TECHNOLOGY – Page 7
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ArticleDigitalization is key for 85% of European SMEs, but gaps in tech adoption
Digitalization is a powerful growth lever in today’s economy, but companies are not always up to speed with technological developments, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to new research from Sage, 85 percent of European SMEs consider digital tech as a key element to their growth ...
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News briefsAdidas teams up with Bugatti for football boot release with a twist
Bugatti and Adidas have come together to create a limited edition football boot – and a release with a twist. The Adidas X Crazyfast Bugatti will be auctioned through the Adidas Collect Web 3 platform, and successful bidders will receive both a physical pair and a digital twin. The Adidas ...
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News briefsSport Unlimitech launches new sport job fair
The next edition of the French trade show Sport Unlimitech will be held at the Marcq-en-Barœul horse racing venue on the outskirts of Lille on Nov. 8. Sport Unlimitech is a traveling event across France that gathers together local and national players in the sports business and sports movement as ...
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News briefsAI-powered tennis app SwingVision raises $6 million
SwingVision has announced a $6 million Series A financing round led by Authentic Ventures. Other participants include pro tennis players Lindsay Davenport, Alison Riske and Rohan Bopanna, as well as Dropbox’s head of product Youssef Es-skouri and Glenn Solomon of GGV Capital. The new funding will be primarily used to ...
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SponsoredRevolutionizing footwear retail
How one company is helping retailers to increase customer satisfaction, reduce returns, lower CO2, and merge in-store and online experiences.
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News briefsMunich basketball league team pioneers new LED floor
BMW Park, the arena in Munich, Germany, and home to the FC Bayern Basketball club, has had a giant LED display installed in the form of a glass playing floor. Never before has such a floor been used for competition in the German Basketball League (BBL), although one was used ...
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ArticleSafilo and Amazon launch new smart glasses with Alexa for the US market
Amazon has announced upgrading its smart eyewear collection with the launch of seven new styles, including five Echo Frames models, its proprietary brand, and two designs by Carrera, a house brand of Safilo Group. It is the first time the Italian eyewear company has partnered with Amazon. All Amazon smart ...
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News briefsAvatars to get digital sunglasses from Sunglass Hut
Source: Sunglass Hut EssilorLuxottica’s Sunglass Hut and avatar platform Ready Player Me are offering digital sunglasses that users can outfit their avatars with, a unique initiative that combines virtual worlds and physical retail. Starting Sept. 14, customers can pick up free sunglasses for their avatars at select ...
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News briefsG-Shock NFTs to come
Casio is opening a “digital community” through Discord for customers of its long-running G-Shock line of digital watches. On Sept. 23, moreover, the company will be issuing and distributing, free of charge, through the Polygon blockchain, an initial run of 15,000 “G-Shock Creator Pass” NFTs. Holders will ...
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ArticleHave NFT-issuing sports brands entered a new business?
BlockFi, OpenSea, Coinbase, Binance, FTX, Ripple, Impact Theory, Grayscale – all of them companies that have undergone investigation and government-initiated lawsuits over the past couple of years. The land of crypto, where sports brands have begun to tread over the past few years, is a land of confusion, and not ...
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News briefsAdidas establishes residency for digital artists
Adidas’ web3 division, Three Stripes Studio (/// Studio), has instituted a residency program for digital artists. Residency by Adidas, as it is called, will open operations on Sept. 7. This coincides with Korean Blockchain Week in Seoul, where the company will be displaying works by the program’s first resident artists ...
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ArticleAtobi and Asics announce strategic partnership
Atobi, provider of the Real-Time Retail Execution Platform, which enables brands and retailers to optimize collaboration and deliver exceptional brand experiences, has announced a strategic partnership with Asics. This development follows Atobi’s recent VC funding of €3.8 million, which will support further expansion beyond the company’s existing clients, such as ...
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News briefsThe R&A and Golf New Zealand invest in tech solutions provider DotGolf
The R&A and Golf New Zealand have announced that they are forming a strategic partnership with DotGolf, an international provider of golf technology solutions. The partnership will see The R&A and Golf New Zealand take a 50 percent equity stake in DotGolf. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, DotGolf was formed ...
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News briefsNike Rise concept store opens in India
Nike has opened its first digital flagship concept store, Nike Rise, at Phoenix Marketcity in Chennai on the Bay of Bengal in eastern India. The store was opened by RJ Corp, India’s leading conglomerate operating sports and F&B franchises, on August 6, 2023. Spread over 470 square meters, Nike Phoenix ...
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News briefsNew technology aims to reduce size-related returns in e-commerce
A Munich-based startup, Sizekick, has launched a new technology to help brands and retailers reduce size-related returns in e-commerce, along with strategic partner and investor Hohenstein. The newly developed sizing AI is now celebrating market entry, with the technology available for fashion e-commerce stores, with successfully acquired customers including the ...
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News briefsLatest 3D-printed performance shoe unveiled
Asics has once again partnered with 3D printing company LuxCreo to launch the second generation of its Actibreeze Hybrid Sandal. The performance sandal is designed for runners during rest and recovery periods and is the third footwear product from the successful partnership between LuxCreo and Asics. The ...
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ArticleResearchers develop prototype stretchable lithium-ion battery for textiles
Researchers at the University of Houston (UH) have developed a fully stretchable fabric-based lithium-ion battery prototype. The idea for stretchable batteries originally occurred to Haleh Ardebili, professor of mechanical engineering at UH, several years ago. A science fiction fan, he imagined smart, interactive and powered clothes. “It seemed a natural ...
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ArticleTwitter to become nothing, anything, everything
It appears that we were on to something a few months ago. Twitter has taken another step towards becoming X – “the everything app.” But what does this mean, and why the change in a brand as iconic as Twitter? We take a look.
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News briefsSmart wearables and navigation app announce partnership
Smart wearables brand Amazfit, owned by Zepp Health, is now offering routing and navigation connectivity with the popular outdoor activities app Komoot. Amazfit’s proprietary operating system, the Zepp OS, already enables supporting smartwatches to connect to external apps such as Adidas Running, Strava, Relive, Apple Health or Google Fit. ...
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News briefsDecathlon rolling out virtual try-ons
Decathlon has introduced a tool to help online customers select a size for the garments they order. Although there have been no official announcements from the company, its global Chief Digital Officer, Jerome Dubreuil, has described the tool in a LinkedIn post – as Retail Technology Innovation Hub has discovered. ...
