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October 31, 2016 Booming Second-Hand Clothing Business
Sales of second-hand clothing from western countries are booming in the former Soviet state of Belarus. In the past five years, sales of used clothing have increased four and a half times, now accounting for 10% of all Belarus clothing sales. Small Belarus entrepreneurs have popped up selling the western cast-offs: “We wear second-hand all […]
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October 31, 2016 Second-Hand Clothing Site ThredUP Gets $81M in Funding
T he second-hand clothing online marketplace is getting more competitive but one company, ThredUP, seems to have gotten ahead of the rest with a recent round of investments totaling $81 million. Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP) took the lead in the Series E investment in ThredUp. Existing ThredUP investors Trinity Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Highland Capital […]
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October 31, 2016 H&M Ignores Underserved Market by Pulling Plus Size Clothing from Stores (Watch)
Popular retail chain H&M has reportedly removed all plus size clothing from its stores in New York City. A representative for the company explained that the stores simply don’t have enough room for those clothing options anymore since they’ve added new product lines like home goods and beauty supplies. But this move could very well […]
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October 17, 2016 ‘A jerk in bad clothing’ – Steve Jobs’ first boss on how the Apple CEO would be seen today
‘A jerk in bad clothing’ – Steve Jobs’ first boss on how the Apple CEO would be seen today When Steve Jobs adopted “think different” as Apple’s mantra in the late 1990s, the company’s ads featured Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart and a constellation of other starry-eyed oddballs who reshaped society. Nolan Bushnell never […]
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October 17, 2016 eBay purchases PhiSix, hopes to enable users to try out clothes online
eBay purchases PhiSix, hopes to enable users to try out clothes online The online auction website and marketplace, eBay, on Thursday announced that it had acquired PhiSix, a computer graphics company that creates 3D models of clothing from photos, pattern files and other sources to simulate the behaviour and fitting of garments. Tapping into an […]
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October 17, 2016 New Fibre Supercapacitor That Can Power Clothing-Based Wearables
New Fibre Supercapacitor That Can Power Clothing-Based Wearables They envision the fibre supercapacitor could be woven into clothing to power medical monitors, communication devices, or other small electronics. Scientists have developed a supercapacitor that can be woven into clothing to power wearable medical monitors, communications equipment or other small electronics. The supercapacitor packs an interconnected […]
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October 17, 2016 Wearable Robots Could Be a Reality Soon
Wearable Robots Could Be a Reality Soon Researchers are developing a robotic fabric that moves and contracts and is embedded with sensors, an approach that may lead to “active clothing” and a new class of “soft” robots. Such an elastic technology could make possible robots that have sensory skin, stretchable robotic garments that people might […]
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October 17, 2016 Wrist-Worn Drone Wins Intel Smart Clothing Contest
Intel Corp on Monday awarded $500,000 (roughly Rs. 3 crores) to a group of do-it-yourselfers who developed a wristband that converts to a camera-equipped drone to win a contest the chipmaker hopes will help guarantee it a leading position in the emerging market for wearable computing devices. Aimed at rock climbers, the Nixie quadcopter […]
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October 5, 2016 Yahoo Tries to Get More Fashionable With Polyvore Purchase
Yahoo Tries to Get More Fashionable With Polyvore Purchase Yahoo is buying style-tip specialist Polyvore in its latest attempt to become a more fashionable place to advertise. Financial terms of the deal announced Friday aren’t being disclosed, signaling the price of the acquisition isn’t considered to be significant. Polyvore is an 8-year-old startup that specializes […]
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October 5, 2016 Clothes Smarter Than You Are: Welcome to the Future
Wish there was a gadget able to transform your boring office uniform into a party outfit, or even a device that guides you straight to new friends? Then call Marcelo Coelho. A researcher with Fluid Interfaces at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, Coelho works at the cutting edge of wearable devices that may […]
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October 5, 2016 New Plastic Clothing Material Could Keep People Cool: Study
New Plastic Clothing Material Could Keep People Cool: Study American researchers have created a low-cost textile made of a plastic base that could cool the body when woven into clothing. The engineers suggested in the US journal Science that the textile could become a way to keep people living in hot climates cool without using […]
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August 9, 2016 Spacesuits Inspired This Indian American’s Clothing Brand
Aman Advani is the chief executive of the brand, met the co-founders of the company at MIT. NEW DELHI: HIGHLIGHTS ‘Ministry of Supply’ seeks to reinvent business wear, says Aman Advani Mr Advani wants business wear to include the benefits of athletic gear Mr Advani co-founded the company while at MIT Rigorous travel and unpredictable […]
