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Daily Crunch: Falling short of analysts’ estimates, Warner Bros. Discovery posts $2.1B net loss for Q4 2022

TechCrunch

Fashion layoffs : Secondhand apparel marketplace Poshmark is now laying off employees just two months after being acquired by Naver, Kate reports. TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. net loss for Q4 2022 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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The power players of retail transformation: IoT, 5G, and AI/ML on Microsoft Cloud

CIO

Retail customers are looking to achieve net zero goals by creating sustainable value chains and reducing the environmental impact of their operations,” says Marianne Röling, Vice President Global System Integrators, Microsoft. “TCS’ With 5G-enabled smart mirrors, a person can virtually try on apparel.

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Fitness startup Aarmy reinvents itself for a remote fitness world

TechCrunch

Trey Laird, who founded the startup with trainers Akin Akman (chief fitness officer) and Angela Manuel-Davis (chief motivation officer), told me that within 48 hours, the strategy shifted online, starting with fitness classes via Instagram Live — something it continues to offer, while also launching a digital subscription program over the summer.

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Next-day package delivery startup Veho valued at $1B following $125M Series A

TechCrunch

To do that, and invest in technology development, growing the team and introducing and scaling its doorstep returns program, the company announced $125 million in Series A funding that valued the company at $1 billion. It is already working in 14 U.S. markets, but plans to grow to 50 markets by the end of 2022.

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Is retail ready for a restart in the post-pandemic world?

Capgemini

I have been engaged in the retail industry for 16 years, and I think it has been hit the hardest: millions of jobs lost, an estimated $430 billion downturn in retail revenue according to NRF estimates , 58% reduction in foot traffic across retail industries, and a more than 37% drop in online sales for apparel and footwear.

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How is UX Design Impacting Retail?

BrainStation Technology

Consider the recreational apparel company Outdoor Voices, which has stores and pop-ups in cities around the U.S., Loyalty programs. According to BCG’s numbers, 130 million Americans are now members of a restaurant loyalty program, more than twice as many as in 2015. It’s funny, we actually don’t call them ‘stores’ anymore.

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5 Convincing Benefits of Sustainable Business Practices

Strategy Driven

The company persuades and empowers its employees to participate in the green programs and become part of the change. Thus, they are working towards making their apparel and accessories more sustainable. Retaining a valued workforce is thus also less of a hassle if the company has a positive image in the market.