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Portland startup Candid lands $2M to help brands and retailers run their wholesale business online

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We want retailers and brands to be on equal footing with [large companies] who can throw huge budgets at software and employees to make wholesale work for them,” Bloom said in an email. “It Founding story: Bloom started Candid after he and his wife built an apparel brand called North of West. Candid Photo).

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‘Just infuriating’: Online retailer Zulily flip-flops, now plans to lay off employees amid holidays

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If you participate in the Zulily’s group health insurance plans, your coverage under those plans will cease effective December 31, 2023, unless further extended under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). Regent has acquired more than 30 businesses since 2015, including consumer retail and apparel brands.

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