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TryNow raises $12M to bring try-before-you-buy, Prime Wardrobe as a service to online retailers

TechCrunch

TryNow — which provides technology to online retailers that use Shopify Plus to let their customers receive and try out apparel, return what they don’t want and pay only for what they keep — has raised $12 million, funding that it will be using to continue expanding its business.

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

CIO

Video and visual analytics ensure that trucks are filled before they leave the warehouse or distribution center, consolidating deliveries into fewer trips. With 5G-enabled smart mirrors, a person can virtually try on apparel. Sensors and other IoT devices track inventory and ensure that products are safe and secure.

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Why Apparel Brands Should Implement a Next-Generation ERP Solution Today – and How to Achieve It, Part 2

Capgemini

This three-part blog series explores the advantages of a modern ERP solution for apparel companies. A version of the series originally appeared in Apparel Magazine. Near-real-time analytics enable you to understand buying trends and shifts in customer behaviors and preferences as they are happening. SAP S/4HANA Fashion can help.

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A Day in the Life of a Content Analytics Engineer

Netflix Tech

Part of our series on who works in Analytics at Netflix?—?and I’m a Senior Analytics Engineer on the Content and Marketing Analytics Research team. My team focuses on innovating and maintaining the metrics Netflix uses to understand performance of our shows and films on the service. But what do I actually do? Why Netflix?

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

CIO

For others such as Brian Ferris, chief data, analytics, and technology officer at loyalty, marketing, and data analytics consulting firm Loyalty NZ, leading IT abroad was about “gaining huge value in seeing different issues and learning different ways of approaching problems, something that can’t be learnt out of a book.”

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Nexite raises $67M for its new approach to tagging and tracking merchandise in physical stores

TechCrunch

When it comes to commerce innovation, physical retail often feels like it gets the short end of the development stick against newer, faster-growing, more quantifiable (and still far from perfect) digital channels. “Also our overall solution is cheaper for their current needs than other solutions.”

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Redefining Manufacturing RPA: Navigate Challenges, Embrace Innovations, and Explore High-Impact Use Cases

Trigent

This approach is gaining popularity across industries as API-based integration is highly relevant, particularly in high-throughput and areas where large-scale operations are conducted & need a clear focus on performance metrics & business analytics.