TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Bearing the brunt of the impact is the fashion industry, which employs millions of workers at retail stores, suppliers, and manufacturing factories around the world. Fashinza , a Dehli, India-based supply chain “marketplace” for fashion brands and retailers, was co-founded months before the disruptions.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The social commerce market is already worth more than $13 billion in Southeast Asia, but the checkout process is filled with friction. Many sellers don’t have online storefronts and instead use social media and messaging apps, which means payment is made by switching to banking apps or wallets.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Consumers should understand the side effects of business models — particularly the privatization of profit and the socialization of costs, including human and environmental harm.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Evermos is an Indonesian social commerce startup with two goals: to let people earn extra income by opening online stores without spending capital and to help small brands grow into household names. Super, an Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce startup, raises $28M led by SoftBank Ventures Asia. Image Credits: Evermos.

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CIO

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If there is one universal truth, it’s that fashion is fickle. In the apparel industry, what’s in fashion one day may be out of fashion the next. That way, you can keep up with ever-changing demand and stay in fashion with your retailer customers — as Crystal International Group, Ltd.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Consumer interest in open source, decentralized social networking isn’t something that was only reflected in news headlines over the past year, it’s also apparent in the financials behind Mastodon.

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Agile Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Large organizations and enterprises always talk about "operating in a lean-startup" like fashion. The post Agile For Social Good first appeared on Agile Alliance. Do you ever wonder how does a lean-startup operate? What does it take to make a lean start up successful? Where do you start when you don't have … Continued.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Founder and CEO Zach Oschin started the Colombia-based social commerce company in 2018 (and participated in our Latin American Startup Battlefield that year) to move the traditional independent sales process online. Social commerce startup Elenas raises $6M and plans for international expansion.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Walkie-talkie, a social audio platform developed by Picslo Corp, has raised a $3.25 Audio was coming back into fashion, especially with Gen Z and with the movement around anti-social networking. The company’s seed round comes as social audio apps and features have gained popularity amid the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is announcing a seed round to give its growth a boost. General Catalyst — one of the group of VCs out of the U.S. ” .

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

How should the fashion company scale its adaptive fashion line?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Seemingly, much of Maisonette’s traction owes to the trust it has built with customers, who see its offerings as high-end yet accessible relative to the many high-end fashion brands that are also increasingly focused on the children’s market, like Gucci and Burberry. “It’s why people liked wedding registries.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Indonesian social commerce app KitaBeli’s team, including founders Prateek Chaturvedi (seated, right front row and Ivana Medea Tjandra (center front row). KitaBeli , an Indonesian social commerce app for group buying, announced today it has raised a $10 million Series A.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2022

As shoppers become increasingly eager to buy via live shopping on social platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, retailers face new challenges: How to capture the shoppers’ attention on social media when the urge to buy hits? Live shopping is one of the most exciting retail experiences in a long time.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The pandemic has upended many aspects of urban life but perhaps the most visible upheaval is to citydwellers’ social lives, with curfews calling time on traditional night life across much of the Western world and social distancing putting a chilly spin on opportunities for getting together with people outside your usual circle.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Users on Beams are encouraged to join interest-based groups and (asynchronously) listen or clip into topic-based threads — on, well, whatever you want to talk about, be it art or politics, fashion, food or music etc etc… Topics on Beams are a real pick’n’mix — and the overall experience can feel pretty random. (Or,

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Our relationship with fashion has changed, and not just because of the pandemic. Months in lockdown means people are probably more aware of their fashion purchases and how they consume, given its been such a long time without socializing. As well as this, LBD itself also curates a feed of fashion/lifestyle news and surveys.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

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

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

” A colloquial term for the men who regularly reply to women’s posts in an overly familiar fashion, often to “mansplain,” tone police, offer unsolicited advice or gaslight the original poster, reply guys have been a longtime […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Kanye West , also known as Ye, is buying niche social network Parler in a deal that will see the musician, fashion mogul, and controversy generator buy the service — but not the infrastructure that powers it. That’s our show. We will see you tomorrow morning at Disrupt!

