After months of a closed beta, fashion startup Zoora is stepping out onto the runway and launching in public beta today. Zoora, which we covered previously, helps women find unique styles tailored to their body and customized with colors, fabrics, hemlines, or detailing. Since the beta began, Zoora has tweaked their buying experience to cater…
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With the loads of daily deals offers out there you probably got a slew of Cyber Monday emails yesterday. I did. I am sure there were lots of great deals but my email inbox got pummeled by the extra deliveries. I could not sort through them all so in many cases I deleted them without…
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There are few places in the U.S. that speak to our love for shopping like the Mall of America in Minneapolis, so it is fitting that QR Codes met their match there on Black Friday. Mall of America worked with Minneapolis-based mobile agency MixMobi to deliver time changing offers within each of the QR Codes…
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Yes, I admit it: I am one of those people that stand in long lines in the middle of the night to look for the best Black Friday tech deals. I have done this for years, and consider it to be part tradition and part competitive sport. For those of you familiar with Black Friday,…
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We’re excited to announce that – just in time for holiday shopping – Goodzer has launched nationally. Last time we saw Goodzer (just about a year ago), the Reston, VA-based company was preparing to launch their beta service in New York City, helping consumers find the products they want at the best price, in real-time at the stores…
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I love buying gifts for people. When I shop, I’m always on the lookout for presents to buy for family and friends. Often, I buy gifts way ahead of time, to tuck away for the next special occasion. If you think gift giving is more of a chore than something to get excited about–or if…
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Today X.commerce was officially announced at the annual Innovate Developer Conference in San Francisco, bringing together the technology assets and developer communities of eBay, PayPal, and Magento, as well as a number of technology assets across the eBay portfolio. The additional assets being folded into the X.commerce ecosystem include RedLaser, Milo, and Zong, among others – and…
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Online shopping has come a long way since customers were afraid to reveal credit card information, but some areas could still use an upgrade. One of those is clothing: How often have you been greeted at your doorstep with clothes that don’t fit? “I realized that one can buy books, computers, etc. online, but buying…
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Maybe I’m getting old, but when I first saw Want, I thought to myself: why would I “want” this? But like many people, once I started using it, I became a fan. Want is an iPhone app that allows you to take photos of items you want and share them with friends. Using the app…
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I love love love sitting down on the couch with a glass of wine in one hand and a stack of catalogs next to me and just flipping through them for ideas and inspiration. Google has decided to make it a more engaging, social and creative endeavor – because heaven forbid something not be social…
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Entrepreneurs are inspired to take action when they see opportunities others have missed. Northwestern University graduate student and founder of BragTaggs, Christopher Sell, found that friends and family alike loved to share the great deals they found. An entrepreneur with two startups on his resume, he began researching loyalty marketing, which fostered the idea of…
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Shopping for the latest trends and best bargains is always more fun with a couple of fashionable friends. A new, free app called Snapette is making shopping social no matter where you are. Part of the 500 Startups incubator program, Snapette is a social networking community for sharing photos of the latest shoes and handbags. Users snap…
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Everything we do online is tracked. It’s really creepy if you think about it. But for someone who does a lot of online shopping like me, knowing your shopping history is floating around out there is scary. Yes, you can get better recommendations, but your tastes and preferences are also really exposed to anyone and…
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I love using Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites to discover what products and services my friends are using and talking about. That’s the idea behind Svpply, a growing community of people discovering the products they love. Svpply helps you keep track of the things you want to buy, or you can browse a personal…
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The problem with most local deal sites is receiving lots of deals that don’t interest you in the least. Finding the ones that do interest you sometimes requires spending time you might not have sifting through countless deals. Smartvark is a new recommendation website that is customizable and can be tailored to your interests, so you only…
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Social commerce has been on fire as daily deal sites have been helping to sell excess inventory for local businesses. LivingSocial along with Groupon have been leading the charge. We have been keeping our eye on both social commerce giants as they have both been valued at over a billion dollars. I got chance to…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More