As e-commerce companies prepare for the holiday season, their investors are in the market for some discounts of their own.
Fab Inc., a marketplace for luxury wares that was founded last year, raised money at a lower valuation than it had sought after watching Facebook Inc.’s stock plummet. Flash-sale site Gilt Groupe Inc. and subscription retailers BeachMint Inc. and ShoeDazzle.com Inc. are bracing for an increasingly competitive climate after funding rounds in the past 18 months.
