Salesforce buys e-commerce firm Demandware for $2.8bn in cash

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CRM specialist to shift decisively towards cloud-based e-commerce in new sales push

Salesforce.com is to acquire rival cloud services company Demandware, which specialises in e-commerce, in a $2.8bn all-cash deal. The Demandware acquisition, which is expected to close by mid-20...

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