Pinterest, Fancy and plenty of other websites help shoppers find deals and inspiration for clothing they can buy online, but some early startups are developing mobile apps that encourage shoppers to make their fashion purchases in stores. Read more »
Starting Thursday, San Francisco-based GoodEggs is piloting the launch of its online marketplace that lets farmers, ranchers, bakers and other foodmakers sell produce, meat, baked goods and other locally-sourced food products directly to people in their communities. Read more »
Thanks to a redesign rolling out Thursday, HipSwap, an online marketplace for local goods, is now like a Craigslist re-imagined for Fab and Pinterest fans. Read more »
Enterprise software giant SAP is buying Ariba in a $4.3 billion move that will give it control of what may be world’s largest online marketplace. Businesses worldwide use Ariba’s e-commerce and procurement services to buy and sell all sorts of goods and services. Read more »
The Windy City is famous for one big giant startup Groupon, but the folks at Chicago’s newest incubator Catapult believe there will be many more, and — for a short while at least — it hopes to play host to the next big Web sensations from the Midwest. Read more »
Online design store Fab.com is just seven months old, but it’s showing all kinds of momentum, racking up 1.65 million users and 750,000 items sold so far. Now, the company is making its first acquisition, buying up FashionStake, an online marketplace for independent fashion. Read more »
Redbeacon, the web marketplace that connects people with professional home service providers such as plumbers, painters, and yard workers, has launched its first native app for the iPhone. The company, which lets you search for, get bids from, and ultimately book jobs with background-checked and licensed […] Read more »
In the web’s most popular marketplaces, such as eBay and Craigslist, anonymity is still the norm. A new San Francisco-based startup called Copious is looking to change that. Copious has built an online marketplace in which all buyers and sellers are linked to their Facebook identities. Read more »
