TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Retail investors entered the stock market in droves over the past couple of years. The first time he thought to bring those tactics to retail investors through a new tech platform occurred years later in 2021 after small activist firm Engine No. It’s quite uncommon today for retail investors to actually vote on proposals, though.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Earlier this year, a startup called Olive launched its new shopping site and app with the goal of making e-commerce more efficient, convenient, and sustainable by offering a way for consumers to aggregate their orders from across retailers into single shipments that arrive in reusable packaging, not cardboard. consumers on both coasts.

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CIO

MARCH 4, 2025

Specific use cases illustrate how AI drives value: Customer engagement and sales: Retailers and banks use AI-driven personalization to recommend products and services, increasing conversion rates and customer loyalty. Other retailers are rapidly following suit, deploying autonomous robots and piloting delivery drones.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

He believes his company is the only one making its donuts in this sustainable way. “We The “Tasting Box” of four donuts retails for $15, and with the integration of its app this year, Dreiling says the average order volume has increased to $20 to $23 per order as people add on beverages.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Reasons for this limitation include data sovereignty and residency requirements, the need to support ultra-low latency workloads, and concerns about losing control over mission-critical use cases, such as production assembly lines or retail point-of-sale systems. This presents a critical sustainability challenge. Edge Computing

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Also known as an aggregator, the company acquires and grows brands — in Flora’s case, focused on offering sustainable products and reducing carbon emissions. Kaya was also in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, focused on consumer retail M&A. We want to be the ‘Michelin guide’ for sustainability.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Juno , a proptech startup which aims to build more sustainable and affordable apartment buildings, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round. Like other players in the space, Juno of course touts an approach that it says is far more sustainable than traditional construction methods. Scherr told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Even if sustainability isn’t a key differentiator, brand-owned resale sites can help capture some of the value that would otherwise go to secondhand markets. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It’s that old chestnut: You are a fancy-pants brand wanting to make a product that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside because you only use fair-trade, sustainably grown ingredients and materials, but you don’t know where to turn. “Early in my career, I joined the Air Force and I wanted to work on hard problems.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Signs of that are appearing with the emergence of startups like Vaayu , offering — what it claims — real-time monitoring of retail sales at a granular, transaction-specific level, designed to help retailers reduce their carbon footprint.

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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. Technology is the key to making fashion more sustainable and circular in the long run,” she said. “We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

To many people, 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, and many do. In order to succeed in this ever-changing landscape, retailers need a solution that can manage these channels seamlessly.”

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

We will use this money for sustainable growth and only sustainable growth. Providing loans, working capital, or BNPL to micro and small businesses is the sweet spot of B2B e-commerce and retail marketplaces in Africa. We’re just connecting them with the retailer, so it’s about making the process seamless.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

” That’s annoying for consumers to deal with and has a real environmental impact, but Faust said, “If any single retailer were to try to tackle this problem right now on their own, they would run up into a huge cost increase to pay for this more expensive packaging and this two-way shipping.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Many consumers and companies want to reduce their impact on the environment but may not know where to start or how to sustain the necessary changes. He argues that sustainability and climate action doesn’t need to be complicated. want businesses to help them be more sustainable. want businesses to help them be more sustainable.

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CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

In the energy and utilities sector, sustainability goals, such as Saudi Arabias Vision 2030 and UAEs Net Zero 2050, will drive investment in smart grids, renewable energy, and AI-driven energy efficiency solutions. Retail and E-commerce: AI will enable hyper-personalized shopping experiences, inventory management, and demand forecasting.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2022

Through building a B2B supply chain into informal retail, Twiga has been able to formalize the domestic food market using technology, putting the company in a unique situation to invest in backward integration and solve the problem of declining productivity and increasing cost of food,” he said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

More venture capital keeps trooping into Africa’s B2B e-commerce retail, a space where startups are digitizing informal trade to get thousands of merchants to operate more efficiently. This time, it’s a startup that was in the news this January: Namibia-based JABU , whose $3.2 million seed round we covered.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

As they take stock after the year-end frenzy of shopping the holiday season always brings, retail CIOs attending the National Retail Federation’s annual show, NRF 2024, may be wondering how they can improve their IT systems’ performance over the next 12 months. year on year in the first 11 months of 2023, AI or no AI.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The missing link to building a sustainable business, they believed, was effective cash management and responsible credit utilization. The advantage, companies like Highbeam and Wayfler claim, is that retailers make repayments as a percentage of their sales. If they have a slow month, they’ll pay back less.

