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

CIO

Thanks to cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G technologies, every link in the retail supply chain is becoming more tightly integrated. Shanthakumar, Solution Architect – IoT, Retail Business Unit, TCS.

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Supply chain decarbonization: The missing link to net zero

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Pledges like the ones above, for instance, mean tracking data on the deforestation impact of ingredients such as soya, palm, cocoa, and coffee, which many consumer goods and retail businesses use in their food and personal care products. 

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Lablaco seeks to help usher in the new era of web3 digitized retail

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The future of digital retail has arrived in Paris, naturally. Today, SPIN by lablaco, launched its first digitized retail experience called Web3 Fashion: The Origin Story at the famed Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées. This is not something we can invent with AI in a few seconds.

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UK’s PrimaryBid raises $50M as its retail investing platform sees a Covid-19 surge of activity

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PrimaryBid , which allows retail investors (that is, ordinary and not professional investors ) the ability to invest in new shares issued by public companies, has raised $50 million in new funding of its own. Retail investors are, in essence, a long-tail play. s public companies by providing additional capital and liquidity. .

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

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Come together, right now…over e-commerce : Amazon joined an India-backed e-commerce initiative that interestingly enough was challenging the retail giant’s seeming monopoly in the market, Manish writes. net loss for Q4 2022 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch You can’t do that : The U.S. Rebecca has more.

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Upsie’s direct-to-consumer swing at the warranty space nets $18.2M

TechCrunch

Clarence Bethea (pictured below) founded Upsie after realizing the significant markup that retailers were placing on warranties. His goal was to focus not on the retailer, but rather the end user and making the process more transparent, more affordable and simpler. A number of angels also put money in the round. .

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Kenya-based aquaculture tech Victory Farms nets $5M funding to expand into new markets

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With a large fish deficit and retail prices reaching $5 per kilo, Victory Farm says it uses technology to produce more fish and drive down costs simultaneously for the thousands of market women who buy fish in small batches to cook and sell in local food markets. “We billion fish deficit.