Asset sale versus stock sale: what changes for a retail seller
Buyers usually want assets, sellers usually want stock. The gap is tax and liability, and it is negotiable.
Startups & Business
Retail and e-commerce startups, funding rounds, founder stories, and business strategy.
Why a second European parcel take-private is likely by Q1 2027: 3 signals
Three signals from the past three weeks point to a second control transaction over a Western European parcel or out-of-home delivery network before the end of Q1 2027. The InPost clearance clock, the Prologis and SEGRO merger, and PostNL’s margin guidance all describe the same repricing.
Why an acquirer buys stablecoin infrastructure by Q1 2027: 3 signals
Mastercard’s BVNK close took a neutral vendor off the board, and the signals point to a merchant acquirer or processor buying stablecoin infrastructure before the end of Q1 2027. Three data points from the last four weeks explain why the window is open now.
Cohort retention reporting for brands selling replenishable products
Blended repeat rate flatters every brand. Cohort tables show whether new customers are actually behaving like the old ones.
What a retail tech term sheet actually commits you to
Valuation is the headline; the clauses decide the outcome. Here is how to read a term sheet before you celebrate it.
Revenue-based financing versus venture debt for retail brands
Non-dilutive capital is not free capital. Here is what revenue-based financing and venture debt really cost an inventory-heavy retail business.
Splitting equity when a co-founder joins a retail brand late
Late co-founder equity is a valuation problem dressed as a fairness problem. Here are the structures that survive contact with growth.
The founder who fired the agency and hired one in-house marketer
Agency to in-house is the most common marketing decision founders get wrong in both directions. This is how one brand ran it.
Inventory financing options for growing retail brands compared
A comparison of the ways retail brands fund stock, with the real cost of capital and the situation each option actually suits.
The founder who sold to an aggregator and bought the brand back
One founder’s account of an aggregator exit that looked like a win, what happened to the brand afterwards and why they bought it back.