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NFTs could bridge video games and the fashion industry

TechCrunch

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offer new ways for consumers to collect, wear and trade fashion online, and now that most fashion shows have scaled back or gone virtual , they may become an important tool for the industry. Fashion designers like Schirin Negahbani are already creating NFTs that represent actual clothing.

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Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform

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Alice Delahunt believes the future of fashion is in web3 and created Syky (pronounced “psy-key”) to put the wheels in motion. It felt like there was potential for virtual fashion and digital fashion to really take off,” she told TechCrunch. “I I believe that the luxury fashion houses of tomorrow are being built today.”.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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Now, The Warehouse is available to the general public, meaning users can download the Genies Studio app to create their own avatars and buy digital fashion items to dress them, Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam told TechCrunch in an interview. An image of the Genies platform showcasing a fashion collection designed by creator Ian Charms.

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Lablaco seeks to help usher in the new era of web3 digitized retail

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Today, SPIN by lablaco, launched its first digitized retail experience called Web3 Fashion: The Origin Story at the famed Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées. The plan is to host a three-week takeover with Crypto.com, showing consumers how digitized fashion could lay the path toward a zero-waste and more sustainable future.

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Jumia reports 30% growth in value of goods sold on its platform during Black Friday season this year

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E-commerce in Africa is growing fast and its potential remains enormous as more people get connected to the internet. As reported recently, the most popular products on the site were consumables , followed by beauty and fashion items. Jumia also recorded 40 million unique visitors, a 27 percentage points increase over that period.

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Daily Crunch: Citing ‘uncertain mortgage market,’ Better.com rolls out employee buyout plan

TechCrunch

Navigating the choppy e-commerce seas : As reporter Ingrid Lunden writes, “e-commerce is synonymous with shopping on Amazon, but the reality is that a retailer has the option to use a bundle of different channels to sell and market products.” Non, je ne internete rien : Stackblitz raises $7.9

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Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets

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Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. Computers, the internet, fintech, artificial intelligence, any tech you can name ( except mobile tech) people in these regions have always had to play catch up. million pre-seed to that end.

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