Online personal shopping service Lookiero revealed it has closed a $19 million funding round led by London-based MMC Ventures, as reported on Friday (Sept. 20). Existing investor All Iron Ventures and new investors Bonsai Partners, 10x and Santander Smart also participated in the round. The...
To provide consumers with fashion advice, Amazon has debuted Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe. The new service offers recommendations for clothes as well as accessories that personal shoppers curate, Geek Wire reported. Leveraging technology and stylists’ input, the service narrows down thousands of clothing brands...
To force the world’s biggest retailer to stop using the Jetblack name for its personal shopping service, JetBlue Airways has sued Walmart Inc. over trademark infringement. The airline said the name is a “transparent attempt” by the retailer to take advantage of the goodwill of...
Following the rollout of Walmart’s Jetblack personal shopping service last year, two-thirds of customers reportedly engage with the service weekly. They are also said to spend an average of $1,500 monthly on purchases through Jetblack, according to reports. The service comes at a $50 monthly...
July 17, 2020
Is it really necessary to train a personal grocery shopper how to pick a good banana? It’s a question that Nate D’Anna, serial entrepreneur and founder of personal shopping platform Dumpling, asked rhetorically when recounting his days as an Instacart shopper, an experience that he said he makes all of Dumpling’s team members also experience […]
September 20, 2019
Online personal shopping service Lookiero revealed it has closed a $19 million funding round led by London-based MMC Ventures, as reported on Friday (Sept. 20). Existing investor All Iron Ventures and new investors Bonsai Partners, 10x and Santander Smart also participated in the round. The funding will be used to expand in Lookiero’s main markets […]
July 31, 2019
To provide consumers with fashion advice, Amazon has debuted Personal Shopper by Prime Wardrobe. The new service offers recommendations for clothes as well as accessories that personal shoppers curate, Geek...
June 24, 2019
To force the world’s biggest retailer to stop using the Jetblack name for its personal shopping service, JetBlue Airways has sued Walmart Inc. over trademark infringement. The airline said the...
June 10, 2019
Following the rollout of Walmart’s Jetblack personal shopping service last year, two-thirds of customers reportedly engage with the service weekly. They are also said to spend an average of $1,500...