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Regardless if you’re launching a clothing brand or you want to make your fashion business known globally, there are various ways on how to be successful in the fashion industry. While it’s helpful to have a little experience, it’s easy to learn about fashion as you go using online resources, books or classes. Dress For Success.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

It had once worked with Rebecca Minkoff during Fashion Week to help women shop the show’s looks. Shoppers will also be able to share their virtual outfits with friends for a second opinion, via the new integration, adding the social element back into online shopping. EVP of Apparel and Private Brands, in an announcement.

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CEO Insider

MAY 18, 2021

Fashion leads and shapes ideas on a global level, and we should be doing that not just for the industry, but for business as a whole. As fashion brands look to provide beautiful pieces that may push the boundaries of design, we must also look […]. Behind everything we do, there must be a deeper purpose.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

“I can either follow the game there and return (akin to Farmville back in the day and Facebook) and go back to social to play, or I can save a bookmark or a progressive web app to my phone screen and have a pseudo-app at my finger tips.” TikTok and Instagram are now the equivalents of an old-fashioned arcade. “I

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Perussault Diallo as a marketplace for Africa-based and -inspired fashion, clothing, accessories, arts and crafts. After some research, the founders noticed that these sellers also engaged with other channels, such as websites or social media. Afrikrea is now one of the features on the ANKA website.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

In true TechCrunch fashion, part two is a pitch-off with an amazing group of founders from the Ohio region. ” SureImpact – “Equips the social-service ecosystem with a user-friendly case management platform that enables organizations to seamlessly measure and communicate their unique social impact”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The feature, which will work with women’s fashion and wedding ideas at launch, builds on Pinterest’s new […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The company owns an animated collab house of “synthetic superstars” — characters who live on social media and pop up everywhere else through partnerships with celebrities, iconic fashion brands and gaming platforms. New ‘No Ads’ Social Network Ello Is Blowing Up Right Now. Ello, Ello?

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The Hustle

JANUARY 25, 2024

Multiple factors are likely contributing to the influx of women into the sport, per The Washington Post : Overall interest in golf surged during the pandemic as people looked for outdoor, socially distant activities. Activewear brands like Lululemon, Adidas, and Nike carry golf clothing for women, as do high-end fashion brands.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

As younger consumers are shifting to social apps that focus on video and more personal forms of social networking, a new social app called Studio , launching today, is introducing a group camcorder experience that allows groups of friends to share videos with one another in private albums. ” Image Credits: Studio.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Launched in the Philippines, social commerce startup Resellee wants to recreate the success of Pinduoduo, one of China’s fastest-growing e-commerce companies, in Southeast Asia. Like Pinduoduo, India’s Meesho and other social commerce platforms, Reselllee does not require sellers to carry their own inventory.

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elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog

JULY 4, 2022

Remember when Social Capital was cool back in the mid-90s at the same time Knowledge Management (KM) was in fashion? In fact, with the emergence of social, digital tools over the last couple of decades, specially, Enterprise Social Networking Tools, a.k.a. So time to get back to work! That was 16 years ago!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

While there are plenty of other places to record short-form video these days, most of these exist in the social media space, which isn’t appropriate for a work environment. ” Instead of just blasting them a message on LinkedIn, you could also paste in the Popcorn URL to introduce yourself in a more natural, friendly fashion.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Konvy was launched in 2012 by Chinese entrepreneur QingGui Huang, who previously managed fashion e-commerce platforms in China. Konvy taps into the high rate of social media usage by developing a feedback loop, where engagements on its partner brands’ not only helps Konvy’s existing portfolio, but also helps more brands in the future.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Step forward Cosmos Video , which has a virtual venues platform that allows people to work, hang out and socialize together. On Cosmos you sit on the screen and consume one video call after another as you move around the space, so it is mimicking serendipity, after a fashion. It has now raised $2.6m

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Kenyan startup Wowzi has secured new funding to expand the reach of its platform, which turns social media users into brand influencers, to West and Southern Africa — as it taps the increasing usage of social sites across the continent driven by the proliferation of smartphones and a deepening internet penetration.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Before TMV, Darabi managed digital partnerships and social media marketing at The New York Times. She also co-founded two companies: Zady, which helps with sustainable fashion manufacturing, and Foodspotting, a visual guide that helps diners find dishes near them (since acquired by OpenTable).

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