Talk:Lightspeed Commerce
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By October of 2014, Lightspeed served 21,000 businesses and processed $8.2 billion in annual run-rate transactions.[1]
In September of that year, Lightspeed closed a $61 million Series C round of funding led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec, with participation from earlier investors Accel Partners and iNovia.[2]
In November of 2015, Lightspeed acquired Amsterdam-based eCommerce software developer SEOShop, and announced that it would be expanding its product offering to serve both brick-and-mortar and online retailers.[3][4] SEOShop’s eCommerce platform would be rebranded as Lightspeed eCom and further refined to offer a more complete integration with the company’s retail POS software. [5]
On March 9 of 2016, Lightspeed eCom was officially introduced to the North American market. The eCommerce platform’s features include a powerful suite of marketing tools, advanced customer relationship management tools, multilingual, multi-currency and multi-tax capabilities and a seamless integration with the company’s retail point sale.[6] The combination of Lightspeed eCom and Lightspeed Retail provides retailers with omnichannel sales capabilities, which means that they can sell in multiple channels using a single platform. No longer would business owners have to compromise a powerful retail solution with a less advanced eCommerce platform, or vice versa. Lightspeed’s omnichannel solution provides retailers with a single source and view of data and a shared, easy-to-manage inventory across locations and sales channels.[4]
In September 2014, Lightspeed announced that it would be moving its Montreal offices from the Mile End district to the refurbished historic Place Viger complex on the eastern-most edge of old Montreal.[7] Built in the late 19th century, the castle-like structure, which once functioned as both a train station and grand hotel, would come to be referenced by Lightspeed employees as “Chateau Viger”.[8] In early 2015, the 45,000 square foot office won best breakout space, best reception and best budget office at the Interior Design MakeitWork Awards and was named best midsized office in the technology category at the 2015 Interior Design Best of Year Awards.[9] In January 2016, Dax Dasilva gifted the Mile-Ex edifice and transformed it into a non-profit cultural centre called Never Apart, and it includes art galleries, a music room and a conference hall. [10]
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References
- ^ Russell, Jon. "Retail Software Startup LightSpeed Now Caters For Restaurants After Buying Belgian Startup POSIOS". TechCrunch. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Loeb, Steven. "LightSpeed raises $35M, debuts new payments platform Read more at http://vator.tv/news/2014-09-17-lightspeed-raises-35m-debuts-new-payments-platform#lvKD4RqXL9ftlIvq.99". Vator.tv. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ Dawes, Terry. "Montreal's Lightspeed launches eCom platform for North American market". Cantech Letter. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Lightspeed Takes on Shopify with Launch of Ecommerce Platform". Techvibes. Retrieved 13 May 2016. Cite error: The named reference "Techvibes NewsDesk" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Ha, Anthony. "Retail Software Maker Lightspeed POS Acquires SEOshop For E-Commerce Push". TechCrunch. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Dawes, Terry. "Montreal's Lightspeed launches eCom platform for North American market". CanTech Letter. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Magder, Jason. "Lightspeed software company growing in a hurry". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Stanley, Adam. "A Montreal castle fit for a software king". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Stanley, Adam. "A Montreal castle fit for a software king". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ Marotte, Bertrand. "When tech firm Lightspeed outgrew its home, CEO gave back to Montreal". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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