Fashion
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Overstock and old-season inventory dominate Whatnot's fashion vertical sales
“I would say the dominant sort of theme in, in fashion is probably like old season inventory or overstock.”
In the fashion industry, personal appearance functions as an argument
“In fashion, your appearance is your argument.”
Khatri: Hardware differs from fashion because scale requires proprietary tech partnerships
“So I personally think technology works in a very different way. It's not like fashion where you just Create a product and sell at any price point. Technology, you need an access to partners. We were talking about all proper, a lot of proprietary things. So I t…”
Kumar: Social Media Fits Fashion Commerce, Not Major Consumer Appliances
“Logically, let's say social media is one of the most leading channels. But for consumer goods, like white goods, Is it the performance? Is it the support? Is it the pricing? I don't know. Let's say buying AC on the social media is very hard to imagine.”
Bovell: E-commerce modeling is vulnerable to AI due to low pose variability
“And the clear cut for me was fashion especially when it comes to e-commerce a line or a segment of fashion where it's not necessarily about these creative big movements for a fashion model, but instead just small variations in the posing. And that in some ways…”
Peoples Wagner: Many white people in fashion hold roles they are unqualified for
“Especially in the world, but also in fashion, there have been a lot of white people who have had jobs that they were not even equipped for that had the role,”
Evans: Online fashion sales require curated experience over basic product grids
“Yes, people will buy fashion online, but not with a grid of dresses. You need some, you need something about service, experience, discovery, recommendation, all the other sides of what retail are, retail can be.”
Gerrie: Fashion has highest return rate in retail
“Fashion has the highest returns. Percentage of all types of retail.”
Xu: Design trends trickle down from fine art to home decor
“So it started from a very high level of art, and then it trickles down to fashion, and finally it goes to home.”
Shah: Fashion and home retail are uniquely driven by massive selection
“There's only a couple categories where a huge selection, ah, is really a key piece, where visual and aesthetic considerations are very paramount, where people want unique items, and the two are really fashion and home.”
Xu: Design Trends Flow From Fine Art to Fashion to Home Decor
“So it started from a very high level of art, and then it trickles down to fashion, and finally it goes to home.”
Wise: Europe's next $100B tech giants will focus on AI, fintech, fashion
“They're going to go and build the third wave, which is the 10, fifty, hundred billion dollar companies. And they're obviously not going to be competitive with the types of companies built in San Francisco in the same fields, not in sort of the information sear…”