The Fashion Police are using Technology with Style Sight to Keep Close Watch on the Latest Trends
By Azam on September 3, 2008
Stylesight announced a $16M searies A round of financing form Fidelity Ventures to keep an eye on the latest fashion trends. StyleSight is offering SaaS for surveillance of latest trends for business. Fashion and specialty retailers need to keep abreast of latest trends of latest styles, trims, and embellishments. The cycle time from design to the rack has shortened significantly to mirrors seasons. The last thing you would want to be caught dead in or with bad styles and bloated inventory.
The Company from the press release
Stylesight has dramatically improved the way fashion and style professionals work by simplifying their processes with its state-of-the-art online technology platform and unparalleled Trend forecasting and reporting. Stylesight’s world class information is supported by its advanced image search engine with more than 3 million fashion images.
Larry Cheng of Fidelity Ventures commented
“Stylesight has become the premier information service company for the global fashion industry,” Cheng said in the statement. “Stylesight’s product portfolio has a real ‘wow’ factor and is the must-have service for fashion retailers, manufacturers, designers, and factories around the world.”
The new financing will enable Stylesight to aggressively continue the global roll out of its business, with vastly expanded sales, marketing and client service teams. In addition, Stylesight will build upon its industry-leading commitment to technology and innovation by adding to its programming and R&D staff, and further develop its Fashion Office Trend teams to provide even deeper and more granular content for its growing subscriber base.
About Stylesight
Stylesight is a leading provider of trend forecasting and product development tools for creative professionals in the fashion and style industries. The company is powered by an expansive library of inspiring images and a Fashion Office with an unparalleled ‘point of view’ on the industry. Its concise reporting and advanced technology tools consistently generate actionable results. Stylesight was founded in 2003 by apparel manufacturing industry veteran Frank Bober. The company is headquartered in New York, with offices in Los Angeles, London, Paris, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, and Melbourne, and a global staff of trend-spotting correspondents. Stylesight’s subscribers include many of the leading retail and manufacturing companies worldwide.
Scrap Metal is in Style!
From the Company
Categories : Tech
Tags : Fashion Police, Fidelity Ventures, SaaS, Scrap Metal, StyleSight