Shopify is buying fulfillment services provider Deliverr, which lets merchants offer their customers standard, three-day, and two-day delivery services. Price is a hefty $2.1 billion. It’s another example of Shopify bolstering its clients’ ability to compete with Amazon.
Buying consumer data has always been hard, and the liabilities associated with privacy violations add new risks. Neutronian is in the business of fixing that, with ratings, certifications, and frameworks to evaluate the sourcing and transparency of marketing data sources. They just released their first full ratings report ranking 250 companies that sell audience data.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.