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For example, Thinknum , which tracks eCommerce retail, found that in January, Lululemon had 1,060 items on sale. If margins and profits are already struggling then slashing prices for an entire season’s clothes will be very painful,” said Sophie Lund-Yates, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown. Now, it’s back up to 39 percent. “As

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MAY 10, 2018

After much speculation – and a fair amount of “will they, won’t they” – it looks like the deal is done: Walmart will be the majority owner of Indian eCommerce up-and-comer Flipkart, with a 77 percent stake. It’s typical of a business like this that, as you scale up, you will have losses. What the Deal Will Mean. is known for. “As

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The problem with large investments – the type that run into the billions of dollars – is that just as gains can be astronomical, the losses can be devastating. billion rescue, and also said it had taken its valuation of the beleaguered workspace company down by 80 percent, to around $5 billion at the end of the most recent quarter.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Startup notches mounting losses, because as everyone knows, you’ve got to spend money to make money. But profitability looks elusive, and becomes less a question of “when?” 1, the company said that pre-tax losses for last year were 185 million pounds, up from 129 million pounds in the previous year. Startup gains top line.

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MAY 25, 2016

billion valuation and shares trading at $14-16 a share. At its post-IPO valuation and share price, Etsy was roughly 52 times its adjusted earnings. A pretty impressive feat, considering at the time of its IPO Etsy wasn’t actually profitable yet. A little over a year ago, Etsy IPOed, mostly to a round of applause.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

Banks, unsurprisingly, who also need to make profits, put the kibosh on debit rewards. You have a lot of floating valuations on things that seem cool without as much concern about how do you scale that cool and still keep it under control and push it toward profitability. But it seems that debit rewards 2.0

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AUGUST 22, 2018

billion in annual revenue, has a stock market valuation of $10 billion and an employee headcount that is expected to surpass 10,000 by the end of 2018. But its second problem attracts more attention — it is not, nor has it ever been, profitable. But net loss in the quarter was $100.7 And that growth has carried on since then.

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JUNE 17, 2016

It surprised even us that after nine months of looking at the 650 sites that represent 70 percent of eCommerce volume and the review of 10K data points that big retailers did no better than small ones at optimizing their online sites for checkout. Operating a business in a profitable manner — what a quaint idea. million subscribers.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Turns out that investors get nervous when profits prove elusive. Thus, a possible tech stock market fizzle, should this indeed be a harbinger, where the $2 billion valuation is the same as implied by a Blue Apron funding round two years ago. The fines show a sharper regulatory gaze, especially in Europe, bearing down on eCommerce.

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JUNE 6, 2016

For Uber and Lyft, this is pure profit to the bottom line that keeps drivers happy by giving them more work. Some analysts have ascribed a ~50 billion valuation on the service in 2015. billion into eCommerce efforts that, analysts said, have not borne much fruit to date. And whiffing after saying that they have sunk $1.5

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