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Lightspeed backs Indian startup Zyod aiming to make apparel manufacturing more efficient

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Zyod, an Indian startup offering apparel sourcing and manufacturing to fashion brands globally, has raised $3.5 The Gurugram-based startup claims it can disrupt the apparel industry by delivering a new product range in a mere 21 days, with a minimum order quantity of just 50 pieces.

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Gently’s shopping aggregator aims to remove friction of locating secondhand apparel

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The market is very fragmented with all of the sites,” Spitz told TechCrunch. Gently’s secondhand apparel marketplace Image Credits: Gently. “It’s alone, the secondhand market saw “record growth” of 32% in 2021 and was forecasted to more than double in the next four years to be valued at $82 billion. In the U.S.

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Silq spins its technology into visibility for apparel manufacturing

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Its technology helps users source, make and ship apparel, footwear, home goods and accessory brands. In fact, Silq puts its own employees on the ground in facilities to provide updates during the production process that results in improved product quality and accelerated speed-to-market. That growth is buoyed by $17.6

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Sustainable e-commerce startup Olive now ships beauty products, in addition to apparel

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They join Olive’s numerous apparel and accessory retailers like Adidas, Superga, Rag & Bone, Birdies, Vince, Goop, Khaite, and Veronica Beard, among others. Meanwhile, market leaders like Amazon and Walmart seem largely interested in increasing the speed of delivery, not necessarily the efficiency and sustainability.

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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. Chen says most have large sales and marketing teams, but a shortage of designers.

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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

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Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. Naturally, they started in apparel but are also seeing opportunity in beauty and home goods.

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Reusable packaging startup Olive creates new model to keep clothes out of landfills

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Today, the company relaunches itself in the business-to-business space to work initially with apparel retailers on establishing a circular economy that delivers clothing and accessory orders in waste-free, reusable packaging, while also making consignment easier.

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