Hacker Earth Developers Blog

MARCH 5, 2019

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated devices that have unique identifiers and can autonomously transfer data over a network. IoT ecosystems consist of internet-enabled smart devices that have integrated sensors, processors, and communication hardware to capture, analyze, and send data from their immediate environments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

million as the Bangalore-based startup chases the opportunity to digitize neighborhood stores in the world’s second-largest internet market. One of them is India’s largest retail chain Reliance Retail, which serves more than 3.5 Reliance Retail also maintains a partnership with Facebook for WhatsApp integration.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

The future of digital retail has arrived in Paris, naturally. Today, SPIN by lablaco, launched its first digitized retail experience called Web3 Fashion: The Origin Story at the famed Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées. There is no need for a headset; anyone with an internet connection can use the app.

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CIO

JULY 11, 2022

Retailers continue to adopt a digital-first approach to customer experience, both in-store and online. To meet the customer demands of a digital-first business model, retailers need to address their critical digital infrastructure and rethink network design and cybersecurity. Retail-specific vulnerabilities.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

This, along with Vietnam’s high internet penetration rate (about 70% as of January 2020) and the fact that more than 3/4 of of internet users have used online financial services before , lays the groundwork for apps like Infina to take traction. Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India.

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CIO

APRIL 19, 2023

Thanks to cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G technologies, every link in the retail supply chain is becoming more tightly integrated. Shanthakumar, Solution Architect – IoT, Retail Business Unit, TCS.

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CIO

JULY 26, 2023

The future of retail is “phygital,” as every retail and ecommerce publication on the internet is screaming right now. If you’ve never heard the term before, it’s a portmanteau of “physical” and “digital” – and represents the merging of the two forms of retail and shopping. How do they do that? With data of course.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In 2023, we saw a surge in retail conversion rates during the holiday season, with many shoppers making purchases well in advance of Black Friday. To help your brand stay ahead, we’ve gathered some tips directly from Quantum Metric customers, who represent 40% of the worldwide internet users.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2021

Boat, an electronics and lifestyle startup in India, has raised $100 million in a new financing round that many independent investors termed as the most successful hardware startup story in the world’s second-largest internet market. The startup sells through both online and offline retail channels.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

He urges CIOs to use all available visualization tools to educate the board on AI and explain how generative AI processes data, much of which comes from the often inaccurate or unreliable public internet. Langer stresses the need for stronger protection, while Jacknis emphasizes the importance of testing internal controls.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Breakout NFT star Beeple said he imagines a future where fashion NFTs could be redeemed for specific items in physical stores, especially at luxury retailers like his former client Louis Vuitton. You can relate NFTs to clothing in new and interesting ways,” he said. This will be seen as the next chapter of digital art history.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Contact has been in the business of consumer finance since 2001, while Wasla was founded in 2018 by former Serag Meneassy and Taymour Sabry , both ex-Rocket Internet entrepreneurs, and investment banker Mahmoud El Said. “It’s

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CIO

MARCH 4, 2025

Your CEO, not to mention the rest of the executive leadership team and other influential managers and staff, live in the Realm of Pervasive Technology by dint of routinely buying stuff on the internet and not just shopping there, but having easy access to other customers experiences with a product, along with a bunch of other useful capabilities.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A sizeable portion of the user base disables Glance within the first week of buying the smartphones, and in many cases retail store owners remove Glance themselves, according to a senior Glance executive with direct knowledge of the matter. ” Reliance Retail backs Dunzo in $240 million funding. Jio is a truly disruptive company.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

In partnership with AiFi , a startup that aims to enable retailers to deploy autonomous shopping tech cost-effectively, Microsoft today launched a preview of a cloud service called Smart Store Analytics. It might sound like a lot of personal data Smart Store Analytics is collecting. million purchases to date.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Rocket Internet, Global Founders Capital and P1 Ventures co-led the round, which is the largest of its kind in Morocco at the moment. Chari wants to digitize informal retail stores in Morocco and provide credit to them. Will it translate to more investments in Morocco and the Maghreb region? COO Alj hopes so.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

As going to stores became more risky over time, many shoppers turned to buying more goods from the Internet, bolstering ecommerce players like Shopify, BigCommerce, as well as companies that facilitate online payments, like Square and PayPal. How has the pandemic impacted Wish? It appears to have accelerated its growth. billion and $1.73

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of VR retail. Enter Emperia , an “immersive” retail startup that — to its credit — has already created virtual stores for brands including Bloomingdales, Dior, Ralph Lauren and Lacoste. Perhaps so.

