Rebag is offering a curated assortment of nearly 30,000 pre-owned luxury items, including designer handbags, jewelry and watches, in collaboration with the Luxury Stores at Amazon online store. The collection will include brands such as Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Rolex and Cartier, offered with Amazon’s shopping experience and fast shipping and Rebag’s inspection and verification process. Charles Gorra, CEO & founder of Rebag. “This collaboration enables us to connect with a broader audience and meet the growing demand for sustainable luxury fashion in a way that’s convenient and trustworthy.” Rebag has been launching a variety of new partnerships in the past year, including a collection available on Walmart Marketplace and an initiative that made a curated selection of more than 2,500 designer handbags, watches and jewelry available on Bloomingdales.com. In addition, more than 500 items will be featured in five select Bloomingdale’s stores. Rebag has also entered a partnership with online resale platform ThredUp that allows customers to sell items via ThredUp for Rebag shopping credit and also enables ThredUp customers to shop select Rebag inventory directly on the ThredUp site.
Applicant trust platform Snappt offers automated, reliable verification of an applicant’s rent payment history delivering 25x more coverage than credit bureaus and over 80% verification success
Snappt, a leading platform for applicant trust in multifamily housing, has announced the addition of Verification of Rent (VOR) powered by Trigo. The platform also includes enhanced Verification of Assets (VOA) and bank account linking, supported by a new partnership with Mastercard’s open banking platform, Finicity. VOR enables property managers to automatically and accurately verify applicant rental payment history, eliminating the need for manual outreach to landlords. With less than 5% of rental history available through traditional credit reporting, VOR delivers 25x more coverage than credit bureaus and achieves over 80% verification success. Key features of Snappt’s Applicant Trust Platform: Verification of Rent (VOR): Automated, reliable verification of an applicant’s rent payment history. Bank Account Linking: Reduce friction for applicants by offering the option of instant verification and speed up application processing. Verification of Assets (VOA): Approve creditworthy applicants with significant assets who may not meet traditional income requirements, directly improving occupancy rates and NOI. Industry-Leading Fraud Detection: Snappt’s proven AI-driven detection technology and fraud forensics team have analyzed over 13 million documents, ensuring accurate results. Connected Payroll: Direct integration with 90% of US payroll providers instantly verifies income and employment status in real-time. ID Verification: Best-in-class biometric technology, complete with 30+ checks on an ID and the ability to scan 4,600+ global ID types.
Autobook integrates Fundbox’s embedded capital infrastructure tech into its platform to enable small business owners to apply for and access funds without ever leaving their banking app
Autobook has launched Autobooks Capital, powered by Fundbox, the embedded capital infrastructure for small businesses. This new offering adds fast, flexible funding directly within the Autobooks platform—no redirects, no extra accounts—just seamless access to capital where businesses already manage their finances. By layering in embedded capital infrastructure from Fundbox, financial institutions can offer small businesses a seamless way to access working capital, right when and where it’s needed. Because Autobooks Capital is embedded directly within digital banking, small business owners can apply for and access funds without ever leaving their banking app. This direct-to-account experience simplifies cash flow management and reinforces the financial institution’s position as the primary operating hub for small businesses. Fully integrated into the Autobooks platform, Autobooks Capital offers fast underwriting, competitive rates, and flexible repayment options—allowing businesses to apply for and receive funding without ever leaving the platform. Whether it’s restocking inventory, expanding operations, or navigating cash flow challenges, capital is now just a few clicks away. Autobooks Capital compliments traditional lending programs by giving business owners convenient access to short-term working capital for everyday needs. This enables financial institutions to better retain primacy of the customer relationship and compete more effectively with online lending providers — delivering modern capital access without pushing business customers to third-party platforms.
We-Connect’s solution enables SaaS platforms to securely integrate advanced LinkedIn automation directly into their software
We-Connect has launched the We-Link API, a unique solution for SaaS platforms to integrate advanced LinkedIn automation directly into their software. This allows vendors to offer additional services and a built-in LinkedIn outreach solution, transforming the way SaaS platforms approach LinkedIn automation. Key features of We-Link API include: Comprehensive LinkedIn automation in your solution: Enable users to send connection requests, manage messaging, schedule follow-ups, and engage seamlessly with leads—all within your existing product. Enterprise-level security: Features like IP whitelisting and user activity randomization ensure LinkedIn compliance and protect users’ accounts. Comprehensive admin panel: Vendors can monitor, manage, and customize API usage with a user-friendly admin interface.
