Meghan Hall

4 days ago | sourcingjournal.com | Meghan Hall

Voxel announced Tuesday it had secured a $44 million Series B round, led by NewRoad Capital Partners with further participation from Eclipse, Rite Hite, Tokio Marine, MTech, HG Ventures and Whitestone. The San Francisco-based startup uses computer vision to help companies identify real-time employee safety hazards in warehouses, at ports and in manufacturing facilities.

4 days ago | sourcingjournal.com | Meghan Hall

Recover and TextileGenesis are collaborating on a traceability pilot, meant to help track recycled material through its life. Recover produces recycled cotton fiber blends used by brands and retailers aiming to make their value chain more circular. TextileGenesis, owned by technology company Lectra, is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that better enables traceability for fashion and apparel purveyors.

5 days ago | sourcingjournal.com | Meghan Hall

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said Monday that police in Jonesboro, Ark., arrested 16 people for alleged retail theft last week. According to the announcement, police said they pinpointed five additional retail crime suspects, who they did not arrest during this blitz. Among those arrested, the state brought “more than 60 charges…about half of which were felony charges.” In Arkansas, suspects become eligible for a felony if they steal more than $1,000 worth of merchandise.

5 days ago | sourcingjournal.com | Meghan Hall

Consumers are warming up to the idea of artificial intelligence shopping alongside them. That’s according to new data from Algolia, which shows that 35 percent of consumers believe AI can predict fashion trends better than they can, and 34 percent of consumers trust AI to compile better outfits than they could think up themselves.

1 week ago | sourcingjournal.com | Meghan Hall

Byte-Sized AI is a bi-weekly column that covers all things artificial intelligence—from startup funding, to newly inked partnerships, to just-launched, AI-powered capabilities from major retailers, software providers and supply chain players. Manhattan Logistics announced at its annual conference, Momentum, last week that, beginning in the fall, it will launch agents designed to handle specific supply chain and logistics tasks.