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JULY 19, 2022

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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MARCH 9, 2022

The global thirst for an up-charged pair of Yeezy’s or limited edition Jordan’s combined with a growth in a digital ecosystem is creating new opportunities, particularly in the sneaker resale market, for companies like Kicks Crew , a Los Angeles- and Hong Kong-based sneaker and apparel platform. Canada, Australia and Asia.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

If your customer acquisition cost spikes, it could be a market trend. Users get a dashboard where they can compare to, for example, an apparel company spending $100,000 a month on digital marketing with average order values of a certain amount and get a graph of how that has moved over time. On the other side are the trends.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Novoloop is also partnering with Bemis Associates, which makes apparel bonding solutions such as seam tapes, which can be found in high-performance outerwear. The first product will be Oistre , a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) for use in footwear, apparel, sporting goods, automotive and electronics.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Customers can also use Fashinza to track time and action calendars, a tool used in the apparel industry to follow up on manufacturing milestones to ensure timely delivery. . ” An expanding market. Certainly, Fashinza has no shortage of competition in a supply chain management market that Statista predicts could be worth $30.91

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Fashion startup Virgio, co-founded by Amar Nagaram, former chief executive of Myntra, has raised $37 million in a new financing round as the young firm looks to build “a global fashion brand” from the South Asian market. There is a large underserved market for branded apparel in India currently.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? “This is a nascent industry and so there is a lot of both market and user education involved in introducing people to this technology and ensuring brands can capitalize on its potential,” Dogadkina said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Today, the company — which launched with preppy young children’s apparel and has steadily built out categories that include home decor, home furniture, toys, gear, and accessories — says it doubled its number of customers last year and tripled its revenue. Meanwhile, the children’s market is $630 billion globally.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

“The financing of global supply chains is expensive and inefficient, the burden of the cost is mostly borne by the suppliers and in particular by those that are SMEs in emerging markets,” explains Twinco Capital co-founder and CEO Sandra Nolasco. Take any global supply chain, such as apparel, automotive, electronics etc.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Yet, today it’s become one of the hottest topics for consumers, brands and investors alike with a record ~$6 billion of venture capital funding pouring into recommerce companies in 2021 and the market projected to reach $250 billion+ by 2027. That’s 5x faster growth than the overall retail market. Why the sudden recommerce resurgence?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The upstart, based in Los Angeles, connects fans to the game-worn apparel of their favorite athletes through a sweepstakes-style model. And in the market of sports memorabilia, authenticity (even if it includes sweat, blood and tears) is everything. “We We send it as is,” he said. “We

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The luxury goods market in Africa and the Middle East was worth over $35 billion in 2019, with designer apparel and footwear generating more than $7 billion in retail alone. markets representing the most affluent black and diasporan neighborhoods. and Europe to customers globally. Nigeria, Ghana, and the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

This opportunity made the chief executive tap into the knowledge he acquired as a kid born into a family with a long history in the apparel business to launch TFK. “We Also, its “360-degree value proposition” for brands involves offering a one-stop-shop solution covering operations, co-marketing, and digital content creation services.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

Their mission is to eliminate waste in the returns supply chain, which Chris Stanchak estimates is a potential $30 billion market, where between 20% and 30% of items are returned. The company is also looking to bring the same auction model to electronics and apparel in the future. Chris and Jenny Stanchak, co-founders of Loveseat.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

The observability market has matured in recent years with the growth of vendors like Datadog , New Relic , PagerDuty and the aforementioned Splunk. Masar, who has several startups under his belt, previously was the VP of engineering at Represent.com, an apparel e-commerce merchant. But there’s room for improvement.

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CIO

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In the apparel industry, what’s in fashion one day may be out of fashion the next. So, if you’re an apparel manufacturer, you need the most efficient, responsive, and innovative operation possible. Every year, Crystal delivers more than 450 million pieces of apparel — and we’re not talking about just sweaters.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Wang said they learned that less than 9% of all plastic is actually recycled — and many things put into the recycling bin don’t get recycled because there is a lack of market demand for contaminated, low-grade plastic waste. Image Credits: Novoloop.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

Thought , Tasc , Free Fly Apparel , all make bamboo clothing; and Bite has a bamboo toothbrush to go with its plastic-free toothpastes and flosses. billion market for toilet paper. “The lion’s share of usage number one is toilet paper and number two is paper towels, after that the size of the market really really shrinks.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Its customers — there are over 250 of them, up from 100 a year ago — operate across two-dozen industries (including process plants, oil & gas, steel, aerospace, medical devices, apparel and luxury goods) in the infrastructure space, and approach Zetwerk with digital designs they wish to be translated into physical products.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

