eCommerce/Retail

Last month, Opendoor Labs, a technology company with an online real estate platform, announced plans to list publicly through a merger with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings II, a special purpose acquisition company. [more]

Since launching its first product in 2016, Laird has grown revenue from $0.6M to $13.1M in 2019, increasing at a CAGR of 185%. In the same period, gross margins expanded from 25% to 39%. [more]

Earlier this month, Loblaw, through its subsidiary Shoppers, announced a $75M minority stake investment in Maple, a Canadian telemedicine company. The acquisition is expected to expand Shoppers’ virtual healthcare services across Canada. [more]

Last week, Nuvei, a Canadian technology company focused on electronic payment solutions, started trading on the TSX, raising $833 million in the largest tech IPO in TSX history. Two classes of shares were issued, the subordinate voting shares and the multiple voting shares. [more]

This past quarter, companies focused on Stay-at-home products and services, including Peloton and Etsy, experienced high revenue growth due to the pandemic keeping consumers at home. [more]

Advertising revenue in the quarter was negatively impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19 as certain customers suspend or postponed work. Q2/2020 Revenue was $1.73M, a decrease of 22%, compared to $2.21M in Q2/19, but in-line with our estimate of $1.77M. [more]

SPG attempts to buy J.C. Penney and ABG raises $600 million to acquire distressed retail brands, while SPG and ABG’s JV called SPARC Group makes moves to win bids on bankrupt retail assets, including Brook Brothers and Lucky Brand. [more]

Since launching their IPOs last week, Rocket Companies and BigCommerce experienced an increase in stock price of 22% and 219%, respectively. However, Rackspace struggled as its stock price dropped by over 20% since its IPO. [more]