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Why Amazon should pay attention to Shein

TechCrunch

Shein , an online-only apparel store that sells the latest in fashion at very affordable prices, is a shining example of this trend. This trend has mushroomed as online shopping burgeoned over the past five years. Every investor and e-commerce exporter we spoke with noted the genius of Shein’s supply chain management.

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Former Myntra chief’s fashion startup Virgio valued at $161 million in new funding

TechCrunch

It is attempting to solve this by streamlining design, manufacturing and purchasing processes in “real-time,” offering Gen-Z and late millennials a platform where they can discover and purchase the new trendy apparels. There is a large underserved market for branded apparel in India currently.

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The fast track to intelligent retail modernization with TCS and Microsoft Cloud

CIO

IT leaders are prioritizing models that are more agile, efficient, and intelligent, allowing them to respond to market changes quickly. The right model facilitates the adoption of new technologies on cloud, provides a framework for collaboration between teams seamlessly, and supports continuous refinements in an agile manner.

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Fujitsu – Transforming business and society in the digital age

CIO

Delivering business agility and digital resilience In many cases, Fujitsu works with organizations that require assistance reviewing their infrastructures to understand what changes will help them operate most efficiently and with maximum agility. Customers are demanding this type of infrastructure agility today,” Kember points out.

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5 Ways to Unlock the Agile Mindset

Modus Create

Organizations that refuse to adopt an Agile mindset can jeopardize their entire business. With that in mind, let’s focus on the fourth Agile value in the Agile Manifesto : Responding to change over planning. Adopting a change mentality means adopting an Agile mindset. . What is the Agile mindset?

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Extra Crunch roundup: Unpacking BuzzFeed’s SPAC, curb your meeting enthusiasm, more

TechCrunch

In the last year, online apparel shopping app Shein grew active daily users by 130%, reports Apptopia. Practice agile, iterative change to refine products and build company culture. Practice agile, iterative change to refine products and build company culture. Senior Editor, TechCrunch. yourprotagonist. Image Credits: Shein.

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Annual Budgeting and Agile IT, Part I: Why the CFO Isn't Impressed with Agile

The Agile Manager

I’ve been asked by a number of people recently how we can reconcile Agile IT, which shuns long-range deterministic planning, with annual budget & planning cycles, which are dependent on it. Financing Agile IT thus has a steep hill to climb. Banks make money by borrowing short and lending long.

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