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Walmart introduces virtual try-on tech which uses customers’ own photos to model the clothing

Walmart is expanding its support for AI-powered virtual try-on technology that allows online shoppers to better visualize clothing on models that look like themselves in both appearance and body type.

Walmart continues M&A spree with acquisition of lingerie retailer Bare Necessities

Walmart has acquired online lingerie retailer Bare Necessities one week after its purchase of ELOQUII.

Update: Walmart acquiring Shopify is no longer a laughable idea

As competition between Walmart and Amazon intensifies, the acquisition of Shopify's merchant marketplace may be the boost that the Walton family's juggernaut needs to move ahead.

A Modcloth cofounder just launched an invite-only cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is cool, but you know what’d be even cooler? If people used it to buy things. That they don’t, because it’s either not secure or simply too hard to use, is a problem t

Amazon’s next conquest will be apparel

Sunny Dhillon Contributor Share on X Sunny Dhillon is an early-stage investor at Signia Ventures in San Francisco where he invests in retail tech, e-commerce infrastructure and logistics, alongside co

Walmart says it will acquire more startups

Walmart has bought a handful of startups lately, and the company says this acquisition spree will continue. It's looking to buy businesses in the technology, retail and digital native brands categorie

Yep, more later-stage companies are taking on venture debt

Venture debt has been much in the news lately. Are desperate times beginning to call for desperate measures? That might be an overstatement. At the same time, the venture debt firm Western Technology

Crunch Report | Walmart Acquires Modcloth

Apple investing $500 Million into R&D Centers in China, Walmart acquires ModCloth and John Mannes reports to us about his trip at South by Southwest. All this on Crunch Report.

Confirmed: Walmart has acquired womenswear site ModCloth

Walmart announced it has acquired ModCloth, a womenswear retailer that focuses on a younger, progressive demographic and a healthier range of sizes beyond the too-often-emphasized tall, rail-thin look

Walmart subsidiary Jet.com to buy ModCloth for less than $75m

Online fashion retailer ModCloth, known for its vintage-inspired and indie apparel, is on the verge of being acquired by Walmart, by way of its subsidiary, Jet.com. The deal, which had already been r

ModCloth Co-Founder Eric Koger Exits Role As CEO; Urban Outfitters’ Matthew Kaness Joins

E-commerce fashion site ModCloth’s co-founder Eric Koger is exiting his role as CEO, the company announced this morning. On January 19th, Mr. Koger, who has served as CEO since the startup&#8217

ModCloth Hit By Second Round Of Layoffs

E-commerce retailer ModCloth has laid off additional staff across engineering, creative, product, producer, social teams and more in a second wave of layoffs. The news follows earlier cuts confirmed b

Online Fashion Company ModCloth Lays Off 70 Employees

Online retailer <a target="_blank" href="http://www.modcloth.com">ModCloth</a> laid off around 70 employees yesterday, a little under 15 percent of its 500-person-plus workforce. We first heard abo

ModCloth, Now With Over $100 Million In Annual Revenue, Is Going Mobile First

ModCloth, the indie fashion site best known for its vintage-inspired dresses, is today offering the first look into its revenue situation since 2009. The e-commerce startup, which is backed by roughly

Tapping Into Shifting Buying Habits, ModCloth Launches An iPad App

E-Commerce: Beyond The Metrics

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ecommerce.jpg" /> For all the excitement around commerce these days, there have been only a few really big changes in the last 100 years. S

TC Teardown: 13 Ways To Get To $10 Million In Revenues (Part II)

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/insert-startup1.jpg" alt="" /> <em><strong>Editor's note:</strong> This post is the second part of an analysis of different consumer Internet

ModCloth Raises $19.8 Million Series B For Indie Fashion

<img class="shot2" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/modclothlogo.png" alt="" />Indie fashion site <a href="http://www.modcloth.com">ModCloth</a> has raised $19.8 million in Series