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Instacart now delivers market trends

TechCrunch

Instacart as trendsetter: The well-known grocery delivery company has lowered the price at which it will value employee equity comp, something that could become a trend. Gaming: With the huge Axie Infinity hack making headlines , we talked about the matter and how other startups are tinkering with the play-to-earn market.

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Summer International uses social media data to launch new beauty brands

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If you follow #beautytok, #beautytube or any beauty content on social media platforms, you know that popular product trends are hard to keep up with. The company launched in 2018 along with Gushcloud International, an influencer marketing firm. Ulta Beauty launches a fund, showcasing the resilience of corporate venture capital.

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Technology Strategy for Emerging Technologies and Markets

Martin Fowler

This final strategic direction considers the ever-changing future , suggesting lines of inquiry to consider the impact of new technologies, market trends, and broader social-political changes. Sarah Taraporewalla completes her study of building a technology strategy that's integrated with strategic business interests.

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4 trends that will define e-commerce in 2022

TechCrunch

Collect and leverage zero-party data to personalize marketing and drive growth. If 2020 was the year of the e-commerce boom, 2021 was the year the industry hit major challenges: Data privacy changes deeply impacted merchants’ social media ads, and supply chain issues forced merchants to get creative with their inventory.

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Ai Palette raises $4.4M to help companies react faster to consumer trends

TechCrunch

In a society that runs on social media, however, people expect to see trends land on store shelves much more quickly. 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. Is a product consumed socially or individually?

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Shares is a new stock trading app with a focus on social features

TechCrunch

Meet Shares , a new European startup that wants to add a social twist to financial investment — in this case, the company means “social” as in “social network” The startup has been developing its product under the radar for a few months already. Essentially, the startup combines two important trends.

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Blidz raises $6.6M to expand its Pinduoduo-inspired social shopping app

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Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is announcing a seed round to give its growth a boost. was a no-brainer since the market has so little variety in it at the moment.

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