Glossier Play, inspired by 70s’ nostalgia, steers away from the brand’s no makeup aesthetic with blue eyeliner, multi-purpose glitter gel and more.
View More Glossier launches its first spin-off brand, a line of Instagram-friendly ‘dialed-up’ beauty extrasCategory: stitch fix
Lightspeed hires 5 new partners from Slack, Twitter and more
Lightspeed has announced several new partners, including Slack’s former head of growth, who joins the firm’s enterprise team.
View More Lightspeed hires 5 new partners from Slack, Twitter and morePlus-sized clothing startup Dia&Co gets another $70M from Sequoia, USV
Dia&Co co-founder and CEO Nadia Boujarwah wants to change the retail market for plus-sized women.
View More Plus-sized clothing startup Dia&Co gets another $70M from Sequoia, USVTalkdesk nabs $100M at more than $1B valuation for its smart call centers
Talkdesk, the provider of cloud-based contact center software, has raised $100 million in new funding from Viking Global Investors and DFJ.
View More Talkdesk nabs $100M at more than $1B valuation for its smart call centersStitch Fix tumbles 20% in after-hours trading following lukewarm earnings report
The company, which today announced its first international expansion, disappointed analysts with its latest earnings report.
View More Stitch Fix tumbles 20% in after-hours trading following lukewarm earnings reportLemonBox brings US vitamins and health products to consumers in China
China is rising in many ways — the economy, consumer spending and technology — but still many of its population looks overseas, and particularly to the West, for cues on lifestyle and health. That’s a theme that’s being seized by LemonBox, a China-U.S. startup that lets Chinese consumers buy U.S. health products at affordable prices. […]
View More LemonBox brings US vitamins and health products to consumers in ChinaStitch fix blows out Wall Street’s expectations and announces the launch of Stitch Fix Kids
Stitch Fix, one of last year’s high-profile IPOs, has had a bumpy ride for the past few quarters — but it blew out expectations this afternoon for its most recent quarter, and the stock went absolutely nuts. There’s also a ton of news coming out from the company today, including the hire of a new […]
View More Stitch fix blows out Wall Street’s expectations and announces the launch of Stitch Fix KidsStitch Fix CEO doesn’t seem worried about Amazon
Stitch Fix CEO Katarina Lake did not express much concern over Amazon and its entrance into fashion with Prime Wardrobe at the Code Conference today. Lake says that while she does think about Amazon, that Amazon offers a “fundamentally different” value proposition. With Amazon, Lake said, the value proposition is about having a “sea of […]
View More Stitch Fix CEO doesn’t seem worried about AmazonAmazon’s next conquest will be apparel
Sunny Dhillon Contributor Sunny Dhillon is a partner at Signia Venture Partners. More posts by this contributor The rise of experiential commerce Approaching e-commerce investments in the age of Amazon Late last year, after Amazon announced it had acquired the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic “Lord of the Rings” saga for $250 million, I wrote […]
View More Amazon’s next conquest will be apparelStitch Fix falls 6% after posting earnings
Stitch Fix, the on-demand fashion styling business, saw its shares quickly fall 6% following the bell on Monday, after postings its second-quarter release. The company posted a diluted earnings per share of two cents. It also posted an adjusted earnings per share of seven cents. Analysts surveyed by Yahoo! Finance were hoping for six cents. Revenue for the quarter surpassed expectations.… Read More
These startup exits delivered the biggest bang for the buck
Big IPOs by the best-known brands tend to dominate attention in startup circles. But when it comes to delivering significant returns on invested capital, it’s often lower-profile companies that come out on top. We look at some of the top-returning large exits, first for tech and Internet companies, and then for life sciences. Read More
US & Canada VCs favor late-stage giants over upstarts in Q4
Startup investors in the U.S. and Canada have been putting a little less money to work across a lot fewer deals in recent months. After three quarters of rising investment at early through growth stage, VCs have cut back in the fourth quarter of …
View More US & Canada VCs favor late-stage giants over upstarts in Q4