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The power players of retail transformation: IoT, 5G, and AI/ML on Microsoft Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Thanks to cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G technologies, every link in the retail supply chain is becoming more tightly integrated. With 5G-enabled smart mirrors, a person can virtually try on apparel.

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The ever-changing pressures of running an Instagram business

Vox

Rachel Reichenbach likes to joke that she is the overlord of an internet frog cult. Reichenbach, who is also a full-time college student in California, began selling keychains, pins, plushies, apparel, and other paraphernalia of her amphibian sketches in 2019, and as her Instagram audience grew, so did her sales.

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Geek of the Week: Anu Sharma left Amazon for Madrona to invest in helping new businesses

GeekWire

Prior to the tech giant, Sharma co-founded an apparel e-commerce company called LifeLemon, led marketing at Flipkart, was a developer at Oracle and was an associate at Softbank Venture Capital in India. The internet + Wi-Fi; even on a holiday, I need those before I look for a shower. Photo courtesy of Anu Sharma). ” — Dr. Who.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ first year: a timeline

The Verge

And esports teams, like Gen.g , shared designs of their jerseys for players to use, while 100 Thieves added its entire apparel collection to the game. Also throughout April (and beyond): New Horizons’ turnips bring the internet together. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Image: Gary Whitta’s YouTube channel.

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How social justice slideshows took over Instagram

Vox

If you search hard enough, there’s bound to be a post, explainer, or guide that advocates for virtually any cause you can think of and likely with tens of thousands of “likes” and engagements. How to protest virtually. Defunding the police. Mail-in voting. How do activism slideshows go viral on Instagram?

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We’re all addicted to cheap stuff — and Temu knows it

Vox

Well, no: $300 worth of coupons, which, on Temu, can buy you selected home goods, cutesy electronics, apparel — really, anything you can imagine. It’s virtual aisle after virtual aisle of amusing, offbeat, baffling objects and gag gifts, a Dollar General mixed with Etsy, with a dash of Spencer’s.

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How Shopify’s network of sellers can take on Amazon

The Verge

Shopify is one of those companies that makes the modern internet go — it makes software that allows businesses of all sizes to set up online stores, and from there it can handle everything from shipping orders to financing loans for expansion. We wanted to sell snowboards on the internet. You either listed it on a marketplace.

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