Luxury fashion marketplace Farfetch will tap into the sneaker resale economy with its latest transaction.
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Sneaker marketplace GOAT announces an AR-centric Black Friday giveaway
Black Friday giveaways have become a tradition for online sneaker marketplace GOAT. Today it’s announcing the details of this year’s campaign, which will be its first to incorporate augmented reality. Director of Communications Liz Goodno described this as “the largest digital sneaker event of the year.” The company says it will be offering more than […]
View More Sneaker marketplace GOAT announces an AR-centric Black Friday giveawaySneaker market GOAT hires COO Lizzie Francis and makes a play for women sneaker shoppers
GOAT, the secondary marketplace for sneakers that recently merged with Flight Club, is announcing a new hire. Lizzie Francis will join the company as Chief Operating Officer, coming from Brilliant Ventures where she will remain a managing partner. Francis formerly acted as CMO at Gilt Group and CMO at JustFab.com. She’s been running Brilliant for […]
View More Sneaker market GOAT hires COO Lizzie Francis and makes a play for women sneaker shoppersGOAT is merging with legendary sneaker retailer Flight Club and raising $60 million
Sneaker marketplace GOAT is merging with Flight Club, essentially the first name in after market sneaker retail. It’s also raising a $60M series C led by Danny Rimer at Index with previous investors Accel, Matrix, Upfront and Network participating. The raise is significant, putting the total just shy of $98M raised, but it’s the merger with Flight Club that will cause this news to… Read More