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  • Google Maps’ Insights feature is rolling out in more countries

    Google Maps’ Insights feature is rolling out in more countries

    Google continues to work hard on improving Google Maps. The app does so much more than just help take you quickly and safely from point “A” to point “B” as it gives you the names of places to visit, where you should go to eat, events that you should attend while in town, and more. And now a newly redesigned feature named Google Maps’ Insights provides users with data about their travels that they might find helpful.

    Insights can show you the places that you’ve been traveling to and whether you got there by walking, biking, or by driving. You’ll see your travel history along with interesting information that reveals the busiest day of each month, the name of the attractions you’ve been visiting, the hotels where you’ve been staying, and the stores where you have been spending money.

    This might sound typically Google with all of your information being gobbled up, even if it is supposed to be for your benefit. But you can keep the information of your travels to yourself by using Google Maps while in incognito mode. You can also keep your privacy while using Google Maps by not logging in before you start to use the app.

    Keep in mind that if you do decide to use incognito mode on Google Maps. you will be unable to save your search or browsing history or send notifications. You also won’t be able to update Location History or shared location or personalize Google Maps.

    Insights is part of the Google Maps Timeline feature which can be found by tapping on your profile icon on the upper right corner of the Google Maps screen. The redesigned Insights is now rolling out to more regions around the world and Germany’s SmartDroid posted an image of the feature appearing in Germany containing all the statistics and data that Insights provide. The feature is also now rolling out in the U.K.

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  • Mad Paws to buy dog-treats subscription business Waggly Club

    Mad Paws to buy dog-treats subscription business Waggly Club

    Pet sitting and dog walking service Mad Paws is set to acquire dog-treats subscription retailer Waggly Club.

    Under the agreement, Mad Paws will buy 100 percent of the shares in Gasset Group, which owns Waggly Club, for $2 million in cash payable on completion and $1 million in Mad Paws fully paid ordinary shares. The acquisition is expected to be completed today.

    “We are always interested in strategic acquisitions that accelerate our growth and which fit into the Mad Paws strategy,” said Justus Hammer, CEO of Mad Paws. “The Waggly group perfectly complements Mad Paws not just from a product and strategy perspective but we share the same passion for helping pets to live their lives to the fullest.”

    Founded by Kate Herbert in 2016, Waggly Club provides monthly subscription boxes of Australian-made healthy dog treats and toys. Waggly Club revenue has surged from $800,000 to $1.5 million from FY 2020 to FY 2021.

    “As we look to our next horizon, my aim is to scale Waggly and reach more and more dogs and their fur parents each month,” said Kate Herbert, CEO and founder of Waggly Club.

    “Our products are complementary not only to the Mad Paws Dinner Bowl and Insurance offerings but also for distribution and promotion via the Mad Paws marketplace network.”

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  • Rumoured Dr Martens sale could fetch up to £1.2 billion

    Rumoured Dr Martens sale could fetch up to £1.2 billion

    Private-equity group Carlyle is reportedly considering a more-than-£1 billion bid for British footwear brand Dr Martens.

    According to Bloomberg, citing internal sources, current owner Permira, a European investment company, has engaged Goldman Sachs and another firm to evaluate options for the future of the Dr Martens business. An IPO is also a possibility.

    Bloomberg stressed that no firm offer has been lodged as yet and there is no guarantee a sale will proceed. None of the three parties have commented publicly on the reports.

    Permira paid £300 million for Dr Martens in 2014 and has since rebuilt and expanded the business through both physical stores and online. It now has 109 standalone stores worldwide in addition to a presence in a vast network of multi-brand footwear retailers.

    With suggestions the footwear brand could now be worth as much as £1.2 billion, Permira is likely to earn a massive return on its investment.

    The company’s earnings before interest and tax rose 70 percent last year to £85 million.

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  • Ecco is heading back to the Philippines

    Ecco is heading back to the Philippines

    Danish footwear brand Ecco is returning to the Philippines through a shop-in-shop concept at SM malls.

    The brand has launched spaces at SM Store Makati, SM Store Mall of Asia, and SM Megamall’s third floor Bridgeway Building. The openings are part of the label’s strategy to continue its expansion in the territory as more shop-in-shop formats and eventually, concept stores at select SM malls are being planned.

    Ecco operates in 87 countries at 2989 shops and shop-in-shops and  15,000 sales points globally. It remains one of the only major international shoe manufacturers to own and manage every step of the shoemaking process.

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