Cloud-based e-commerce platform Shopify said Wednesday it is acquiring Kit CRM, a virtual marketing assistant that leverages messaging tools for retail marketing. Financial terms were not disclosed.

But today Shopify is taking it a step further, announcing the acquisition of Kit CRM, a virtual marketing assistant that leverages SMS and other messaging to help businesses manage their online stores ...

Shopify has taken a stake in the B2B retail marketplace Faire and is establishing Faire as the recommended wholesale marketplace for its millions of global merchants through a deeper integration ...