TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Luxury wholesale marketplace The Main Tab is redesigning its platform following a $1 million pre-seed raise earlier this year from serial entrepreneur Jason Bright, who is now the company’s CTO. We have deployed a significant amount of the funding to the technology side to completely replatform our website from scratch,” she said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

A few months ago, brothers Hai Nam Bui and Hai Long Bui were developing a bookkeeping app for small retailers in Vietnam. The team held a hackathon and came up with a new product for retailers to create online stores and manage orders. Then a new COVID-19 outbreak hit Vietnam. “The systems are still way too complex for them.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

Providing loans, working capital, or BNPL to micro and small businesses is the sweet spot of B2B e-commerce and retail marketplaces in Africa. In a market like Egypt, retailers are not very okay with the concept of paying for BNPL with interest at the end of the month. pre-Series A to connect retailers with suppliers in Egypt.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

“Después de un año y medio excepcional, el viernes es mi último día como CIO ( Chief Technology Officer ) de Leroy Merlin España”. Con estas palabras anunciaba Javier Mallo el cierre de una etapa en el gigante del retail.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

The company notes a massive push in retail availability in the last six months. At the time, we were DTC only, so we saw a lot of growth there prior to our pivot to retail.”. He adds that the majority of the company’s sales now currently come from retail, due to accessibility and more restrictive DTC pricing.

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CIO

APRIL 12, 2023

And with his dual titles at the company—CIO and CTO—Rex Lee is in the driver’s seat to support digital transformation and implement shared knowledge across teams and management. I moved from telco to tech, high tech to retail, but didn’t think I’d make that jump, nor thought retail would be invigorating,” he says.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

Retail giant Walmart announced this morning it’s acquiring the Tel Aviv-based startup Zeekit , which allows consumers to virtually “try on” clothing when shopping online. The goal is to provide a similar experience to trying on clothing when shopping online as you would otherwise have had when in a retail store.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Glossier, the popular beauty brand led by former blogger Emily Weiss, let go of 80 of its corporate employees today, according to an internal email obtained by Modern Retail. The cuts, which amount to around one-third of Glossier’s corporate workforce, will primarily impact the company’s technology team. “[W]e

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

million in fresh Series A1 capital from Food Retail Ventures to do it. Halla’s Substitute product was released earlier this year as an answer to better recommendations for out-of-stock items that even retailers like Walmart are creating technology to solve. From farm to phone: A paradigm shift in grocery.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Jim talks with Jennifer Baker, former CTO of Synovus. She shares her journey from unexpected career opportunities to becoming a trailblazing technology leader in the insurance and banking sectors, culminating in significant strides in product development, customer experience, and digital transformation. In this episode of What If?

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

Fairbanc also finances small retailers that sell smartphones. The company’s founding team also includes Kevin O’Brien, former chief technology officer of non-profit lending platform Kiva, and Thomas Schumacher, who co-founded emerging market microloan platform Tala.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Because of its strength in real-time video analysis, the company is aiming its chip at solutions around smart retail, including cashier-less stores, smart cities and Industry 4.0/robotics. The company was founded by its CTO Rehan Hameed and its Chief Architect Wajahat Qadeer?, Image Credits: Deep Vision. thesis at Stanford.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Mihkel Aamer , Lightyear’s other co-founder and CTO, was an engineering lead at Wise between 2013 and 2019. I believe retail investing in Europe is still very much ‘the ugly’ — we’re talking about sneaky fees, less access and complicated products remaining as the status quo,” Mihkel Aamer said in a statement. In the U.K.,

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CIO

MARCH 16, 2023

Equipped with experiences across a range of industries, a healthy dose of self-awareness, and a passion for learning and people, Allen is redefining the art of the possible as a strategic and innovative CTO. I’ve been in four industries, but while I was at Microsoft, I served several more — healthcare and retail, for example.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Startups have sought to use technology to digitize processes in Africa’s B2B e-commerce and retail space over the past couple of years. When traditional distributors move goods from manufacturers and suppliers to retailers, they collect cash through a network of agents. Here’s why this is a critical problem. 100 (~$0.20) to ?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Amid the growing interest for cryptocurrencies among Asian investors, institutional investors and retail investors are seeking diversification options to hedge against inflation and other risks, the company said in its statement. Its retail investor clients use Cobo Wallet.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Its latest raise follows a $20 million Series A financing in early 2021, which Zanelatto said allowed the company to significantly grow its fleet, expand geographically and build out its own delivery offering — which over 1,000 retailers are using.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

But what if you flipped the model around so that consumers could buy the item at a lower price later on, and the retailer could reduce waste? Founded in August 2019 by senior Skyscanner employees Madeline Parra (CEO) and John Talbott (CTO), Purple Dot allows consumers to request a “worth-the-wait” lower price.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“Ensuring you have a deep understanding of your partners’ business, taking extreme ownership of challenges, and being vulnerable are all tenants of building tight partnerships,” observes Andrew Palmer, CIO for global retail markets at Liberty Mutual Insurance. Failing to align IT and business interests gradually erodes hard-earned trust. “It

