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Melbourne startup Brauz closes $2.25 million seed funding round
Brauz has closed a $2.25 million seed funding round, which will be used to help accelerate the expansion of the startup’s curated marketplace.
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Amazon announces it’s bringing its retail offering to Australia
After months of speculation, Amazon confirmed in a brief statement that it will be launching its retail offering in Australia.
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Catch Group acquires brand and IP of childrenswear retailer Pumpkin Patch
Catch Group has announced today its acquisition of troubled trans-Tasman childrenswear retailer Pumpkin Patch, with its focus on reviving the brand online.
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POSMusic is offering retail brands commercially licensed streaming and analytical tools
POSMusic serves licensed songs though an app and desktop service for retailers, providing analytical tools, custom-made playlists and Spotify integration.
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Reinventure backs Melbourne hospitality middleware platform Doshii
Westpac-backed VC fund Reinventure has today announced its seed investment in Melbourne-based payment middleware platform Doshii.
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Lighthouse.io is using location technology to track employee movement and generate management data
Lighthouse.io uses Bluetooth beacons to detect an employees location and track their whereabouts via an online cloud management platform.
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Smartbeat wants to help small businesses turn regular customers into brand ambassadors
Smartbeat has created a WiFi device and connected marketing platform to help SMBs capture data about visitors and then conduct targeted marketing to get them coming back more often.
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Sydney fashiontech Mon Purse expands into UK through partnership with department store Selfridges
Fashiontech startup Mon Purse has today announced its expansion into the UK, coming through a concession partnership with department store Selfridges.
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Melbourne startup Openpay expands retail ‘buy now and pay later’ solution into other industries
Melbourne startup Openpay has dipped into other verticals and expanded the payment solution into the automotive, homeware and healthcare sectors.
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Melbourne startup Hospital Glamour bringing style and practicality to the outdated hospital gown
Melbourne-based startup Hospital Glamour is an online fashion store for hospital gowns that provide hospital patients with style and practicality. The gowns revamp the old outdated hospital gown with fun and colourful prints, giving people more dignity upon their hospital stay.
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Sydney startup Kent and Lime creates fashion style kits for men
Sydney startup Kent and Lime provides men with their very own fashion kits catered to suit their style and the current fashion trends.
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UK ecommerce startup Pretty Little Thing expanding celebrity-inspired fast fashion offering in Australia
Manchester-based startup Pretty Little Thing was launched in 2012 by Umar Kamani, who grew up surrounded by fashion – his father is the founder of online fashion retailer Boohoo.com.
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Urge is an app allowing consumers to connect and transact with businesses through text
Urge wants to up the convenience factor, allowing consumers to connect and transact with businesses through text rather than calls.
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New hyperlocal app Swoop helping SMBs boost foot traffic
Launched earlier this month, Swoop offers small business operators the opportunity to boost foot traffic, sales and profit by targeting customers through GPS-linked app alerts that direct them to special deals and discounts as soon as they are within close proximity to a particular store.
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Tech startup bigdeal reinvigorates hospitality and retail industries
No more printing vouchers, paying online or making reservations, because new app bigdeal brings it all to your fingertips! This all-women Aussie startup is going against the grain of other ‘deal’ providers by allowing users to redeem offers instantly from their smartphone.
