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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Los Angeles-based e-commerce retailer Newegg said this morning that it is expanding its lineup of products, and has expanded into textbook sales for high school and college students. Newegg said that the effort is one of the elements of an effort by the company to broaden its product portfolio.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

TouchCommerce provides an online, live chat software product which is used by e-commerce sites to engage with consumers on their web site, and also helps guide consumers to products. sales ecommerce chat executive touchcommerce' Maire was formerly the company''s Country Manger in France. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The firm is building a celebrity influencer based fashion and e-commerce site, geared around flash-sales of products. Los Angeles-based TopFloor revealed today that it has raised $6M in a funding round, from Polaris Ventures, Google Ventures, Crosslink Ventures, and Rustic Canyon Partners.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based Loot Crate , which delivers monthly bundles of pop culture, gaming, and entertainment products to fans, launched a new fan commerce site, Loot Vault on Tuesday. The new site lets fans of the service snag some of the company's prior "crates", as well as special products. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

San Diego-based ACTIVE Network , the online sports registration site, and LeftLaneSports.com , a members-only e-commerce site based in San Luis Obispo, said today that they have tied to launch a new, private sales website called ACTIVE GearUp. THe two said the site will offer deals on products from endurance and outdoor brands.

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JULY 1, 2020

Los Angeles-based Scalefast , a developer of direct-to-consumer, e-commerce software, has raised $22M in a Series B funding round. According to Scalefast, it will use the new funding to expand its team, footprint, and product offering. Scalefast's software is specifically used by brands to scale direct-to-consumer sales.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2014

Sales tax compliance is not a typical sexy startup area. So, it was a surprise when a number of smart, insider angels -- including Roy Rubin (founder of Magento, which he sold to eBay), and Dan Rose (VP of Partnerships at Facebook)--put their money behind TaxJar (www.taxjar.com), a San Diego startup developing sales tax compliance software.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Like a virtual yard sale and a bulletin board combined, listing sites can connect everyone within a vicinity for a specific deal. eddi , a new social listing site, seeks to change the way community-based e-commerce works by implementing strong security and a complete social experience. eddi is a product and a service.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2021

Santa Barbara-based software developer FastSpring--best known for its e-commerce software tools--says it is expanding its offerings, and will offer up support to B2B, software-as-a-service and downloadable software companies with sales team.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

But the no-longer nascent sneaker and streetwear market is a big market, with the potential to reach $30 billion in sales globally by 2030, according to a recent report by the research firm, Cowen ( cited by The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the financing). ” Money, it’s gotta be the shoes.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Chiefly, the concern is that some retailers have been overrun with counterfeit products or unauthorized sellers that undercut pricing and dilute the brand’s value with knock-off products, the company observed. “Right now we don’t work with any other e-commerce retailers,” said Manshoory.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Los Angeles-based technology e-commerce retailer Newegg says it has kicked off its annual "Gametober" month, where it will offer up deals on gaming gear sought after by its customers. Newegg said it will offer up great deals on components and storage products, VR-ready products, and e-sports gear all month. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

PayPal said the acquisition will help it in its efforts in digital commerce, and add an "extensive" set of consumer commerce capabilities to the company. PayPal said that the acquisition will "transform the shopping experience" for its consumers and also increase sales and customer engagement for its merchants.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The new products are part of a push by the company to expand the services it offers to small and medium sized businesses, beyond its roots in helping those firms advertise their businesses online. According to ReachLocal, it has launched three new products, ReachSite , ReachConvert , and ReachCommerce.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Buy.com said that it has seen steep growth in its Halloween related sales this year, with more than 162 percent increases in orders over lsat year. Buy.com also said that sales have been boosted this year by the addition of costumes from BuyCostumes, along with marketplace partners like Costume Craze Toynk.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As the Internet continues to become populated with e-commerce sites, it’s becoming more and more difficult to generate web traffic, leads, and ultimate the sales for your website. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for e-commerce sites to accumulate a large number of sales thanks to social media interaction and promotion.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2017

Los Angeles-based e-commerce provider Newegg announced this morning that it is branching out into third-party logistics and order fulfillment services, with a new service called Newegg Logistics. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Andrew Schydlowsky: We work with manufacturers of products, things you might use, the clothes you might wear, things you use around the house, things you use in the car, and what you buy in stores, and are now buying online. We provide analytics on the velocity of sales across their channels. How are you able to do all this?

