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E-commerce trends to anticipate in 2021
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st February 2021
Joris Kroese, CEO and Founder of Hatch shares his thoughts and insights into the key technology trends to expect in the e-commerce sector in the year ahead
While the Covid-19 pandemic was pivotal for e-commerce, we’re only scratching the surface of the impact that it will have for businesses in the next decade, writes Joris Kroese, CEO and Founder of Hatch.
In 2020, we witnessed a ...
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KodyPay - the contact-free, super-streamlined digital checkout app
by: Startacus Admin ~ 22nd December 2020
KodyPay is a York-based fintech startup that's on a mission to streamline the checkout experience and make it digital and contactless
In this age of smartphones, the cloud, decreased patience for waiting, and interconnectivity, it can be frustrating when we find ourselves unable to perform a certain action quickly and simply - something like paying for a thing. One of our own Startacus team has...
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3 Marketing Tips For Ecommerce Retailers in 2021
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th December 2020
Andy Bojko, Director at Hidepark Leather, outlines his top tips on how businesses can successfully implement small changes to their website to succeed over the next year
With many retailers hit hard this year by the pandemic, businesses are turning to ecommerce to regain lost sales in 2021 as their customers move online to conduct their shopping.
The events of 2020 have caused a significant sh...
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Joko - the innovative cashback app
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th December 2020
Joko is a Paris-based fintech startup that is aiming to disrupt how consumers have their spending rewarded by retailers
Getting rewarded for buying things is nice. You take your bag of new products and you say, ‘Here is my money’, and they say, ‘Thank you, please take some money for your money’, and...actually getting rewarded for buying things is a little odd. Why not d...
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Qudini - innovative queuing solutions for retailers
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th August 2020We take a look at Qudini, the London-based startup that's created innovative solutions for retailers to deliver an excellent customer experience and manage their queues both in-store and virtually...
In July, we wrote about Glug, a startup helping the hospitality sector stay afloat by bringing virtual ordering and payment to customers to cut down on the amount of physical interaction with staff a...
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Ksubaka offers innovation in retail tech as lockdown eases
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th July 2020Retail tech innovation in a world still dealing with COVID-19, thanks to Ksubaka
With the easing of lockdown restrictions, it is easy to fool ourselves into thinking that COVID-19 is no longer a problem. Even while our logical minds tell us that it hasn’t magically vanished, being allowed to go shopping, visit family, and even sit in a pub again has the dangerous effect of allowing us ...
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Sustainable reward scheme Bagboard targets sustainable shoppers and brands
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th July 2020Sustainable reward scheme Bagboard, a first-of-its-kind advertising platform for planet-friendly brands launches £600k funding round...
Bagboard, the creation of former credit trader Ben Ayres, and advertising executive Ashleigh Bishop, launched a £600k crowdfunding campaign via Seedrs this week to raise funds for the first sustainable rewards scheme that marries major brand campaigns...
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SociAbility maps out a more accessible future
by: Startacus Admin ~ 13th June 2020London-based startup SociAbility is on a mission to empower social inclusion through better accessibility information...
It is a sad fact that we do not do a good job of ensuring that our public places, shops, cafés, etc. are accessible for the 1.5 billion people worldwide who need them to be. People who need venues to be accessible too often cannot find out whether they are or not with ea...
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Startup of the Week - Trayde
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th May 2020Trayde - The marketplace that's reinventing wholesale for independent retailers and artisan brandsIf you’re an artisan maker, you’ll know only too well how challenging it can be to get your products and brand out there. Developing and building a solid customer base can be a difficult task to say the least. Likewise, if you are an independent retailer, identifying and sourcing new ...
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Urban life innovations post lockdown: Top VCs on the cities of tomorrow
by: Startacus Admin ~ 12th May 2020As UK prepares for the next phase of lockdown, leading venture capital investors and micro mobility unicorn Lime shared their views on the future of innovations in the most affected sectors by Coronavirus – retail, real estate, travel and urban mobility in the latest online “Ecosystem” webinar.
The speakers discussed the role of technology in building resilient city in...
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