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

In a press release, she said that “as CEO and future Chair, I look forward to working alongside our retail partners to shape the next decade of grocery’s evolution.”. Prior CTO Mark Schaaf is leaving the company, TechCrunch reported. Instacart also promoted its vice president of engineering, Varouj Chitilian, to the CTO role.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

The startup was founded at the beginning of 2020 by Dzung Dang, formerly a general manager at Uber and chief executive officer of ZaloPay, and Thang Nguyen, who previously served as chief technology officer at Focal Labs and SeeSpace.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Vizcayno’s background is in mechatronics engineering, machine learning and data science, and he co-founded Tuibo, a smart wearable device for cyclists, and was former chief technology officer of Byprice, a price comparison platform in Mexico, before forming Alima.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The last year and a half has been a bumper one for the world of e-commerce — with more traffic, transactions and retailers moving online in the wake of social distancing measures impacting in-person, physical shopping. Constructor has built a search and discovery platform that is truly making a difference for enterprise retailers.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Similarly, Voice AI in call centers, integrated with back-office systems, improves customer support through real-time solutions. Dennis Mulder , CEO of WVE, certified distinguished IT architect and president of IASA Netherlands, is a seasoned technology strategist, excelling at the intersection of business and technology.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Founded in 2018, Ai Palette uses machine learning to help companies spot trends in real time and get them retail-ready, often within a few months. In a society that runs on social media, however, people expect to see trends land on store shelves much more quickly. million Series A co-led by pi Ventures and Exfinity Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Over time, he recruited a previous co-worker, Shane Moriah, to serve as Settle’s CTO. Settle is currently working with more than 300 brands, including baby stroller retailer Lalo, Spiceology and men’s skincare brand Disco. Last year when the pandemic hit, offline retail shut down and e-commerce got a big boost.

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CIO

OCTOBER 3, 2024

En este contexto, el sector retail lleva años adoptando un profundo cambio en todo el mundo y, de hecho, es uno de los sectores en los que más ha impactado la transformación digital. Miguel Ángel Carrero, CTO y director de Transformación de BM Supermercados-Grupo Uvesco BM Supermercados-Grupo Uvesco.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

The idea is to strategically acquire outfits with that money, then to help brand founders with capital and operations to accelerate their business from e-commerce to social, retail and beyond. Joining Mark Mitchke on the company’s board is James Chen, CTO of Built Technologies and former CTO of Flexport.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

Munich-based parcelLab , which offers a final-mile fulfillment service for online retailers, has closed a $112 million (GB£80 million) Series C funding round led by the U.S. VC/PE firm Insight Partners. Germany’s Endeit Capital participated as a co-investor, alongside existing investors Capnamic Ventures and coparion.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Affordability is an incredibly important thing to address for our new retail investors,” said co-founder and co-CEO Claudia Kolonas. . Indonesia has high rates of savings and relatively low rates of retail investing, but that is quickly changing. The app is also launching a new features that will users to invest in fractional U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Buoyed by $8 million in new funding, the company’s resale technology builds customized marketplaces for brands to incorporate a secondhand component into their businesses. Via a favorite brand’s marketplaces, consumers can buy and sell secondhand merchandise alongside the existing retail experience. “It

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Millions of neighborhood stores that dot large and small cities, towns and villages in India and have proven tough to beat for e-commerce giants and super-chain retailers are at the center of a new play in the country. ElasticRun today operates in more than 300 cities in nearly all Indian states.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

CTO Zanatta was founder of Netlolo, a tool that connected clients with global experts, and was also previously CTO for Dafiti and COO for Buscapé. They saw a direct-to-consumer market that was becoming huge thanks to technology and innovation, but a wholesale sector that wasn’t seeing the same kind of growth. “ZAX

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

That’s obviously not a huge round, but the investors will likely make you perk up a bit: Madrona Venture Group, Picus Capital, TA Ventures and angels like GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich. If the application controls an air-conditioning system, for example, that outcome would be lower electricity usage.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

In that vein, the multi-unicorn is also promoting its vice president of engineering, Varouj Chitilian, to the CTO role. Prior CTO Mark Schaaf is leaving the company for what Instacart described in a phone call as a break of sorts. Given that Instacart is prepping for a public debut, getting its C-suite in order makes sense.

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CTOvision

JUNE 12, 2019

This is a great video because it captures the state of robotics in the retail industry. It starts off with developments pioneered by Amazon in their warehouse and fulfillment centers, and also includes the safety devices used by humans who need to interact with these dangerous robots. The video also reviews robots in use in […].

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Editor's note: Sanjeev Sularia, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Intelligence Node, argues that if your brand has any chance of making a play this shopping weekend, pricing is key. His post is also relevant to non-retail organizations and even government. Let’s take one innocuous looking word: ‘grey’.

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