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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

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Startups that deliver sustainable personalization solutions that also improve business for retailers and brands fall into three categories: AR virtual try-on with shade matching. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion. Smart packaging with IoT and distributed ledger technology. AR virtual try-on with shade matching.

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Why these co-founders turned their sustainability podcast into a VC-backed business

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When Laura Wittig and Liza Moiseeva met as guests on a podcast about sustainable fashion, they jibed so well together that they began one of their own: Good Together. The startup makes sure that every product is created with sustainable and ethical supply chain processes and sustainable material. Image Credits: Brightly.

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Curated Loop is ranging indie designer picks for an edgier take on fashion rentals

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Here’s a fashion rental startup with a twist: London, U.K.-based Curated Loop’s co-founders, Anna Caldana and Rachel Mcluckie, bring a background in (and passion for) fashion to what they hope will be badged as a fresh approach to designer rentals. So the promise is access to unique high-end designs. to rent the look).

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Green is the fashion flavor of the week with Rubi Labs’ materials made from captured CO2

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When you think of green, climate-aware industries, you’d be forgiven if fashion isn’t at the top of your list. Not a moment too soon, either — the fashion industry emits more carbon than international flights and shipping combined, representing around 10% of greenhouse gases every year, the BBC reports.

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The Rounds raises $38M Series A for its sustainable ‘household restocking’ service

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Online shopping and speedy delivery through services like Instacart and Amazon Prime are the height of modern conveniences, but for many consumers who care about sustainability and e-commerce’s impact on the environment, every box and plastic bag deposited on their doorstep is also accompanied by a feeling of guilt.

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TMV’s Soraya Darabi explains how to land your first ‘yes’ from an investor today at 11 am PT/2 pm ET

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Venture capitalist Soraya Darabi of TMV will join us today to discuss strategies early-stage startup founders can deploy to get their first “yes” from an investor — and which founder mistakes often lead her to say “no.” TMV is often the first institutional check a company might raise.

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Kea raises $10M to build AI that helps restaurants answer the phone

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Kea is a new startup giving restaurants an opportunity to upgrade one of the more old-fashioned ways that they take orders — over the phone. ” Similarly, Ahmad said that for restaurants, paying substantial third-party ordering fees on all of their orders is “not a sustainable long-term strategy.”

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