Local news and trends

Google Highlights SMBs With Curbside Pickup In Local Search Returns
Google // May 11, 2020

Google searches for the term “in-stock” surged over 70 percent worldwide March 28 to April 4 as people looked for available merchandise they could pick up from local retailers. “We’re here to help you connect local shoppers with the products they need quickly, and promote...

OfferUp CEO: Reinventing Commerce One Local Seller At A Time
eCommerce // May 11, 2020

Recommerce has been on the rise for the better part of a decade now, and it seems countless marketplaces have sprung up to offer consumers a host of inroads to buy gently used goods of all kinds.  Value shoppers, collectible hunters, fashionistas and curiosity seekers...

Local Retailers, Surviving or Dying in Retail’s Evolution?
Retail // August 10, 2017

At the basic level of retail industry chatter online, much of the focus is on the battle between brick-and-mortar versus eCommerce. While the closing of several big box and department stores alongside online shopping’s reshaping the retail shopping are certainly discussions worth having, it doesn’t...

CarDash Raises $5.3M In Funding To Make Auto Service Easier
Investments // August 09, 2017

CarDash, which aims to make getting your car serviced easier and more transparent, recently raised $5.3 million in a venture capital seed funding round. According to news from TechCrunch, CarDash, currently available only in the Bay Area, works with a number of local auto service centers...

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OfferUp CEO: Reinventing Commerce One Local Seller At A Time

May 11, 2020
Recommerce has been on the rise for the better part of a decade now, and it seems countless marketplaces have sprung up to offer consumers a host of inroads to buy gently used goods of all kinds.  Value shoppers, collectible hunters, fashionistas and curiosity seekers tended to make up the ranks of the usual recommerce […]

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Google Highlights SMBs With Curbside Pickup In Local Search Returns

May 11, 2020
Google searches for the term “in-stock” surged over 70 percent worldwide March 28 to April 4 as people looked for available merchandise they could pick up from local retailers. “We’re here to help you connect local shoppers with the products they need quickly, and promote your safer fulfillment options, like in-store and curbside pickup,” Darshan […]

CarDash Raises $5.3M In Funding To Make Auto Service Easier

August 09, 2017
CarDash, which aims to make getting your car serviced easier and more transparent, recently raised $5.3 million in a venture capital seed funding round. According to news from TechCrunch, CarDash, currently...

Report Shows Regional Shopping Malls Seeing Growth Since 2010

June 19, 2017
A new report has found that while many national retail chains are suffering, regional shopping malls have been on the upswing since 2010. According to Chain Store Age, Why Mall...

Groupon Goes Local And Uptown

April 28, 2017
In an effort to help promote local businesses for National Small Business Week next week, Chicago’s Uptown Chamber group Business Partners joined up with Groupon for a community event called...