Retail and e-commerce startups, funding rounds, founder stories, and business strategy.
GameStop’s $125 eBay bid was rejected on 12 May, but a 9% stake and 3 June antitrust clearance point to escalation, not retreat. Our base case: accumulation and a shareholder campaign through Q4 2026.
Blackstone-backed Liftoff Mobile raised $437 million in its Nasdaq debut, pricing shares at $23 for a valuation of about $3.83 billion. The mobile advertising and app-monetization specialist became one of 2026 most closely watched ad-tech listings.
Yamada Holdings and Edion plan to merge under a new holding company, creating Japan’s largest electronics retailer with about $16 billion in combined sales. Here is what the deal means for the sector, suppliers and shoppers.
A wave of European payments M&A concentrated in May 2026 points to more take-privates and PSP roll-ups before year-end. Here are the three signals and the political risk that could stall them.
A failed product line rarely kills a retail brand on its own. A practical guide to the pivot as numbers: when to kill a line, how to liquidate stock, how to fund the rebuild.
One founder rebuilt $4.1M of Amazon revenue on owned D2C in eighteen months. Here is the exact sequence, the margin numbers that moved, and what nearly broke it.
Whether to bootstrap or raise for a retail brand in 2026 comes down to unit economics, cash cycles, and control. Here is the decision framework and the retail tech funding paths that fit physical goods.
When to hire your first ops leader at a scaling D2C brand, plus the title, comp band, equity, screening tests, and onboarding plan that make the hire stick.
Most retail brands do not choose between wholesale and D2C, they sequence them. This guide shows when to add a channel based on unit economics and cash, not vanity volume.
Most D2C brands die with a healthy gross margin and an empty bank account. Here is the line-by-line P&L and the four margin layers that decide whether you survive.