Shopify Acquires 6 River Systems

ShipCalm Acquires River Source Logistics

July 2, 2024

Transportation

ShipCalm, an e-commerce operations platform and third-party logistics provider, has acquired River Source Logistics to expand its fulfillment capacity and third-party logistics capabilities. The deal more than doubles ShipCalm’s customer base, adds substantially larger warehouse capacity (including Los Angeles and Indiana footprints), and will enable cost savings and improved West Coast scale for ShipCalm’s customers.

Shopify Acquires Deliverr to Expand Fulfillment Capabilities

July 8, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Shopify Inc. completed its acquisition of Deliverr, Inc. for approximately $2.1 billion in a mix of cash and Shopify Class A shares. The deal integrates Deliverr's fulfillment software, talent, data, and network into the Shopify Fulfillment Network to expand multichannel, fast fulfillment for merchants across major marketplaces and sales channels.

Two Six Technologies Acquires River Loop Security

April 4, 2022

Cybersecurity

Two Six Technologies acquired River Loop Security LLC to deepen its technical cybersecurity capabilities in embedded systems, hardware reverse engineering, wireless systems and IoT. The strategic combination adds River Loop's expertise and its Pilot Security IoT firmware analysis platform to Two Six's product and services portfolio and increases Two Six's workforce to over 500.

Ryder System Acquires Whiplash Fulfillment

December 13, 2021

Logistics & Distribution

Ryder System, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Whiplash, a City of Industry, California-based omnichannel e-commerce fulfillment and logistics provider, for approximately $480 million in cash. The acquisition expands Ryder's e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment network (adding 19 warehouses and ~7 million square feet), is expected to be accretive, and aims to integrate Whiplash's technology, operations, and team to accelerate capability and geographic coverage.

FedEx Acquires ShopRunner

December 28, 2020

E-Commerce

FedEx Corporation completed its acquisition of ShopRunner, an e-commerce platform that connects brands and merchants with online shoppers. ShopRunner will operate within FedEx Dataworks to combine its pre-purchase, data-driven marketing and omnichannel capabilities with FedEx's logistics and post-purchase services to expand FedEx's e-commerce offering.

WeCommerce Acquires Foursixty

June 11, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

WeCommerce, a Canadian e-commerce technology holding company, has acquired Foursixty Inc., a Toronto-based shoppable Instagram and UGC content platform that serves thousands of direct-to-consumer brands. Foursixty will join WeCommerce's portfolio of Shopify-focused businesses and continue to operate independently to support merchants in monetizing Instagram content.