The news today that Google has entered into an agreement to acquire retail tech company Pointy is a vindication for Pointy’s founders, who in the early days of the company had to convince investors ...

While most large retailers already have their inventory online, the same cannot be said about local stores. To power its “See what’s in store” feature, Google announced today that it’s acquiring ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Pointy, founded in 2014, gives brick and mortar local ...

The company, which was acquired by Google last year, is providing hardware for retailers to list their inventories online and attract shoppers. Google-owned Pointy is offering free devices to Irish ...

Pointy , an Irish start startup that lets local retailers put their stock online so that they can be discovered via search engines, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The round is being led by ...

Google's purchase of retail technology start-up Pointy is noteworthy. For all its acquisitive tendencies, Google has only moved to acquire four Irish businesses to date out of more than 230 worldwide ...