Category Archives: Shopify

How Shopify’s anti-meeting, anti-mandatory-office experiment is going

  By Jared Lindzon Andy Wood never loved big city life, though he accepted it as a career necessity. The native of Carleton Place, Ontario—a town of about 12,000, roughly half an hour southwest of Ottawa—had been living in Toronto for 13 years, spending the previous 6 working for e-commerce giant Shopify, where he currently … Continue reading How Shopify’s anti-meeting, anti-mandatory-office experiment is going

Shopify: Black-owned businesses could add $190 billion to the economy but still struggle to get funding

  By Shalene Gupta February 01, 2023 On average, Black-owned businesses start with $35,000 in capital, compared to white-owned businesses, which start with $107,000, according to a McKinsey study. Yet Black-owned businesses could add a potential $190 billion to the economy, according to a new study by Shopify. Shopify interviewed over 500 Black entrepreneurs to understand … Continue reading Shopify: Black-owned businesses could add $190 billion to the economy but still struggle to get funding

Attentive launches text-to-buy solution with Shopify’s Shop Pay

Marketers can expand commerce through SMS campaigns and improve text experiences. Chris Wood on August 9, 2022 Conversational commerce platform Attentive has launched a new text-to-buy solution built with Shopify’s Shop Pay payments tool. Customers can now buy directly when in an SMS conversation with a brand. What it does. Attentive’s text-to-buy solution connects customers … Continue reading Attentive launches text-to-buy solution with Shopify’s Shop Pay