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The Folklore Group secures $1.7 million, launches fashion B2B e-commerce platform

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Fashion e-commerce startup, The Folklore Group , has today announced a shift from direct-to-consumer to B2B wholesale against the backdrop of a $1.7 The startup’s new wholesale business dubbed The Folklore Connect , will link luxury fashion brands in emerging markets to bulk retailers in North America, and later, in Europe.

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Virtual dressing room startup Revery.ai applying computer vision to the fashion industry

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While looking around for areas where there would be less monopoly and more ability to monetize technology, he became interested in fashion. Its virtual dressing room product is now live on many fashion e-commerce platforms, including Zalora-Global Fashion Group, one of the largest fashion companies in Southeast Asia, Li said.

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Calico attracts Serena Williams to $2.1M seed to build fashion supply chain software

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A few years ago Kathleen Chan , the CEO and founder of Calico , launched a couple of small fashion companies, but as those companies scaled quickly with the help of Shopify and Facebook ads, she noted a lack of tools to help her manage the back office of a business specifically geared to fashion. million seed round.

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Stoggles thinks protective eyewear can be fashionable, too

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We wear sunglasses to keep the sun out of our eyes, but they have always been a piece of fashion. Stoggles co-founders Max Greenberg and Rahul Khatri think the fashion label should also apply to protective eyewear. Both were working together at another fashion eyewear company when the global pandemic hit.

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Generative AI: 5 enterprise predictions for AI and security — for 2023, 2024, and beyond

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From IT, to finance, marketing, engineering, and more, AI advances are causing enterprises to re-evaluate their traditional approaches to unlock the transformative potential of AI. What can enterprises learn from these trends, and what future enterprise developments can we expect around generative AI?

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Fashinza, a B2B supply chain marketplace for fashion brands, raises $100M

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Bearing the brunt of the impact is the fashion industry, which employs millions of workers at retail stores, suppliers, and manufacturing factories around the world. Fashinza , a Dehli, India-based supply chain “marketplace” for fashion brands and retailers, was co-founded months before the disruptions.

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How SAP Helped a Leading Apparel Manufacturer Stay in Fashion with International Customers

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If there is one universal truth, it’s that fashion is fickle. In the apparel industry, what’s in fashion one day may be out of fashion the next. That way, you can keep up with ever-changing demand and stay in fashion with your retailer customers — as Crystal International Group, Ltd.

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