Direct-to-consumer e-commerce leader EMERGE Commerce is in acquisition mode, adding their 8th brand in North America. In their first foray into the B2B e-commerce space, EMERGE has acquired WholeSalePet.com for up to USD $25 million. Founded in 2001, WholesalePet.com connects over 8,000 independent retail locations with over 400 independent pet vendors, offering over 1 million […]
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EMERGE Commerce To Acquire Subscription Brands BattlBox and Carnivore Club
Direct-to-consumer e-commerce leader EMERGE Commerce is in acquisition mode, adding their 6th and 7th brands in North America. EMERGE has acquired subscription businesses BattlBox and Carnivore Club for up to USD $19 million. Atlanta’s BattlBox is a market leading survival, outdoor and camping goods subscription business-based in the US, and notably, featured in its own […]
EMERGE Commerce Makes First Post-IPO E-commerce Acquisition
Well, that didn’t take long. After a successful TSXV launch last month, EMERGE Commerce has made its first post-IPO acquisition. In its largest e-commerce acquisition to date, EMERGE has acquired meat subscription service truLOCAL for $16.8 million. Founded in February 2016 in Kitchener, truLOCAL is a direct-to-consumer, locally sourced meat subscription service in Canada, with […]
Shopify Dreams Fuel New Round of E-Commerce Companies on TSXV
On this date five years ago you could have purchased a share in Canadian e-commerce darling Shopify for CAD $35. Today Shopify (TSX:SHOP) trades at CAD $1,350 per share. If you had purchased $10,000 worth of Shopify for your Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) that year it would be worth over $385,000 today. Tax free. […]