Shutterfly Delivers Strong Results, But the Stock Continues to Tank

A recent IBISWorld report on the online photo printing market in the US estimated the industry to have grown 10% annually over the period 2009 to 2014 to $2 billion. Leading online photo printing player Shutterfly (Nasdaq: SFLY) reported second quarter results that were better than the market’s forecast.

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From E-Commerce to Web 3.0: MercadoLibre Still Dominates Latin America

According to a Forrester research report, Brazil’s business-to-consumer e-commerce sales are projected to grow from $17.8 billion in 2014 to $40.8 billion in 2019. Argentina, the second largest market in the region, is expected to see e-commerce sales grow from $3.4 billion in 2014 to $8.3 million in 2019 and over the same period, Mexico will see revenues grow from $2.8 billion to $6.7 billion. Latin America’s e-commerce leader MercadoLibre is continuing to thrive in this rapid growth market. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: ContextLogic Marries Wish Lists to Vendors

According to a recent US Census Bureau report, the country’s retail e-commerce sales, adjusted for seasonal variation, grew 4.2% over the year to $83.9 billion during the second quarter this year. Total retail sales during the same period grew 1.6% to $1,171.5 billion. Billion Dollar Unicorn player ContextLogic appears to be reaping the full benefits of this growing market.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Sprinklr Rolls up Social Media Management Software Before IPO

The Social Media Management Software (SMMS) market has been consolidating rapidly with companies like Oracle, Google, Salesforce, and Adobe making significant SMMS acquisitions in 2012. To compete, Billion Dollar Unicorn Sprinklr has been on an acquisition spree, rolling up seven SMMS startups in 18 months. >>>

Will Oracle’s Cloud Business Take Off?

The worldwide SaaS enterprise applications market was worth $22.6 billion in 2013 and is expected by IDC to increase to $50.8 billion by 2018, representing a CAGR of 17.6% for the period. Overall applications market in 2013 was $135.9B. From 16.6% in 2013, SaaS is expected to account for 27.8% of the worldwide enterprise applications market. The cloud has been a key focus for Oracle for some time now. However, it is a tough market to crack with tough competition and low margins. Will Oracle be able to crack it?

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: VNG Grows While Remaining Focused on Vietnam

There aren’t many Southeast Asian countries who have managed to reach the Billion Dollar Unicorn Club. In fact, according to market reports, there are only two players in the region — Garena from Singapore and VNG from Vietnam.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Klarna Takes the Risk out of E-Commerce

According to a recent report by eMarketer, e-commerce revenues are projected to grow 12.4% annually to be worth $3.5 trillion by 2019. E-commerce is estimated to account for $1.672 trillion in sales this year, contributing to 7.3% of overall global retail sales. By 2019, e-commerce will account for 12.4% of total retail sales. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Klarna is helping drive this growth by simplifying the process of purchasing for both buyers and sellers.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Pinterest Eyes E-Commerce

According to eMarketer, worldwide business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce sales are expected to reach $2.3 trillion by 2017. Billion Dollar Unicorn Club  member Pinterest is eyeing this market with its recent launch of Buyable Pins. This comes amid the rise of discovery-driven commerce apps such as Fancy, Wish, and Wanelo and the e-commerce plans of Facebook and Twitter. >>>

Chegg Expands into Online Education

Analyts expect the digital education market to quadruple in size to $450 billion over the next five years. Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is moving away from its traditional textbook rental service to focus on this disruptive market. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: InsideSales.com Bootstraps First, Raises Money Later

Analysts estimate the sales acceleration technology market to be worth $12.8 billion. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member InsideSales.com is making big inroads in this market.

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