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Boosted Commerce Taps Former Hollar CEO As President

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Los Angeles-based e-commerce platform developer Boosted Commerce says it has hired Steve Oliver, the former CEO of e-commerce startup Hollar as its new President. According to Boosted Commerce, Oliver will be responsible for managing the company's portfolio of acquired brands.

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Arrive Adds Resale Features To E-commerce Platform

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Santa Monica-based Arrive, a developer of a technology and reverse logistics services, says it has added resales to its enterprise rental platform. The company's product is focused on what the company says is roughly 25% of e-commerce orders are returned which cannot be resold full--price.

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Boosted Commerce Finds $87M, Acquires Amazon Fulfillment Companies

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Los Angeles-based Boosted Commerce announced on Thursday that it has raised $87M, and acquired six different companies in the business of Amazon fulfillment. According to Boosted Commerce, it plans to acquire and develop 100, e-commerce brands over the next four years.

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Edgemesh Aims To Accelerate E-Commerce Websites

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Laguna Beach-based Edgemesh said last week that it has launched a new offering, which helps accelerate the loading speed of e-commerce websites. The company said its new solution, Edgemesh Server, provides seamless web acceleration with zero developer effort. Pricing on the new service was not announced.

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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

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As video commerce becomes the norm and entertainers, brands, businesses, and franchises of all sizes and stripes look to cut out the middle man, the array of services on offer from Maestro may be the scissors these entities need to cut the cord. “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said.

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Performance marketing agency MuteSix bets on content and data to boost DTC e-commerce

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Warby Parker filing to IPO last week was one more sign that direct-to-consumer (DTC) is an extremely powerful e-commerce trend. They also have a very smart and efficient approach to creative development that was critical to helping us scale,” she wrote. (If At the time, it was doing Facebook media buying for e-commerce companies.

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Ingram Micro Makes Investment In E-Commerce Logistics Robotics Firm

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Irvine-based technology distributor Ingram Micro has made an investment in e-commerce logistics startup HDS , which is developing a robotics system which uses artificial intelligence and mobile, articulated robots for the logistics industry. HDS is based in Palo Alto, California. HDS is based in Palo Alto, California.

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