Adobe’s agentic Brand Concierge, is is designed to guide users through personalized journeys, helping them find what they need with minimal friction
AI is playing an increasingly central role in shaping how companies engage with customers, but many of the most impactful innovations are designed to operate quietly in the background, according to executives from Louis Vuitton, Verizon and Adobe. For Louis Vuitton, the use of AI in stores is focused on supporting client advisors — representatives that engage with, sell to and develop relationships with customers. Laura Krittian, the luxury brand’s vice president of global retail excellence and development, said AI helps advisors identify which clients to contact, what to say and when to reach out. The French retailer is piloting a program that uses generative AI to create bespoke “thank you” messages with a tone tailored to each client’s preferences and profile while staying true to the Louis Vuitton brand and culture. Verizon Chief Digital Officer Kris Narayanan said the telecom giant is investing in AI-driven tools that empower service and sales reps by streamlining workflows and making relevant customer insights available in real time. For instance, Verizon now uses sentiment analysis — drawing on data from calls and digital interactions — to display red, yellow or green indicators of a customer’s emotional state. This helps reps adjust their approach and avoid missteps. Verizon, meanwhile, focuses on reducing cognitive load and designing tools that are easy to adopt without extensive training. Narayanan said Verizon is testing systems that allow customers to manage tasks like billing and account changes through simple voice or search commands — and eventually, AI agents may be able to anticipate and act on customer needs without explicit prompts. At Adobe, AI is being used to dramatically accelerate the pace of marketing campaigns and personalize customer journeys. Rachel Thornton, CMO of Adobe’s enterprise division, described how AI tools embedded in Adobe products allow marketers to conduct segmentation, testing and content generation in days rather than weeks. Adobe’s agentic AI platform, Brand Concierge, is another example of how companies are aiming to make digital interactions more conversational and tailored. Modeled after a luxury hotel concierge, the AI assistant is designed to guide users through personalized journeys, helping them find what they need with minimal friction.
Lily AI’s solution audits each SKU and delivers enriched data fields, optimized alt-text and on-page content for every product creating AI-ready structured data to boost discoverability within AI-driven search platforms
Lily AI has launched a new solution designed to empower marketers to enhance their product content for optimal visibility and discoverability within traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and emerging Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) contexts. The introduction of new content optimization capabilities ensures products are not only found in Google search but also deeply understood by modern search engines such as Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, driving unprecedented eCommerce performance. Lily AI’s new offering addresses the challenge of “Being Found to Be Sold” by leveraging its proprietary AI and deep understanding of product data assets and consumer intent. The solution automatically enriches, standardizes, and optimizes product content across ecommerce websites, ensuring product listings are not only comprehensive but also precisely aligned with how consumers search and how AI interprets product information for personalized recommendations, conversational commerce, and relevant search results. Key features and benefits include: AI-Ready Structured Data; Full-Funnel Query Intelligence & Bulk Content Refresh; and Shopper-Friendly Language.
EV carmaker Rivian’s retail store doubles down as a boutique, offering collective experience that blends reading, craft and play, and outdoor mini-adventure with shopping
Rivian, the electric car maker opened its first reimagined retail space in New York City’s Meatpacking District, transforming a street-level space into a boutique with the feel of a reading room and a play space, for kids and adults alike. Buyers can shop for a car, immerse in the Rivian lifestyle or just browse the brand and become more familiar with it. Rivian brought a new approach to the showroom idea from the very beginning, starting with its flagship space in Venice, California, as well a repurposing a theater in Laguna Beach, California and a gas station near Yosemite. Originally, Rivian showrooms, with the R1S and R1T center stage, allowed customers to explore the vehicles, accessories, merchandise and related lifestyle elements in a leisurely way. So the company took a new approach to how its spaces would embody that mission and redesigned a new flagship, the Rivian Space in NYC. In addition to books and guides intended to inspire journeys, Rivian Space is filled with experts, videos and information on making those trips happen in an EV, from how and where to charge to trip planing, itineraries with embedded charge stops and insights into Rivian’s proprietary charge network, which is focused on parks and popular outdoor destinations. Guests can sign up for a test drive that is more like a mini-adventure. The idea is to get the full feel of driving a Rivian R1T or R1S, through the city and into nature, to develop confidence driving an electric car and to experience how Rivian frames the world a bit differently. Buyers can explore new accessories for off-roading, or simply find branded gifts like shirts and hats. Through panel discussions and events everyone can learn more about local destinations, sustainability efforts or simply, get up to speed on new innovations from Rivian’s engineers.