The African fashion and apparel market is worth $31billion , per Euromonitor, and Afrikrea estimates the yearly spend of its major markets to be worth $12.5 We ship 10 tons every month and have sellers in 47 African countries, with Kenya and Nigeria as our largest markets. trillion by 2025.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Brand acquisitions include apparel brands Jack Archer, Barn Chic Boutique, Yogaste and Wearva. He agreed that the total market in 2022 is “much quieter than 2021,” but attributes that to both buyers and sellers. That was good for sellers, but as the e-commerce market slowed down, so did their businesses.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Environmental sustainability has become a priority for apparel companies, particularly when it comes to responsible and sustainable sourcing of materials, according to a 2019 McKinsey study. So you’ve got companies like Bolt Threads and Spiber that have big market capitalizations and are much closer to the commercial end.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

A combined study from Publicis media and Snap suggests that the AR Retail market will have a project value of $1.2 Snap isn’t the only company that has been investing in AR-powered commerce, however, as Pinterest and Google have also leveraged AR to allow shoppers to try on makeup, apparel, and accessories. trillion by 2030.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

We’ve had phenomenal growth last year, some of it from our mid-market customers, but mostly from customers like Target and Kroger,” Kalb said. The firm looks across different sectors like food, energy, apparel, packaging and recycling. Shelf Engine fits into one of PLUS Capital’s core investment areas of sustainability.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It also works with corporates across manufacturing, agriculture, energy, apparel, retail, software and business services. Kentaro Kawamori, CEO and co-founder of Persefoni, said: “Carbon and climate disclosures will be the biggest compliance market since the advent of Sarbanes Oxley and GDPR, but with even greater complexity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

These products go beyond an influencer moneygrab — Cobalt is deliberately not developing apparel products, since Black is concerned about the environmental impact of fast fashion. ” With the funding, Cobalt hopes to get the product to market and continue building out creator tools. Image Credits: Cobalt.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

markets, but plans to grow to 50 markets by the end of 2022. Sure, Amazon has a bear hug on about 50% of the last-mile market, and there is no debate that they are doing well here. The global last-mile delivery market was valued at around $108 billion in 2020 and is set to grow by $146.96 It is already working in 14 U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We have seen, with the pandemic, a reinvention of e-commerce, and it is a $5 trillion market and we saw it grow 80% to 100% overnight,” De Datta added. “We Bloomreach is also going to expand its go-to-market teams and its geographic footprint in the U.S. This latest funding more than doubled its valuation in one year, to $2.2

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Meanwhile, Superplastic’s relationships with LINE and Kakao are already helping the characters gain a foothold in Asian markets that Kidrobot never quite pulled off. Guggimon also popped up in one of Fortnite’s recent seasons, not just as a skin but as a full-blown featured character , appearing next to Superman.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The new capital, which brings its total raised to approximately 7 billion yen ($50 million) since its inception in 2014, will help the startup scale its business from R&D and its current production volume, which is focused on its domestic market, to target customers globally. Regular circuit.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Ordering goods online isn’t going to go anywhere, but as more companies set sustainability goals, noissue is primed to capture what may now be a market niche, but may soon become a necessity. Part of the funds from the Series A will also go toward bringing new products to market, says Bowden. million tons.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Beyond the classes, Aarmy has also launched an apparel business, selling a variety of fitness gear on its own website and via Net-a-Porter. ” The fitness market doesn’t seem too scared by Apple Fitness+. In fact, the company says this side of the business has already brought in $450,000 in sales. .”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

“I don’t believe in business models where you spend tons on marketing,” Canadian founder Marcia Kilgore said in an interview. Beauty products are for many a very discretionary purchase, and that is even more the case for the higher end of that market — expensive and luxury brands.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Fashion layoffs : Secondhand apparel marketplace Poshmark is now laying off employees just two months after being acquired by Naver, Kate reports. Discovery revealed that it lost another $2.1 billion in the fourth quarter. This is despite the success of shows like “The Last of Us” on HBO and games like “Hogwarts Legacy.” Lauren explains more.

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MAY 10, 2021

So far, Penn has invested in five startups across a range of sectors including real estate, food, apparel and finance. . I found there was a wide range of people looking to diversify into private markets, from all over the world with all types of backgrounds,” he said.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

Ampla’s flagship product, for example, aims to provide (even pre-revenue) businesses with working capital so they can do things like purchase inventory and spend on marketing. The company’s goal is to give founders access to more capital at lower cost, according to Ampla CEO and founder Anthony Santomo. .

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