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Vice acquires experiential events company Villain

Vice acquires experiential events company Villain

Vice Media has acquired Brooklyn experiential events company Villain in a bid to bolster its live offering to advertisers. Villain whose industrial sized 15,000ft “raw” venue is based near Vice’s head offices in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg area employs 12 people and...
Nokia acquires IoT startup SpaceTime Insight

Nokia acquires IoT startup SpaceTime Insight

Nokia has acquired California startup SpaceTime Insight, an Internet of Things company that provides machine-learning powered analytics tech and IoT applications to large energy and transportation corporates like FedEx, Singapore Power and Union Pacific Railroad. The...
Square acquires website builder Weebly

Square acquires website builder Weebly

 Square, the payments platform, has acquired website building service Weebly for $365 million. “This is a huge building block,” CEO Jack Dorsey said. “We can now offer our sellers an easy way, with minimal hassle, to sell both offline and online. All they have to...
Macy’s acquires super concept store Story

Macy’s acquires super concept store Story

Macy’s the American department store chain has acquired Manhattan based retail concept store Story. The company bills itself as a retail concept that takes the point of view of a magazine, changes like a gallery and sells things like a store. Every four to eight...