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2018

VitaCup offers its single cup, Keurig-style coffee and tea pods online through its own e-commerce channels. First Beverage said VitaCup will use the proceeds to expand sales and marketing, for e-commerce channels, development of additional product offerings, and other efforts. Size of the equity funding was not announced.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based online e-commerce provider Newegg , which focuses on technology products, has kicked off its holiday season, saying that it has begun its "Black November" holiday sale on Tuesday. This is the eighth year that Newegg has started offering up special shopping deals for the entire month. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Motive provides conversational text messaging used by e-commerce brands to simulate human interaction with customers, with the aim of preventing cart abandonment, promote new sales and product releases, and more. Murat Bicer, a General Partner at CRV, has joined the company's board with the new funding.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

It looks like holiday shopping season has officially launched, at least for electronic e-commerce retailer NewEgg , which said Thursday that it has launched its "Black November" deals, offering up sales on popular products such as laptop, ultrabooks, tablets, televisions, cameras, computer components and video games.

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MARCH 3, 2011

San Diego-based ShowUhow , the developer of video product guides for e-commerce sites, said today that it has named Anthony 'Tony' Wyatt as its EVP Sales and Marketing. Wyatt joins the firm from Indyme Solutions. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The Honest Company , the Los Angeles-based e-commerce company founded by Brian Lee and celebrity Jessica Alba, has raised $25M more in a funding round, the firm said this morning. The Honest Company offers up a variety of eco-friendly baby- and kids- products via subscription. The Honest Company has now raised $58M in funding.

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling a few products (as an alternative to Ebay): Go online to reserve a website domain name. Now the price is closer to $100, if you are willing to do the work yourself.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The merger is the first step of what’s a planned rollup strategy for PCH (also the nickname for the highway that runs along the California Coast), which aims to be the leading vertically integrated vice platform focusing on e-commerce, delivery logistics, and cross industry behavioral insights.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Shopatron , the San Luis Obispo-based e-commerce software and services firm headed by Ed Stevens, has just scoerd $4M in a venture debt financing, according to venture debt fund Multiplier Capital. According to Multiplier, the funding will go toward's Shopatron's domestic market expansion.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2014

San Diego-based e-commerce software developer Ecwid said this morning that it has closed a $5M, Series B funding round. Ecwid said it will use the funding for further developing its product, expanding global distribution, and for sales and marketing. The firm got its start as X-Cart, a PHP shopping cart. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

How do you capture the interest of male users, and not only capture their eyeballs--but drive some e-commerce revenues? Tapiture's site centers around a visual tableau of different products, photos, videos, and more, which can be browsed, voted up and down, and which users can interact with.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2021

As an advisor to new business owners, I’m accustomed to seeing primarily the simple traditional product pricing strategies , usually driven by competitor prices, or cost plus a reasonable margin. Convince customers that you are selling at a loss, or use a sale price much lower than the original price.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

With each sale, 70% of money raised goes toward a cause of the athlete’s choice. With that background, it would have made sense that Alston landed on creating a product that combines charitable causes with athletes. The product started as a video e-commerce platform, basically creating a video version of eBay.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

New digital platforms enable emerging brands and products to gain awareness quickly and drive sales. Join Rick Kanter, founder of LA-focused e-commerce and lifestyle site barrio.la, as he demystifies today’s trends and breaks down how to plan and execute your digital strategy. But navigating the landscape can be daunting.

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JULY 8, 2014

Activant Capital Group, August Capital, StarVest Partners and Commerce Ventures, also participated in the funding. Qualcomm is providing wireless and location technologies to RetailNext as part of its products. retailnext qualcomm data analytics retailer retail store sales analysis strategic venture capital' READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 19, 2017

For product entrepreneurs, designers, and manufacturers: the first MAKE IT IN LA event for 2017! E-commerce has quadrupled in the past decade and direct-to-consumer has become a key sales channel for products. Design a consumer experience that goes beyond the product to delight the customer with every delivery.

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