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CIO

MAY 2, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as Azure OpenAI have been drawing attention in recent months, and there is widespread consensus that these technologies can significantly transform the retail industry. How can Generative AI speed innovation in retail?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Miferia , a Mexico-based business-to-business wholesale marketplace, bagged $7 million in seed funding to continue developing its curated website connecting independent retailers in Mexico with domestic brands in categories like cosmetics, food and beverage and home décor. That’s where Miferia, founded this year, comes in.

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CIO

APRIL 20, 2023

Retail organizations face an urgent need to accelerate digital transformation efforts in response to economic insecurity, persistent inflation, and growing consumer price sensitivity. With cloud adoption, retailers have been successful and with emerging artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities on cloud, they can break the barriers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Louise Fritjofsson and Kari Morris started the company in January to “rescue” pantry staples and offer them, initially in California, for between 40% and 70% off retail prices. If you don’t have a sustainable approach you shouldn’t do it,” Fritjofsson told TechCrunch. “We The pair met two years ago. Image Credits: Martie.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Abound , an online marketplace that helps independent retailers stock their shelves with new products from up-and-coming brands, is announcing that it has raised $22.9 He told me that small retailers are constantly on the hunt for new products, which means attending trade shows several times a year.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Shelf Engine ’s mission to eliminate food waste in grocery retailers now has some additional celebrity backers. The company has already helped retailers divert 1 million pounds of food waste from landfills, Stefan Kalb, co-founder and CEO of Shelf Engine, told TechCrunch.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Respondents represent 12 industries, among them banking, investment and insurance, manufacturing, automotive, retail, healthcare and the public sector. The report explores high-priority topics like the effect of GenAI on the workforce and organisational culture, as well as challenges relating to ethics, safety and sustainability.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

In any case, that oversized item needs a new home, and FloorFound is working with brands and retailers to give that couch to someone who will love it, while avoiding the landfill. and move into additional retail verticals like appliances, mattresses and exercise equipment. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

The new round from Cowen Sustainable Investments (CSI), labeled a Series B, follows the company reaching profitability in April 2020 and gives Quip more than $160 million in total funding since the company was founded in 2015. Retail sales are up more than 100% compared to last year, according to the company.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

To reduce that waste, and give retailers another option for their used goods, Richter has launched FloorFound. “We are trying to put retailers in the resale business with their own return inventory.” The company is designed to manage furniture returns and resale for online merchants.

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CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Respondents represent 12 industries, among them banking, investment and insurance, manufacturing, automotive, retail, healthcare and the public sector. The report explores high-priority topics like the effect of GenAI on the workforce and organisational culture, as well as challenges relating to ethics, safety and sustainability.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

” He says that what further differentiates Everli is its strong relationships with retailers, and the use of their existing infrastructure. “[This is] why we’re leading the grocery space in Europe and securing brands like Lidl, Kaufland, and Carrefour,” adds Sargenti. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Prior to the funding, Givz had been working with more than 80 enterprise, mid-market and SMB retail and e-commerce clients such as H&M, Tom Brady’s TB12, Seedlip and Terez, and accumulated more than 40,000 individual users. million retailers that use Shopify as their e-commerce platform.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Powered by People links small brands to retailers keen on supply-chain transparency, sustainability and small-batch production — companies that are also pushed by the need for diversity and have pledged to support small traders as they also keep up with the rise of conscious customers. Orders on the platform average $1,200. “We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

That’s 5x faster growth than the overall retail market. It’s largely due to the changing cultural and societal value placed on sustainability. As Gen Z enters the workforce, they’re starting to flex their growing purchasing power with value-aligned, sustainability-oriented brands. Why the sudden recommerce resurgence?

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