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Walmart acquires virtual clothing try-on startup Zeekit

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The company leverages a combination of real-time image processing, computer vision, deep learning and other AI technology to show shoppers how they would look in an item by way of a simulation that takes into account body dimensions, fit, size and even the fabric of the garment itself. EVP of Apparel and Private Brands, in an announcement.

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Fashinza, a B2B supply chain marketplace for fashion brands, raises $100M

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. “Even though brands were marking up their retail price at 75% to 80% margins, they were still making only around 8% to 10% profits and losing money due to high inventory wastage or going out of stock. They] struggled with … opacity due to multiple middlemen and their manufacturers being thousands of miles away.”

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Dipp uses AI to fix bottlenecks between marketing and design teams

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During that time, Chen says they realized that the marketing, sales and design process have stayed the same, despite new technology and tools being introduced to the market, and is often riddled with bottlenecks. Before founding dipp , Jennifer Chen and Mikhail Abramov spent 15 years working as art directors in New York City.

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

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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. As-a-service, at your service.

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Elon Musk buying Twitter after all, the ‘next Mark Zuckerberg’ and fare thee well, Stadia

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Welcome back to Week in Review , the newsletter where we quickly sum up some of the most read TechCrunch stories from the past seven days. Even when you’re swamped, a quick skim of WiR on Saturday morning should give you a pretty good understanding of what happened in tech this week. Want it in your inbox? Get it here. most read.

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Announcing the startups and judges onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

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Koop Technologies (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) — Presenter: Sergey Litvinenko, co-Founder and CEO. “Koop Technologies is an insurance platform for autonomous vehicles and robotics. Before SAIC, she led the Corporate Venture Group at Maxim Integrated, where she led multiple strategic technology acquisitions and venture investments.

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

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In that case, it is essential to understand why companies consider adopting new technologies or digital transformations like Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) to meet customer needs. This technology has entered various fields of business and offered a changing aspect. As of 2023, there are 65.9 million VR users and 110.1

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