Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White, Shawn Mendes get behind Shelf Engine

Shelf Engine’s grocery order automation technology applies AI to food order volume so that grocery customers can reduce their food waste by as much as 32%. Continue reading Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White, Shawn Mendes get behind Shelf Engine

Fintech startup SellersFunding raises $166.5M in equity, credit round to support e-commerce sellers

SellersFunding created a lending and financial services platform to streamline global commerce for thousands of marketplaces, including working capital, cross-border cash management and taxes. Continue reading Fintech startup SellersFunding raises $166.5M in equity, credit round to support e-commerce sellers

Virtual dressing room startup Revery.ai applying computer vision to the fashion industry

Revery.ai is developing a tool that leverages computer vision and artificial intelligence to create a better online dressing room experience. Continue reading Virtual dressing room startup Revery.ai applying computer vision to the fashion industry

Survey: 78% of Retailers Took Additional Security Precautions Ahead of the 2020 Holidays

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) stopped many things in 2020. While in-store holiday shopping may be greatly reduced for some, there’s still a lot of shopping happening online. Near the end of November 2020, Statista revealed that holiday retail sales were … Continue reading Survey: 78% of Retailers Took Additional Security Precautions Ahead of the 2020 Holidays

Record Levels of Software Bugs Plague Short-Staffed IT Teams in 2020

As just one symptom, 83 percent of the Top 30 U.S. retailers have vulnerabilities which pose an “imminent” cyber-threat, including Amazon, Costco, Kroger and Walmart. Continue reading Record Levels of Software Bugs Plague Short-Staffed IT Teams in 2020

Cyber Monday – The Biggest Shopping Day of the Year?

Do you remember when Cyber Monday wasn’t a thing? In late November 2005, The New York Times reported: "The name Cyber Monday grew out of the observation that millions of otherwise productive working Americans, fresh off a Thanksgiving weekend of… Continue reading Cyber Monday – The Biggest Shopping Day of the Year?

Walmart, Best Buy and Phishing Scams

Holidays are prime time for malicious activity with retailers, including phishing scams One thing we know about consumer-focused cybercriminals is they’re more likely to strike during busy shopping periods. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, an… Continue reading Walmart, Best Buy and Phishing Scams

The limits of coworking

It feels like there’s a WeWork on every street nowadays. Take a walk through midtown Manhattan (please don’t actually) and it might even seem like there are more WeWorks than office buildings. Consider this an ongoing discussion about Urban Tech, its intersection with regulation, issues of public service, and other complexities that people have full […] Continue reading The limits of coworking

‘Tis the Season to be a Prudent Retailer

‘Tis the season to be shopping, as some might say. Holiday seasons are very good for retail businesses, with increased traffic in both online and brick-and-mortar stores. Unfortunately, business is good for cybercriminals during these busing shop… Continue reading ‘Tis the Season to be a Prudent Retailer