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Fashion rentals marketplace Rent the Runway was hit hard by the pandemic, as its subscribers were largely renting outfits to wear to in-person events. The company survived, however, by slashing costs, renegotiating supplier contracts, and entering the clothing resale market. Today, the company is expanding that side of its business once again by bringing some […]

Rent the Runway’s fashion comes to Amazon, including pre-worn items and design exclusives by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

In part two of this five-part series, we’ll learn how to set up a paid acquisition channel that drives online traffic and conversions.

Teach yourself growth marketing: How to launch a paid acquisition channel by Annie Saunders originally published on TechCrunch

Nvidia’s new tools are meant to help developers more quickly build and deploy applications designed to prevent theft.

Nvidia unveils new AI workflows to help the retail industry with loss prevention by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

Teams dedicated to boosting customer acquisition, retention and sales don’t necessarily have the time or tools to use data insights effectively. In a 2019 survey, NewVantage partners found that the percentage of firms identifying themselves as being data-driven declined in each of the past three years, with over half admitting that they’re not competing on […]

Coho AI, which uses AI to help B2B SaaS companies boost revenue, raises $8.5M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk should take note of a recent major privacy fine for Meta before forging ahead with any plan to force behavioral ads on Twitter users in the European Union. To wit: In remarks today, following the publication of two final decisions against Meta by EU privacy regulators applying the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]

Meta’s ads being found unlawful in the EU is a warning to other ad-funded platforms by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

The fund raised will be deployed to further strengthen the R&D capabilities to develop next-generation traction motors and drives for mobility applications including machine learning and advance telematics capabilities in its products

With our mysterious, unsustainable, and psychological attachment to pets, combined with a boom in pet ownership since those lonely pandemic times, means veterinary practices have come under increasing pressure. Pet ownership has increased (56 to 70% US household penetration in the last 35 years). But, there are not enough vets. To meet demand, a vet […]

Our obsession with pets means startups aimed at Vets are booming, as Digitail shows by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Africa, bucking global trends, raised more VC dollars in 2022 than 2021. But its unicorn list stayed stagnant.

Why Africa had no unicorns last year despite record fundraising haul by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch