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Digital-commerce ecosystem has grown out but not up, investor’s analysis shows

Canadian startups sold plenty of footwear, futons and flowers to shoppers at home and abroad during the pandemic, while retailers everywhere used software developed in this country to move their businesses online as COVID-19 swept the world. But the ecosystem still needs to produce more companies at scale, a new analysis from a leading sector investor suggests.

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