Shop.ca

{{Infobox website

|name = SHOP.CA Network Inc.

|logo = shop.ca-Logo.png

|logo_size = 250px

|foundation = {{Start date|2011|01|07}}
Toronto, Ontario, Canada{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbb.org/kitchener/business-reviews/online-retailer/shopca-in-toronto-on-1288380 |title=SHOP.CA Business Review in Toronto, ON - Mid-Western & Central Ontario BBB |access-date=2014-11-09 |archive-date=2014-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109101348/http://www.bbb.org/kitchener/business-reviews/online-retailer/shopca-in-toronto-on-1288380 |url-status=dead }}

|founder = Drew Green, Trevor Newell

|location = Toronto

|area_served = Canada

|key_people = {{unbulleted list|Ghassan Halazon (CEO)}}

|industry = Internet

|services = Online shopping

|num_employees = 51-200

|url = {{URL|SHOP.ca}}

|website_type = E-commerce

|language = English, French, Spanish

|parent = Emerge Commerce

|launch_date = 2011

}}

SHOP.CA is a Canadian coupons and savings website.

Overview

Founded in 2011, SHOP.CA originally allowed approved partners to list and sell products on their website for customers to purchase.{{Cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=212488487|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141109083938/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=212488487|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2014|title=Stocks}} SHOP.CA had about 15 million different SKUs on its website.{{cite web|url=http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/how-shop-ca-tapped-an-enterprise-solution-to-sell-more-skus-than-wal-mart/20029|title=How Shop.ca tapped an enterprise solution to sell more SKUs than Wal-Mart|date=14 February 2013|publisher=}} The company was recently acquired by Canadian Private Equity firm EMERGE Commerce Inc. for an undisclosed amount and continues to operate under the Shop.ca banner in Canada. Shop.ca has been re-positioned away from an e-commerce marketplace towards a "content & coupons destination". EMERGE Commerce Inc. is managed by Ghassan Halazon (CEO). The group's shareholders include a number of institutional and high net worth investors.{{who|date=July 2018}}

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