SF FashTech

Recapping Fashtech in 2012

December 31, 2012 by Mika

2012 was a big year for the fashtech industry. Some might even call it a breakout year, with a serious eye turned to it, from venture capitalists and holding companies to celebrities and brands. How did SFFT do as far as predictions go? Let’s revisit our predictions for 2012 and see what shook out. 1. [...]

Weekly Reading 12/28: Get your own MacGyver moment with Inventables. A temporary reprieve from comprehensive online sales tax. A bleak future for brick & mortar, and more.

December 28, 2012 by Adelle

Why Malls Are Getting Mauled (All Things D) Social Selling Finding Niche With Polyvore (Women’s Wear Daily) Fab Achieves Mobile Commerce Goal With 56% Of Xmas Day Revenue From Its Apps (TechCrunch) A comprehensive online sales tax appears dead for now, but will resurface in the 2013 legislative cycle (The Next Web) Inventables raises $1.65M [...]

Weekly Reading 12/21: Square partners with Burberry. New Pinterest competitors, and more.

December 21, 2012 by Adelle

Square to announce payment trial with Burberry, its first luxury brand partner (The Next Web) Facebook Brings Back Pinterest-Style “Collections” Feature In Test With 11 Retailers Like Fab And Etsy (TechCrunch) Once Proudly Web Only, Shopping Sites Hang Out Real Shingles (New York Times) Tapiture raises (at least) $450K to prove “Pinterest for bros” critics [...]

Weekly Reading 12/14: Nike’s new accelerator. The rise of re-commerce. New mobile apps for beauty, and more.

December 14, 2012 by Adelle

Nike Launches A Tech Accelerator, To Develop Nike+ Apps (Fast Company) Everyone’s an Editor With Glossi (On the Runway) Fashion Marketplace Material Wrld Raises $780K Seed Round Led By Warby Parker, Bonobos Investor Great Oaks VC (TechCrunch) eBay Has Turned Into A ‘Fast Fashion Graveyard’ (Business Insider) J. Crew, Tumblr Hosting Blogger Event (Women’s Wear [...]

Pretty Smart Textiles – Q&A with curator Melissa Coleman

December 13, 2012 by Mika

It is easy to find inspiration at the intersection of fashion, design, and technology. By overturning traditional ways of designing, buying, and selling fashion, the industry could be no more inspiring than it is now. But to find innovation, where new concepts and ideas are formed, can be challenging as it is often kept to [...]

Japanese Company stylink Helps You Find Your Fashion Through “Peers”

December 12, 2012 by Nobu

Most of the startups we are witnessing in Japan target a similar audience – active people from teens and up to 30s, particularly women. We already covered mixi’s “Petite Jete ” and Fablic’s “Fril,” which also target this demographic. “stylink” is one of the very latest in the space. “stylink” , in a nutshell, seems [...]

SF Fashtech Crowdfunding Series: Phorce

December 11, 2012 by Charles

Being caught on a road trip, on the train or essentially any place at all without a charged iPhone or computer is a let down. How many times have you thought to yourself, “I wish I brought my charger?” Now what if you never had to worry about chargers again? Phorce makes this possible. It [...]

Weekly Reading 12/7: Google Shopping and Amazon Kindle play nice. Storenvy socializes online shopping. BRIC countries adopt U.S. holiday shopping habits. Etsy lands on the Android, and more.

December 7, 2012 by Adelle

Etsy launches slick Android app to buy crafts on the go (VentureBeat) Storenvy brings the mall experience to online shopping (Pando Daily) Google Shopping now includes the Amazon Kindle (and why that’s a big deal) (All Things D) ShopKeep POS banks $10M for iPad register system (VentureBeat) Clutch’s mobile shopping app is chock full of features, [...]