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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of VR retail. Enter Emperia , an “immersive” retail startup that — to its credit — has already created virtual stores for brands including Bloomingdales, Dior, Ralph Lauren and Lacoste.

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MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder

TechCrunch

This year at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, MeetKai is launching several new platforms geared toward metaverse creators and users, including a way to digitize 3D spaces and buildings using any internet-connected device with a camera. MeetKai’s second new product, MeetKai Metaverse Editor, is a bit more differentiating.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

TechCrunch

Genies has made forays into fashion before — the startup partnered with Gucci back in 2020 to give the retailer’s customers access to try on new virtual designs and to buy curated digital goods. Everybody wants to exist in a 3D spatial world,” Nigam said.

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Enterprise IT moves forward — cautiously — with generative AI

CIO

And over at used car retailer CarMax, they’ve been using generative AI for over a year, leveraging OpenAI’s APIs to consolidate customer review text to summaries that are more manageable and readable. But CIO Shamim Mohammad says his team has expanded its use of the technology into other areas as well.

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Amazon’s “App Store for the Physical World”

CTOvision

Technologists love talking about the future and its “Internet of Things,” or the increasing interaction between the physical and cyber worlds. And with major retailers like Amazon joining the fray, the Internet of Things has never been more mainstream. Amazon’s new service hastens the arrival of the Internet of Things.

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Daily Crunch: Citing ‘uncertain mortgage market,’ Better.com rolls out employee buyout plan

TechCrunch

Navigating the choppy e-commerce seas : As reporter Ingrid Lunden writes, “e-commerce is synonymous with shopping on Amazon, but the reality is that a retailer has the option to use a bundle of different channels to sell and market products.” Non, je ne internete rien : Stackblitz raises $7.9

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Digital transformation in retail: 10 changes in customer in-store experience

Apiumhub

The growth of online sale is very robust globally, with a growth rate about four times higher than that of all retail sales. 2) Omnichannel retail. Big data now is widely used in retail, since it enables to transmit it into insights in consumer behavior. In new era “no cloud” policy is as rare as “no-internet”.

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