Self-serve commerce company Cantaloupe’s acquisition to enable 365 Retail Markets to offer a seamless unattended retail platform across the globe with frictionless payments, software services and self-checkout technology
Self-serve commerce company Cantaloupe is set to go private in an $884 million deal. The company announced that it would be acquired by 365 Retail Markets, maker of unattended retail technologies and a portfolio company of private equity group Providence Equity Partners. Cantaloupe’s and 365’s complementary strengths will enable the combined company to offer a seamless unattended retail platform for customers around the globe, from hardware to software, and payment processing technology to data analytics. Cantaloupe’s offerings in delivering frictionless payments and software services combined with 365’s innovation and focus in self-checkout technology primarily for foodservice operator (FSO)-centric, enterprise-focused customers are expected to help expand the combined company’s customer base, product suite and vertical reach. The combined company will have a strong financial foundation and the transaction is expected to unlock meaningful synergies to fuel further investment in the business and customer benefits. These synergies include customer cost savings, cross-sell opportunities, and growth through new product rollouts, increased software adoption, and payments expansion. Together, the two companies say they will be better positioned to serve food service, convenience, retail, hospitality and sports/entertainment providers across North America, Latin America and Europe.
Pinterest to launch shoppable ads by leveraging Instacart’s first-party audience data built from real-world retail purchase behavior for targeting high-intent consumers with more precision
Instacart and Pinterest are enhancing brands’ Pinterest campaigns by providing high-intent audiences powered by Instacart data. In the initial phase of the partnership, select brands advertising on Pinterest will be able to advertise their products to Instacart first-party audience segments—built from real-world retail purchase behavior—to reach high-intent consumers with more precision. A second phase is expected to introduce closed-loop measurement, which would tie Pinterest ads to actual product sales across the Instacart Marketplace of over 1,800 retailers, and help prove campaign impact with real purchase data. Pinterest ads will become directly shoppable via Instacart, giving Pinterest users the ability to complete a purchase in just a few clicks. Imagine pinning a cocktail recipe and being able to instantly order the ingredients, or discovering a new clean beauty brand and getting it delivered to your door in as fast as 30 minutes. Pinterest advertisers will also gain a new way to leverage first-party audience data from Instacart. This means the ability to target and reach Instacart consumers based on actual purchase behaviors, like fans of gluten-free snacks or low-sugar beverages on Pinterest.
Startup Alta’s AI stylist makes outfit recommendations and lets users try on those looks with their personalized virtual avatar by uploading their closet photos or dressing themselves in clothes they are looking to buy
Startup Alta has announced an $11 million seed round led by Menlo Ventures. The product is indeed an AI stylist and personal shopper that makes outfit recommendations and lets users try on those looks with their personalized virtual avatar. Users upload their closet by either taking photos, forwarding purchase receipts, or searching what is already in the Alta database. People can also dress themselves in clothes they are looking to buy, mixing and matching with clothes already in their closet. Alta has already struck a partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) to offer Alta to its membership base. There are others playing around in the AI styling space, such as Whering and Cladwell, all trying to recreate the magic of that iconic scene in “Clueless,” where Cher plans an outfit from her closet using computer technology. Founder Jenny Wang considers herself to be part of the new wave of consumer technology, looking to make styling and shopping more effective. “There are existing players like Google Shopping and Pinterest who are also experimenting with AI,” she continued. “But the experiences that consumers will crave and use in the future will need to be built with new technical architectures and new user interfaces.”