Pinterest

Pinterest, Inc. is an American social media web and mobile application company. It operates a software system designed to enable saving and discovery of information on the World Wide Web using images and, on a smaller scale, GIFs and videos. The site was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp. Discover recipes, style inspiration, home hacks and more ideas to try.

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Lovecrafts Grabs $33M In New Funding
Lovecrafts Grabs $33M In New Funding
April 25, 2017  |  Retail

Crafters of the world, rejoice. U.K.-based LoveCrafts, a social commerce startup aimed at knitters and other home craft makers, has just announced a major growth round...

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Pinterest Gets The Boot In China
Pinterest Gets The Boot In China
March 20, 2017  |  Retail

Social media platform Pinterest is the latest site to be banned in China. China’s Great Firewall will no longer allow users to share content or...

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Grocery Tracker: 2017 Food Predictions
Grocery Tracker: 2017 Food Predictions
December 27, 2016  |  Retail

To kick off this week’s Grocery Tracker, a reminder that brick-and-mortar is still kicking in certain retail aspects, even as 2017 grows closer. A recent...

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Pinterest Hires New CFO Out Of Twitter, IPO Rumors Percolate
Pinterest Hires New CFO Out Of Twitter, IPO Rumors Percolate
October 05, 2016  |  IPO

Is Pinterest getting ready for an IPO? That’s what the company’s latest move — the hiring of Pinterest’s first ever CFO, Todd Morgenfeld, formerly vice...

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Pinterest Moves To Selling Ads By Auction
Pinterest Moves To Selling Ads By Auction
August 16, 2016  |  Retail

Apparently taking a page from Google’s book – going forward Pinterest will allow retailers and brands to bid on its ad inventory in auctions.  The...

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Pinterest Buys Math Camp To Work On Discovery
Pinterest Buys Math Camp To Work On Discovery
July 15, 2016  |  Acquiring

Math Camp, the company that created location-based app Highlight and photo sharing app Shorts, is being acquired by Pinterest. Pinterest announced the acquisition in a...

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Pinterest Gets a Brand New Shopping Bag
Pinterest Gets a Brand New Shopping Bag
June 29, 2016  |  Retail

About a year ago “buy buttons” were all the rage as the next big thing in social commerce. The logic was sound – social media...

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How The Reinvention Of Retail Is Helping Oracle Reinvent Itself
How The Reinvention Of Retail Is Helping Oracle Reinvent Itself
June 20, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Back in 2008, Oracle founder and CTO Larry Ellison had one of history’s less insightful comments on the future of cloud computing, something he likened...

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