Google Pixel And Highsnobiety Build A Talent Pipeline For Fashion

Google Pixel and Highsnobiety launch PIFT, a fashion-tech incubator using AI, mentorship and creative workflows to build a talent pipeline at Milan’s Salone del Mobile.

Google, DressX And The New Fashion AI Virtual Try-On Stack

How DRESSX, Google and NVIDIA are reshaping fashion AI, virtual try-on and ecommerce as brands chase better fit, fewer returns and more brand-accurate shopping workflows.

CVS Begins Rollout Of Smaller ‘Pharmacy-Only’ Stores

CVS Health is pushing ahead with plans to open nearly 20 smaller “pharmacy-only” stores that are less than half the size of traditional stores by the end of this year.

Embrace Progress Says Sephora As ChatGPT Pilot Expands In U.S.

Sephora has become the latest retailer to embrace AI checkout services but it is far from alone in using chat services to try and enhance its customer service.

After pivoting, Y Combinator grad Glimpse raises $35M led by a16z

Glimpse announced on Wednesday a $35 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and YC.

Sephora And Shopify Double Down On Agentic Commerce

On March 24th, two major announcements involving agentic commerce were communicated, signaling how e-commerce really is slowly moving into a new era.

AI Doesn’t Own The Customer Yet. Here’s How Retailers Can Keep It That Way

AI platforms want your checkout. Walmart fought back. Here’s what every retailer needs to understand about the battle for the transaction.

Quince hits $10B valuation with giant $500M round led by Iconiq

E-commerce company Quince has raised another massive round, less than a year after its previous raise.

Gharage Launches New $46.5 Million Fund For Travel Ecosystem

Gharage Ventures’ new fund plans to partner with early-stage technologies in automation, AI-driven operations and next-gen infrastructure across Europe and Southeast Asia.

His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.

Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution p…