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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? The startup’s experimenting with machine learning as well, focusing on the tech’s ability to create visuals and 360-degree videos for product demos. On the horizon for Emperia are new verticals and better personalization tools, Dogadkina says.

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Voila raises $6M for its A.I.-powered storefronts for online creators

TechCrunch

Voila , a startup building infrastructure for social commerce, is bringing concepts from China’s e-commerce market to the U.S. He later joined a machine learning team at Google, thanks to his mathematics background. To date, Voila has raised $7.5 million, including from investors SOSV and Artesian. to attend college.

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Businesses including Stitch Fix are already experimenting with DALL-E 2

TechCrunch

Stitch Fix, the online service that uses recommendation algorithms to personalize apparel, says it has experimented with DALL-E 2 to visualize its products based on specific characteristics like color, fabric and style. ” The company invited fans to send their own prompts, which Heinz curated and shared across its social channels.

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How to reinvent Mobile eCommerce App through Personalization

Openxcell

A world is full of e-commerce where services and experiences matters, as a shopper, I will expect that everything should be offered to me from communication to their social media images for clarity and trust to the items delivered the same as shown on the website. Customized and Shoppable Social Media Feed.

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Is retail ready for a restart in the post-pandemic world?

Capgemini

I have been engaged in the retail industry for 16 years, and I think it has been hit the hardest: millions of jobs lost, an estimated $430 billion downturn in retail revenue according to NRF estimates , 58% reduction in foot traffic across retail industries, and a more than 37% drop in online sales for apparel and footwear.

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Why Adopting New Technologies like AR and VR are Essential for Your Business?

Trigent

One of the world’s leading cosmetic brands now offers an expanded makeup experience in partnership with a leading social media platform. An American athletic footwear and apparel corporation utilizes augmented reality and virtual reality in its physical stores. Customers can try the world’s leading beauty brands via AR.

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Demand Forecasting Methods: Using Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics to See the Future of Sales

Altexsoft

Too many factors, from weather fluctuations to posts of social media influencers, impact buyers, making them frequently change their minds. Let’s compare the existing options: traditional statistical forecasting, machine learning algorithms, predictive analytics that combine both approaches, and demand sensing as a supporting tool.