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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

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Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? “This is a nascent industry and so there is a lot of both market and user education involved in introducing people to this technology and ensuring brands can capitalize on its potential,” Dogadkina said. A separate poll of over 2,000 U.S.

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Cobalt launches from beta with a $2.8M seed to help creators launch products

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As internet creators and influencers grow their followings, it’s not always intuitive what the best way to monetize might be. These products go beyond an influencer moneygrab — Cobalt is deliberately not developing apparel products, since Black is concerned about the environmental impact of fast fashion.

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Lily AI lands new capital to help retailers match customers with products

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provides a product recommendation tool that draws on data from across the internet. Meta has also experimented with apparel attribute prediction for Facebook Marketplace, two years ago showcasing a system that could extract clothing attributes and fashion styles from photos of models on Instagram and Flickr. For example, Depict.ai

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Arive raises $20M for an instant delivery service beyond groceries and essentials

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The funding is being led by Balderton Capital, with Global Founders Capital (the firm connected to Rocket Internet’s Samwer family), Burda Principal Investments, La Famiglia and 468 Capital also participating. (La The reason for the vote of confidence is that so far, the numbers look promising.

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Daily Crunch: Cloudflare rolls out new mobile services to secure employees’ smartphones

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We love you so much that we’ve got five more highlights from across the site: Loving the pre-loved : Christine reports that Gently’s shopping aggregator aims to remove friction of locating secondhand apparel. It seems to be a way for the smartphone maker to broaden its appeal.

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Despite the venture slowdown, fintech startups are still hiring

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Among the positions it is hiring for are Real-Time Analyst and Lifecycle Marketing Manager. ” Among the roles it is hiring for are Head of Data Science / Credit, Fraud, & Pricing and Partner Marketing & Enablement. Its 22-year-old founder was inspired after paying vendors for his apparel brand with paper checks.

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How to reinvent Mobile eCommerce App through Personalization

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E-commerce, as a booming market over the globe for a decade, is not limited to any age, profession, or urban population. The last year 2019 is the big answer proving why “Personalization technology” is important and how it helped business marketing to grow. What is eCommerce Personalization? trillion. .