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Nudea and Fruity Booty join Etam Groupe’s WeDareLab accelerator

British sustainable underwear brand Nudea and London-based brand Fruity Booty, which makes lingerie, swimwear and clothing from deadstock fabrics, have been selected to join French lingerie giant Etam Groupe’s eight-month WeDareLab accelerator programme. The accelerator, which begins this month, has been designed to accelerate eco-responsible...

Business|Beauty

Rare Beauty Brands teams up with J.C. Penney for beauty accelerator

Rare Beauty Brands, the parent company behind Patchology and Dr. Dana, has partnered with American retailer J.C. Penney to bring opportunity and capital to Black and Brown female-identifying founders in the beauty industry with its relaunched beauty accelerator. The Lift Beauty Accelerator, which has been rebranded this year, aims to empower...

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Ebay UK launches the Sneaker Academy with Hatch Enterprise

Marketplace Ebay UK is teaming up with entrepreneur accelerator Hatch Enterprise to launch the Sneaker Academy, a free 14-week programme designed to help young sneakerheads learn vital skills to turn their passion into an income-generating business. The Sneaker Academy will run from May 17 to August 14, offering budding entrepreneurs from...

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Desigual launches start-up accelerator with Plug and Play

Spanish fashion brand Desigual is launching an incubator programme called Awesome Lab in collaboration with the open innovation platform Plug and Play. The international start-up accelerator programme aims to find companies in product design, development, and customer relations, as the fashion brand looks to drive the development of...

Fashion

Atelier by ISEM Fashion Business School: an accelerator for fashtech

The University of Navarra's Atelier by ISEM is the first Spanish vertical accelerator of fashtech startups and has been a leader in helping companies consolidate technological solutions in the fashion sector. In its third edition, the program is geared towards startups that innovate and utilize disruptive technology. This year’s finalists will...