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Amazon restructures seller fees to match its regional fulfillment strategy amid FTC lawsuit

GeekWire

Referral fees for apparel priced under $15 will decrease from 17% to 5%, and fees for apparel priced $15-20 will decrease from 17% to 10%, starting in January. per item will be offered for eligible items shipped in their own packaging through Amazon’s Ships in Product Packaging program, starting in February. ”

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Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Techstars unveil cohort for ‘Future of Longevity’ Accelerator

GeekWire

Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Techstars unveiled the first cohort for the new Future of Longevity Accelerator , a program that supports startups building products and services for caregivers. See the full list of companies below, with descriptions from the program. Companies range from device makers to software platforms.

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Portland startup Candid lands $2M to help brands and retailers run their wholesale business online

GeekWire

Candid is a software program meant to help retailers with their online wholesale efforts. Both wholesale buyers and sellers use the program. Founding story: Bloom started Candid after he and his wife built an apparel brand called North of West. Candid Photo). New funding: Portland, Ore.-based

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Topgolf Callaway tees up digital transformation for global expansion

CIO Business Intelligence

While golf clubs and golf balls remain the company’s beating heart, over the past 40 years its revenue mix has shifted to include apparel and gear. By 2021, the mix had shifted to 38% in golf equipment, 38% from Topgolf, and 24% in apparel, gear, and other lines of business. In 2016, 84% of Callaway’s revenue mix was in golf equipment.

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Transformational or overhyped? How these geeks at Seattle’s giant ‘Founders Bash’ think about AI

GeekWire

Charlotte Massey , co-founder of Gnara , an apparel tech company for women’s outdoor apparel. I think the real power is then the way that we interact with technology, and being able to talk to computers without needing to know how a program works. Here’s what they had to say: Charlotte Massey. Saurabh Jain.

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Tech Moves: Former AMD named Kymeta CEO; GitHub exec joins Twilio; DocuSign security vet joins Proof; Fred Hutch adds VP

GeekWire

Sellers was previously CMO at Seattle apparel startup TomboyX and vice president of marketing at real estate company Flyhomes. Basinga joined the Seattle-based nonprofit 12 years ago and was most recently its global director, program advocacy and communication.

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A leaked Walmart memo highlights the daunting challenges facing the world’s largest retailer

Vox

A source familiar with Walmart+ told Recode that retaining members has indeed been an issue for the new subscription service in its short existence and that retention is strongest among members who use the gas-discount perk of the program. Still, a company mission is to “establish Walmart as a credible apparel destination,” the document says.

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