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This fall, vintage secures its place as a wardrobe staple. Pinterest’s new Trend Report reveals a major style shift sweeping the globe: searches for thrift-related ideas are soaring, driven largely by Gen Z users reimagining how they shop, style, and…
PayPal is not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest at this time, the online payments provider said on Sunday, responding to market rumors. Earlier in the week, it was reported that the payments behemoth had offered to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest for…
PayPal has made an offer to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest for US$45-billion, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a combination that could herald more tie-ups between fintech and social media companies in e-ecommerce. The per-share price…
Global furniture retailer Ikea will start putting its product catalogue on Pinterest to give the print publication a longer lifespan and to allow customers to move more quickly from inspiration to purchase. According to a report in Digiday, Ikea has been…
Oscar de la Renta was early to Twitter, early to Tumblr and, yes, early to Instagram. So in July 2013, when the American fashion house debuted its fall advertising campaign via the app, the industry was hardly surprised. It was a little thing. An experiment.…
US company AirMap is helping develop technology to manage a Rakuten drone network in Japan. Rakuten, Japan’s giant online retail platform, and AirMap hope drones will be allowed to be used at low altitude. Rakuten set a world record early this year for the…
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