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CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

The shift to personalized customer experiences will fuel investments in AI, logistics, and payment solutions in the retail sector. Retail and E-commerce: AI will enable hyper-personalized shopping experiences, inventory management, and demand forecasting. The Internet of Things is gaining traction worldwide.

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Most of the publicly available information on the internet has already been scrapped. We are going to enter the dark ages of data and the internet because nothing of value is going to be available publicly. Retail manufacturing distribution is a natural value chain. There’s nothing new. It’s not direct competitors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

This leads to ebbs and flows of delivery requests throughout the days and weeks, instead of allowing the retailer itself to determine the best time to route and deliver certain orders. The box can also automatically unlock for deliveries before they arrive if integrated with a supported retailer’s system, like Walmart’s InHome.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Moroccan B2B e-commerce and retail startup Chari confirmed to TechCrunch that it has secured a bridge round at a $100 million valuation. Chari operates as a mobile app, allowing small retailers in these two countries to order products from partnering FMCG multinationals and local manufacturers and get items in less than 24 hours.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Globally, BNPL has seen the most growth in the consumer segment and has driven retail consumption and lending over the past few years. Skyrocketing smartphone and internet penetration led to rapid growth in e-commerce across large cities and smaller towns alike.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led a $300 million investment in ElasticRun as the Japanese conglomerate doubles down on its commerce bet in the world’s second largest internet market. The startup is the latest in a series of bets SoftBank has made on India’s commerce market.

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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

JULY 12, 2021

of iCar Asia from Malaysia internet conglomerate Catcha Group. Carsome hasn’t confirmed the funding, but it has been making moves to expand its reach, including a strategic investment in PT Universal , an offline car and motorcycle auction company that has retail branches in five Indonesian cities. Carsome has agreed to acquire 19.9%

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

GenAI is a megatrend that rivals the evolution of the internet itself – and it is set to transform global enterprises and entire industries. Respondents represent 12 industries, among them banking, investment and insurance, manufacturing, automotive, retail, healthcare and the public sector. There is no going back.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It remains at a relatively nascent phase expansion in the technology industry but is at the same time developed enough to have a 400-million-strong internet user base. While initial e-commerce success came from retail-focused companies such as Shopee and Lazada, the next value creation wave is emerging through vertical e-commerce.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Weng, who previously worked at Walmart, where he was involved in the retail giant’s China import business , told TechCrunch that he’s acquainted with a lot of American supplement manufacturers and is thus able to cut middleman costs. “But vitamins aren’t that expensive to produce. Returnees adapt. “In the U.S.,

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CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

GenAI is a megatrend that rivals the evolution of the internet itself and it is set to transform global enterprises and entire industries. Respondents represent 12 industries, among them banking, investment and insurance, manufacturing, automotive, retail, healthcare and the public sector. There is no going back.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Merkel spent years as a management consultant at Bain working in grocery and retail; co-founders Julian Dames and Christoph Cordes are Rocket Internet alums who respectively founded the Foodora food delivery startup and furniture e-commerce business Fashion for Home (acquired by Home24, where Cordes became CEO).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

This week the team — Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace — recorded a bonus Equity Shot to help our listeners make sense out of the GameStop trading bonanza happening all over the internet. GameStop, meme stocks, and the revenge of the retail trader — This piece dug into what the initial story was about, with some jokes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Social commerce doesn’t silo our retail experiences from the rest of our lives; rather it leverages the power of community and connection to create opportunities in everyday life through social networks. Globally, social commerce is on the path to becoming a $1.2 Using social commerce to foster communal growth.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

If you don’t have the data readily available, then you need to partner with a vendor and use a secure environment to share second-party data to deliver AI-driven actionable insights on the business impact on all parties involved, from startup to retailer to the consumer.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

billion in India as the retailer doubles down on the opportunities it sees in India’s e-commerce and payments markets even as the firm contends with rising costs amid the market downturns. India, the world’s second largest internet market, has become a key battleground for Walmart and Amazon.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Growth versus value: Revert the shrinking market and internet companies. Obviously construction and retail names are still predominant as they take advantage of the lower rates, but the main novelty are new entrants in internet and technology. In the first half of October, six companies were approved to issue equity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Today, the company started shipping its newest device, the Firewalla Purple , a diminutive gigabit firewall and router that is currently retailing for $319. With many homes now having access to gigabit internet connections, though, the Purple slots in nicely in the middle there. Image Credits: Firewalla.

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