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Mango expands investment umbrella to fund alternative ridesharing start-up

Spanish retail giant Mango is growing its portfolio of investments to now fund Hoop Carpool, a start-up offering companies a mobility alternative allowing employees and students to share short-distance journeys. Made through the company’s Mango StartUp Studio accelerator, the investment comes in the form of a convertible equity loan, which will...

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From catwalk to console: Swiss start-up Nak3d's digital fashion revolution

Nak3d is a Swiss startup that brings together the worlds of fashion, video games and artificial intelligence (AI). The company specialises in turning the latest fashion trends, brands and styles into digital assets that can be used in video games. This is referred to by Nak3d as 'g-commerce' – or game commerce. It allows video game players to...

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Care and repair platform Save Your Wardrobe wins 2023 LVMH Innovation Award

In what is now its seventh edition, the winner of the LVMH Innovation Award was revealed during a ceremony at the luxury conglomerate’s pavilion as part of the annual technology conference VivaTech, Paris. A total of 18 finalists had been shortlisted and showcased in the LVMH’s ‘Dream Box’ pavilion, selected from more than 1,500 startups that...

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches database for circular startups

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is beginning the roll out of the full version of its circular startup database, designed to help businesses explore startups and drive the acceleration of the circular economy. On ‘The Circular Startup Index’, 500 brands that are a part of the foundation’s community are already featured across a range of sectors,...

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Stitch Fix launches latest Elevate collection alongside six entrepreneurs

Online personal styling platform Stitch Fix has launched its newest Elevate collection as part of its annual programme designed to support POC-owned businesses. Looks from the collection, which is available to exclusively shop via Stitch Fix’s website, feature designs from six entrepreneurs of colour. Launched in 2020, the platform’s ‘Elevate’...

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Estée Lauder launches charitable fund for emerging women leaders

Beauty conglomerate Estée Lauder has announced the launch of a charitable fund set with the goal of supporting new generation women leaders. The Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders (ELEL) Fund hopes to challenge the gender stereotypes of leadership through the support of global organisations that provide opportunities, build communities and advocate...

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4 Takeaways from Stockholm Fashion Week: Reuse, receive, re-establish, return

Sweden’s bi-annual fashion week has wrapped up and with it, it has left food-for-thought for the rest of the industry as it brought to light important subjects surrounding sustainability and the way we view fashion. Much of the work displayed in this season’s Stockholm Fashion Week centred around slow, thoughtful production and circularity, with...

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Estée Lauder reveals grant recipients for Writing Change initiative

Beauty conglomerate The Estée Lauder Companies has announced the grant recipients for its first edition of Writing Change, its literacy impact initiative inspired by inaugural poet Amanda Gorman. Over the course of three years, the initiative looks to invest in organisations that are working on closing the literacy gap and support efforts in...

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La Maison des Startups LVMH names 23 new start-ups

Twenty-three start-ups have been selected to participate in season 7 of La Maison des Startups LVMH, the accelerator programme to bring new services and innovative products to market for the luxury industry. The six-month programme, located at Station F in Paris, aims to foster creativity and innovation while developing a community of...

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Video: Worldwide Talks 2020 by Fashinnovation day 1 online now

Convened in collaboration with the UN Office of Partnerships, Fashinnovation is assembling a 2 Day online summit in partnerships with the Conscious Fashion Campaign with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals. International leaders in the fashion & technology industries will gather from around the world to connect with one another as well...

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China beats out US with highest number of 'unicorn' startups

China now has more privately-held start-ups valued by investors at over 1 billion dollars than the US, a report said Monday. There were 206 Chinese firms out of a global total of 494 ultra-valuable start-ups -- known as "unicorns" -- in June 2019, according to the research firm Hurun Report. This makes China the country with the largest number...

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Asos teams up with Re:Tech to connect with Israeli tech start-ups

Asos has teamed up Israeli innovation hub Re:Tech to help connect retail and e-commerce technology start-ups in the country. Re:Tech is set to curate and manage a series of structured development labs over the next year, and will host dedicated events where Asos representative can meet start-ups offering solutions to specific business...