platform shuttered in 2015, just five years after its launch. But Amazon faces a serious problem: Consumer demand is changing. Test Score. .

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Zingy's On-Demand, Dog Walking Services Acquired By Rover

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Los Angeles-based Zingy , an online, on-demand dog walking service, has been acquired by Rover , according to the companies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, and it's unclear when the actual acquisition occurred. READ MORE>>.

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j2 Global Acquires Four More Companies

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Los Angeles-based J2 Global , the Internet services provider and publisher, has gobbled up four more companies, as it continues to have a ravenous appetite for acquisitions. J2 Global said the acquisition bring its total number of acquisition during its Fiscal 2015 to a total of 24. j2 is led by Hemi Zucker.

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Science Inc. Backs Plowz & Mowz With $1.5M

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has backed a startup, Plows & Mowz offering up an on-demand marketplace for snow plowing and lawn care. The investment is the first one announced since the successful acquisition of Science Inc. since 2015. The investment is the first one announced since the successful acquisition of Science Inc. since 2015.

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Make More, Work Less – Create A Veblen Brand

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Thorstein Veblen coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption” in 1899 when commenting on the human desire to publicly display wealth through the acquisition of consumer goods. A Veblen good does not adhere to the traditional laws of price and demand. Fashion companies usually ramp production, as demand increases.

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LA’s consumer goods rental service, Joymode, sells to the NYC retail investment firm, XRC Labs

TechCrunch LA

. “Part of the thesis was that by making things available for rental, people would want to do more stuff,” said Fernandez, but what happened was that consumers needed additional reasons to use the company’s service, and there weren’t enough events to drive demand.

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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

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Demand Media hosted a welcoming opening party at the Vicerory, and Media Temple organized an amazing closing party at Cross Campus with aerialists, DJ, interactive displays - and people are still talking about the delicious food. Beyond entertainment, ad tech is huge with Rubicon''s IPO and the TrueX $200M acquisition by Fox.