small business
A Small Business Story: The Quick Pivot
Localogy Insider is checking in with the small business owners we know to find out how they are coping with the COVID-19 crisis. This is
Charles Laughlin
March 26, 2020
Charles Laughlin
Charles Laughlin, senior analyst with Localogy, is a seasoned journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the industry.
SaaS
What Should SMB SaaS Companies Be Doing Right Now?
Analysts, investors, and observers have been weighing in on how SMB SaaS startups should adapt to the Covid-19 crisis. Change can happen fast. Just yesterday
Charles Laughlin
March 25, 2020
retail
A Small Business Story: Surviving on Authenticity and Hustle
Localogy Insider is checking in with the small business owners we know to find out how they are coping with the COVID-19 crisis. This is
Charles Laughlin
March 19, 2020
GatherUp
ASG Consolidates Martech Brands Under New ‘Traject’ Banner
Over the past couple of years, Alpine Software Group, otherwise know as ASG, has been acquiring agency-focused martech companies and operating them more or less
Charles Laughlin
March 12, 2020
Blissfully
SaaS Spending per Company Rose 50% in 2019
Data Scout is LSA’s series that curates and draws meaning from third-party data. Running semi-weekly, it adds an analytical layer to the industry data that we
Charles Laughlin
March 11, 2020
Acquisitions
The Anatomy of a Deal, with GatherUp’s Aaron Weiche
Last November, the reviews management platform GatherUp was sold to SaaS holding company ASG for an undisclosed sum. When these events happen, we read about
Charles Laughlin
March 5, 2020
restaurants
Localogy 20/20 Preview: Josh Scherman, SurePath Capital Partners
Josh Scherman has one of the best available vantage points for assessing the health of the small-business software market. SMB software was on fire in
Charles Laughlin
March 4, 2020
cloud kitchens
Food Wars: DoorDash Files for IPO as Uber Eats Head Exits
There were some key developments this week in the “food-tech” space — that category that, according to PitchBook, includes everything from the Impossible Burger to
Charles Laughlin
February 28, 2020
Buy-it-yourself
A Look Ahead to “The BIY Future is Here”
Last month, Localogy and Mono Solutions published a report focused on the feasibility of “buy-it-yourself” as a sales model in the local space. It’s a
Charles Laughlin
February 25, 2020
Ansira
Ansira Goes Deep in Auto Vertical with CDK Agency Acquisition
The digital agency Ansira has bet big on the auto vertical with its acquisition of CDK Global‘s digital marketing business. CDK is the successor company
Charles Laughlin
February 24, 2020