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Deep Agency shows the perils of applying AI to the fashion industry

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Tons of things, like automating content for social media influencers, models for marketeers’ ads and ecommerce product photography.” According to one survey , as of 2016, 78% of models in fashion adverts were white.) It’s a photo studio, with a few big differences,” Postma explained in a series of tweets.

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

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adults in an August 2021 Gallup survey saying that they’ve been unable to get a product they wanted in the past two months because of shortages. 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.

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Little Black Door launches app on iOS/Android allowing women to share wardrobes, online and off

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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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Extra Crunch roundup: Clubhouse UX teardown, YC Demo Day favorites, proptech VC survey, more

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In recent years, there has been a shift to the active use of social media and online shopping, meaning the Middle East embodies great potential for adtech startups. Social+ payments: Why fintechs need social features. Social+ products are seeing mass adoption because they marry community with functionality.

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Kenyan startup Wowzi secures $3.2 million from 4DX Ventures, Andela co-founder to expand across Africa

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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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Trendsi secures $25M to help sellers and manufacturers predict demand

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“With Trendsi … influencers, creators, and more can sell via social networks without worrying about sourcing products, managing warehouse, packaging and shipping, etc., . “We are building a new platform that lowers the barrier for anyone to start selling online or offline,” Zhang told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

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On the other hand, a Deloitte survey from September found that just 5% of U.S. Highlighting the pressure platform developers face, AltspaceVR, one of the first social applications of VR, was recently sunsetted by parent company Microsoft. A separate poll of over 2,000 U.S.

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