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TryNow raises $12M to bring try-before-you-buy, Prime Wardrobe as a service to online retailers

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TryNow — which provides technology to online retailers that use Shopify Plus to let their customers receive and try out apparel, return what they don’t want and pay only for what they keep — has raised $12 million, funding that it will be using to continue expanding its business.

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Sneaker e-commerce platform Kicks Crew raises $6M Series A

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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.

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Allbirds is investing in a plant-based leather substitute, plans faux-leather shoe drop in December

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It’s a natural addition for a company that has always billed itself as focused on environmental impact in other aspects of its apparel manufacturing. Natural Fiber Welding is creating scalable, sustainable antidotes to leather, and doing so with the potential for a game-changing 98% reduction in carbon emissions.

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Data scientists: don’t be afraid to explore new avenues

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Europe has some of the most storied retail brands in the world — especially for apparel and footwear. The company I work for was still in its early days when I started, and it was working towards creating scalable technology for a specific industry.

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The Fashion Kingdom, an Egyptian fashion e-commerce startup, raises $2.6M in seed funding

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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 Antaki noticed a need for a platform that sold fashion products with fast deliveries, different payment methods, and a recommendation feature in Egypt.

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Loveseat gets comfy with new funding to expand its returned home goods marketplace

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The company is also looking to bring the same auction model to electronics and apparel in the future. Other models have inventory on hand, but this is more scalable, they are able to do so in a way that leads to a model that is attractive and something we look for in a marketplace.”.

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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We are also hearing chatter that Demo Day will be larger than ever before because virtual events are much more scalable.”. Apparel brands are scrambling for new, low-impact fabric that will allow them to meet their ambitious sustainability goals,” CEO Taylor Heisley-Cook tells TechCrunch. “We