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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. billion in 2022.

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What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption

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Most CEOs (72%) continue to prioritize digital investments, according to the 2022 CEO Outlook report from KPMG, in part due to concerns about emerging and disruptive technology, a top three risk to organizational growth. Digital transformation is the integration of digital technologies into all aspects of business operations.

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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

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It may not be as glamorous as D2C, but beauty tech is big money. For big brands and retailers, personalization is expected to be the top category for tech investment this year. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion. Smart packaging with IoT and distributed ledger technology. More posts by this contributor.

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What investors need to know about research and inspiration in the COVID-19 era

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For those investing in tech companies, newly honed remote research capabilities are a critical yet undervalued asset and a stealth indicator of company health. Are they just giving a presentation, or are they using these tools in an open-ended fashion to spur dynamic conversation? It helps people let their guard down.

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Streamline Your Recruitment Process With These 7 Tips

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If we recruiters dream, it would be about how easy tech recruitment could be—create a job vacancy post, watch the applications pour in, and then, pick the best out of them. Tips to streamline technical recruitment. 60% of job seekers gave up on their applications due to unclear job descriptions, according to GoRemotely.

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5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

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based tech founders are welcomed with open arms. and StartupAmsterdam, there are 1,661 tech companies in Amsterdam, while the city ranked fifteenth in Startup Genome’s 2019 report “Global Startup Ecosystem Report,” moving up four places since 2017. NL seems well-positioned for fintech, deep tech.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

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Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. We surveyed: • Gerda Sakalauskait? What are the tech investors like?