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Curated Loop is ranging indie designer picks for an edgier take on fashion rentals

TechCrunch

Here’s a fashion rental startup with a twist: London, U.K.-based Curated Loop’s co-founders, Anna Caldana and Rachel Mcluckie, bring a background in (and passion for) fashion to what they hope will be badged as a fresh approach to designer rentals. So the promise is access to unique high-end designs. to rent the look).

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Purple Dot, a waitlist and preorder platform for the fashion industry, raises $4M

TechCrunch

Because of the unpredictable nature of the fashion industry, fashion brands often have to “guestimate” demand for their products, and if they get that demand wrong, they have to deal with the wasted inventory. All too often clothes end up being incinerated unnecessarily, adding to their environmental impact.

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Dissecting Alstom’s three-part IT strategy

CIO

And with four industrial centers, four technology centers, and a foothold in more than 20 maintenance workshops, the company’s technological strategy is pivotal to progress as Pablo Celada, director of technology and systems for Europe at Alstom, reveals. Can you describe the strategy behind purchasing Bombardier’s railway business for €4.4

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Newly funded Maisonette is becoming a go-to brand for fashion-conscious families; here’s how

TechCrunch

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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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

TechCrunch

Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion. Startups that deliver sustainable personalization solutions that also improve business for retailers and brands fall into three categories: AR virtual try-on with shade matching. Smart packaging with IoT and distributed ledger technology. AR virtual try-on with shade matching.

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Let the Urgency of Your Customers’ Needs Guide Your Sales Strategy

Harvard Business Review

This article provides a process for segmenting prospective customers in this fashion and creating a sales strategy. When companies are creating profiles of possible target customers, there is a dimension they often overlook: the urgency of the need for the offering.

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Lablaco seeks to help usher in the new era of web3 digitized retail

TechCrunch

Today, SPIN by lablaco, launched its first digitized retail experience called Web3 Fashion: The Origin Story at the famed Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées. The plan is to host a three-week takeover with Crypto.com, showing consumers how digitized fashion could lay the path toward a zero-waste and more sustainable future.

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