During yesterday’s Google I/O keynote, a notable announcement was hidden in the procession of software and gadgetry news. Google is partnering with Shopify to integrate product listings of its many merchants. We examine drivers and strategic implications.
E-commerce continues to show strong momentum. Even as the world re-opens to retail and other IRL activity, there are several signs that 2020’s e-commerce inflections could sustain into the post-Covid era. We round up the latest evidence.
Many of us in the local space are familiar with PaperG. Victor Wong launched the San Francisco-based adtech company in 2007 and remains CEO. But
Last week, my colleague Neal Polachek shared and reflected on a set of 2021 customer experience related predictions from CX guru Shep Hyken. Today we’ll
Tech giants and startups continue to pivot to Covid-era demand signals, including everything from virtual communications to casual gaming. But the area that’s possibly seeing
Pandemic-driven economic fallout has a polarizing effect on the SMB SaaS world. Anything that’s high-touch is clearly suffering, including home services and local bars &
Last week on its Reunite live stream, Shopify followed the recent trend among SMB software companies and announced it had fast-tracked a series of new
Among the many tools brought by the SMB SaaS era, Shopify is perhaps the best example of democratizing big-company capabilities for SMBs. In its case,
eCommerce software provider Shopify has announced that it’s expanding into SMB lending. Operating under the existing Shopify Capital division, it will offer starter loans to
This is the latest in our series on SMB website builders. See the whole series here. The SMB presence and promotion bundle continues to grow.
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
There are few people with a broader or deeper perspective on the small business SaaS world than Mark MacLeod, the latest guest on the “Above
