TikTakTo combines flash sales, product search, social features and daily deals to create "the ultimate online shopping experience."
Fab is blowing away all its previous sales numbers -- and for retail, late November is just the beginning.
Here's a sneak peek at the new iOS app lineup for Fab.com. The startup's previous lineup was so last year.
The first app from flash sales retailer PLNDR aims to make it easier for its 1.7 million users to make purchases away from their computers.
What do you get for the site that sells everything? A UK expansion via acquisition, of course!
Yes, design flash-sale phenom Fab.com is celebrating the end of its first full year in business, and part of that celebration is the …
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After working from his bedroom for two and a half years, Jason Ross launched JackThreads — a men’s online shopping club that had yet to establish a payment system via credit cards — in 2008. His first online sale featured …
For Shane Rahmani, who spent the past four years working on digital strategy and operations at MTV, moving to Thrillist, a lifestyle company aimed at hip, young men, wasn’t too bad of an adjustment.
“Actually, it was kind of like …
Fab.com, the design-focused flash sale site, has been going gangbusters lately. Today, the company announced a slew of changes aimed at a global takeover.
The company’s news is fourfold:
First, the site is nearing the 2 million member mark and …
After denying early reports that big layoffs were coming to Gilt Groupe, CEO Kevin Ryan confirmed today that the Gilt Groupe had let go between 80-90 staffers, about 10 percent of its overall workforce. Gilt announced the depature of two …
Fab.com, the flash sales site for design-oriented products, is seeing its pivot pay off in a big way.
The company, which initially started out as Fabulis, a social network for gay men, announced yesterday that it has raised $40 million …
If I told you that the flash sales sites of today would give birth to the offline retail experience of tomorrow, you’d probably laugh in my face. Who would want to take the “e” out of e-commerce in uncertain economic …
Soon, the rest of the world will be able to take advantage of Gilt.com’s discounted designer wares.
Gilt Groupe announced today that its online flash sales site will soon be available in over 90 countries outside of the US.
The …
Exclusively.In, a site that offers deals on Indian-inspired fashion, just announced that it has raised $16 million in a second round of funding.
The company, which is based in New York and New Delhi, launched in June of 2010. When …
New York-based Ideeli, a members-only shopping community — known commonly as a “Flash sales” site — has raised $41 million in its third round of funding.
The site, which has over 4 million members, offers limited-time offers on apparel, accessories, …
The second wave of e-commerce is coming, buoyed by a flood of fresh cash. European flash-sales site operator Privalia, which offers short-term, steeply discounted fashion deals in Spain, Italy, Brazil, and Mexico, is expanding to Germany with a $280 million …
Gilt Groupe has built a big business from flash sales, where consumers converge on a particular shopping deal for a limited time. And now the company is shopping for its own investment deal.
Silicon Alley Insider reported today that Gilt …
A new wave of e-commerce is coming, backed by tends of millions of dollars from Silicon Valley’s savviest investors, that’s reinventing more than just how consumers shop online.
From One Kings Lane to Plum District and Abe’s Market, from Stella …
Accel Partners, the venture capitalists behind Facebook, have a lot in their shopping bag. The latest bauble they’ve picked up: part of a $47 million investment in Showroomprive.com, a European members-only sales site.
The members-only sales phenomenon, popularized by Showroomprive …
Twitter is testing group deals and flash sales through a special EarlyBird account as it fleshes out yet another revenue stream.
The account will offer special limited-time-only offers from advertisers. Advertisers will set the terms of the deals, while Twitter …
