socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based Bridg, a venture backed company which develops software to help e-commerce retailers improve their sales, has been sold for $350M in cash to Cardlytics. The company's software uses artificial intelligence and big data to help retailers with their e-commerce efforts.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based Bridg, a venture backed company which develops software to help e-commerce retailers improve their sales, has been sold for $350M in cash to Cardlytics. The company's software uses artificial intelligence and big data to help retailers with their e-commerce efforts.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2021

Two, Los Angeles area companies--Ecwid and NuORDER--are in a deal to be acquired by Canadian point-of-sale software developer Lightspeed, Lightspeed announced on Monday. According to Lightspeed, it will pay approximately $500M for Ecwid, split between $175M in cash and $325M in shares of the company. in cash plus sahres worth another $212.5M.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Louis-based ShipWorks , a developer of subscription-based e-commerce shipping software, the company announced Monday. ShipWorks develops shipping software, which is used by online sellers to manage shipping and sales on such marketplaces as eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, and elsewhere. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2010

Hollywood-based Billion Dollar Babes , which operates a member-only, private sales business focused on fashion, home, and beauty, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Delivery Agent. Tags: billion dollar babes delivery agent merger acquisition private sale ecommerce. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2018

Commerce, California-based Joybird , an online retailer and manufacturer of furniture, has been acquired by La-Z-Boy Incorporated , La-Z-Boy said on Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. According to La-Z-Boy, Joybird had annual revenues last year of approximately $55M. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based fashion sites JustFab and ShoeDazzle said Wednesday that the two are in a definitive agreement to merger bringing together two of LA''s most watched fashion and subscription e-commerce sites. According to the companies, the combined company expects to have over $400M in total sales in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2017

Los Angeles-based fashion brand and e-commerce provider Nasty Gal is being acquired by UK fashion brand Boohoo.com plc , Boohoo said it a financial filing today, inn a deal worth $20M. It's unclear if that proposal includes Nasty Gal's current e-commerce business. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. John Tomich: OneStop Internet is an e-commerce services company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Minimize one-time sales in your business model. This reduces the cost of customer acquisition, allows easy upgrades for service and new features, and improves customer loyalty in the face of new competitors in the market. Prioritize mergers and acquisitions early. Take advantage of low-cost modern tools and automation.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Irvine-based Western Digital said today that it has received a nod from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), which will finally allow it to integrate "substantial" portions of its HGST and WD subsidiaries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

City of Industry-based e-commerce retailer NewEgg has filed for an IPO this morning, saying that it is looking to raise up to $175M. The firm said it had sales of $2.1 Tags: newegg ecommerce retail merger acquisition. The IPO is being underwritten by J.P. billion and net income of $28.8M READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

Upgrade’s e-commerce marketplace has two sides: one that enables consumers to choose a vetted stylist and have their wig colored or customized based on their desired look. Winters explained that the driver for the new funding was technology and product development on the marketplace, marketing and stylist acquisition. Remember Mary J.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2018

The reason why, is we want to let you fall in love with those products, and continue to let you buy them on our e-commerce site as well, and also discover all of the product line for those brands. Justine Lassoff: I have a background in e-commerce, and we're both experienced entrepreneurs. What's your background?

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“The only success criteria of my startup career is whether GrubMarket can eventually make $100 billion of annual sales,” he said to me over both email and in a phone conversation. It has made some 15 acquisitions in the last two years, including Boston Organics and EJ Food Distributor this year.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

While some of these have been to help it expand geographically (it made 10 acquisitions in the Los Angeles area alone), many have also been made to double down on technology. “Operators in the food supply chain business most of the time don’t have any access to software and e-commerce technology. and Canada.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

However, the traffic did not appear to benefit the firm's sales, as revenues came in a $23.2M, compared with $25.3M in automotive e-commerce revenues, one of the firm's major segments. for the quarter, mainly due to acquisitions and organic growth on its websites. for the similar period last year. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

“the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. I’m not saying don’t hire sales staff or market your products aggressively. __. faux·men·tum.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2012

We pride ourselves as being very efficient, and have been a relatively small enteprise for the size of our sales. At the time of the acquisition, we had 150 employees. We really look instead as merchants as partners, and our teams are all incentivized to drive and grow sales for our merchants. We've also hired a lot.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. We’ve been fairly capital-efficient in this fast-growth e-commerce space,” Sheik said. “It

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick disclosed today in a regulatory filing with the SEC that it has divested its AdVault software suite, and sold its inkjet e-commerce business. The firm also said it sold its inkject e-commerce business to an undisclosed buyer. Separate amounts for the sales were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

United Online also says that, as part of those efforts, it has also hired JMP Securities LLC to help it with M&A efforts, as it looks in the area of commerce and loyalty for growth. United Online did not say how much it is hoping to get for StayFriends.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

5) Twitter’s recent $40M acquisition of TweetDeck is an interesting development. TweetDeck is a very natural acquisition, it certainly brings talent that knows how to build Twitter applications. If you can’t show ROI, you are competing on sales and service. I have been monetizing social media for six years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

For lack of a better word, it's really social shopping--not in the way of using social networking to drive sales, but because moms are social, to allow them to share information regularly online. We started because of a relationship with a new food, which was just about to be launched, which was really interesting for e-commerce.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

The new funding will enable Petnet to expand its product line and sales and marketing capabilities. billion acquisition ( disclosed last November ) by the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The deal also reflects Petco’s expanding interests in technology following the company’s $4.6-billion

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

I’m talking about the kind of change that moved Apple from personal computers to music distribution to consumer electronics, and Amazon from books to e-Commerce to cloud computing services. Thus even if unit sales keep increasing, revenues can lag due to the need for lower prices as the mainstream market takes over.

Pricing 52

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2016

The most common channels in use today include e-commerce, direct to customer, wholesale to dealers, and value-added resellers. Resist the channel sales pitch for exclusivity. Avoid direct sales forces and wholly owned channels initially. In many product areas, especially retail, the channel is the market.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

That popularity helped drive Instagram's recent acquisition by Facebook for $1 billion. To give you an idea, if you host your own store on CafePress and Zazzle, you're going to get a payout of about 10 percent on your sales, which ends up being $2 or $3. We're going to start out paying them $6, so every shirt you sell that's $6 to you.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

Jeff Zwelling is the co-founder of Convertro (www.convertro.com), a Los Angeles company focused on helping companies track how their marketing efforts are leading to sales conversions. Jeff Zwelling: Today, we have lots of e-commerce and online subscription customers. There are lots of e-commerce companies.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

where if you're doing anything with mobile commerce in the U.S. Rahul Sonnad: I think what we've realized, is that there are lots of people who want to do commerce on mobile phones. But, from a sales perspective, it tends to be a similar amount of effort whether you're dealing with a mall, or a theme park, or a multinational carrier.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

Customer Acquisition Cost / Cost Per Acquisition . The customer acquisition cost or cost per acquisition is the basic marketing cost to acquire a customer. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics. Paid Product Metrics.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr.

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Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Customer Acquisition Cost / Cost Per Acquisition . The customer acquisition cost or cost per acquisition is the basic marketing cost to acquire a customer. For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics. Paid Product Metrics.

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