Commerce Craziness

Gavin Gilfand
July 25, 2023

UPS Negotiations

UPS and its labor union, Teamsters, are planning to resume conversations today with seven days to land a new agreement before a potential strike. Over the last few weeks, Teamsters has held several protests picketing around local communities.

The conviction and readiness of 340,000 @UPS#Teamsters is stronger than ever.
— Teamsters (@Teamsters)
1:47 AM • Jul 23, 2023

Shopify Editions

Shopify Editions is the semiannual Shopify showcase highlighting 100+ new product releases. The demo is being held tomorrow, July 26th at 11:00 am EDT. Register here to ensure you don’t miss out!

Commerce Roundtable

On September 18th and 19th, the DTC community is coming together for the commerce roundtable in San Diego, CA. The speaker list contains Jimmy Kim, Chase Dimond, Nick Shackelford, Ronak Shah, Sean Frank, and many more. This event will be a great couple days of networking and socializing with 300 of the most disruptive players in the DTC ecosystem. For more information regarding the event schedule and registration, click here.

Series A Announcement - Stay AI

Stay AI announced a $15mm Series A round led by Telescope Partners with participation from BFG Partners, RiverPark Ventures, and Vanterra Capital. For a deeper dive into the roadmap moving forward, check out the announcement from the Co-Founder, Gina Perrelli.

I am absolutely ecstatic to announce @GetStayAi latest milestone. Today, we are proud to share that we raised our Series A, led by Telescope Partners, securing over $15M in total funding.
— Gina Perrelli (@ginaperrelli)
2:04 PM • Jul 25, 2023

YC S23 Company Spotlight - Revamp AI

Revamp AI helps eCommerce brands analyze customer behavior by explaining how highly engaged subscribers will vary from other customer segments across email and paid marketing campaigns. Amin Akhtar (Co-Founder) was previously the Chief Revenue Officer of a D2C brand and experienced this problem firsthand.

Revamp: Smarter Customer Segmentation for eCommerce

Revamp is the smartest segmentation tool for eCommerce. Brands and agencies alike use Revamp to quickly analyze customer behavior and see how it changes across different segements of customers.

getrevamp.ai

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Keep crushing it,

Gavin