Shopify Adds to Its Anti-Amazon Arsenal
Shopify just plopped down $450 million to raise its logistics game as part of its push to not just be an Amazon alternative, but to take the eCommerce Megatron on directly. Not too long ago, we were talking about Shopify being in a battle with Square and Squarespace to become a single source for presence, point […]
What Keeps SMBs Up at Night?
This is the latest in a series of LSA Insider posts citing data from our Modern Commerce Monitor™️ small business survey about SMB SaaS adoption. The MCM surveys 1,000 SMBs about their use (or non-use) of SaaS to operate every aspect of their businesses. Find previous posts sourcing MCM data here. The LSA’s Modern Commerce […]
Can AR Streamline Home Services?
Tech Vision is LSA’s series that spotlights emerging tech. Running semi-weekly, it reports on new technologies that LSA analysts track, including strategic implications for local commerce. See the full series here. Augmented Reality (AR) use cases are often divided between enterprise (B2B), and consumer (B2C). But there’s a third category emerging somewhere between the two: […]