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Re:Tech is an innovation hub for retail and commerce related technologies.

Fash&Tech is an innovation center for fashion, retail and e-commerce technologies aiming to change the way fashion is produced, marketed and consumed across channels. We bring together over 150 startups deeply engaged in areas such as AI, chatbots, AR, VR, image recognition, data and machine learning. Fash&Tech works with companies and investors to identify the most relevant Israeli technology in

this space for their needs. Follow this page to stay up-to-date on current events happening within the fashion and technology community, and to receive notifications about future Fash&Tech events and meetups.

01/09/2026

Physical retail is becoming one of the most data rich parts of the shopping journey.

Stores are filling up with technology that can see what’s happening, understand what needs attention, and increasingly act on it in real time.

A few signals from Israel’s Retail Digitalization & Store Operations ecosystem covered in our 2025/2026 report:

✅ ~15% of Israel’s retail tech landscape sits within this category
✅ Investment is increasingly focused on computer vision, inventory intelligence, shelf monitoring, store automation and operational analytics
✅ $25M was raised in one of the category’s major recent funding rounds
✅ The category is seeing strategic interest in technologies that connect the physical store with broader digital commerce systems

The shift toward operational intelligence is changing what a “smart store” actually means. Better inventory visibility, faster decisions and more connected systems are becoming increasingly important to how retailers run physical locations.

The store is becoming a much more intelligent piece of the commerce stack.

📖 Read the full deep dive into Retail Digitalization & Store Operations. Link in the comments.

31/08/2026

The world’s biggest retailers are quietly rewriting the retail tech playbook.

National Retail Federation and Kantar’s 2026 Top 50 Global Retailers ranking offers a useful snapshot of where global retail is heading.

A few signals stand out:

🌎 Global scale still requires local ex*****on: The biggest retailers are adapting formats, digital experiences and fulfillment models market by market rather than relying on a single global playbook.

🤖 is moving closer to operations: adoption remains relatively limited across enterprise retail, but machine learning and AI are already improving logistics, returns, self checkout accuracy and store operations.

🏪 Smaller formats are gaining momentum: Discount grocery and smaller store concepts are outperforming traditional hypermarket models in many markets. That creates new technology requirements around inventory, replenishment, assortment and localized fulfillment.

📦 Fulfillment is becoming a competitive advantage: Home delivery, marketplace models and more flexible fulfillment are increasingly embedded into the core retail proposition.

💳 Retail is expanding into financial services: Walmart, Alibaba Group, Mercado Libre, Carrefour and others are using to make shopping and payments more accessible while creating new digital ecosystems around the customer.

🔐 Cybersecurity is now a supply chain issue: Attacks targeting logistics, procurement and fulfillment systems are creating risks far beyond the IT department.

The bigger takeaway?

The next phase of retail technology is about connecting the physical store, digital commerce, supply chain, payments and customer data into one operating system for retail.

For technology providers, that means the opportunity is increasingly tied to measurable operational impact: better availability, faster fulfillment, lower costs, stronger security and more relevant customer experiences.

What retail technology trend do you think will have the biggest impact over the next 3 years?

🔗 Read more on : link in comments. 👇

28/08/2026

TODAY is the LAST DAY to register for RetailClub AI Festival's Breakthru Program and Hosted Meetings!

If you’ve been thinking about attending, this is your final chance to take advantage of the exclusive offers available via Retech. Trade the convention center for the beach and join retail, brand, AI, and technology leaders for three days of curated 1:1 meetings, networking, experiences, and conversations focused on the future of retail.

Just for our community:

🎟️ Exclusive founder ticket discount via Re:Tech: Use code RETECH895 to save on your ticket.
🆓 Brands & retailers can register FREE via Re:Tech: Eligible brands and retailers can access complimentary registration through us.
💰 Exclusive sponsorship discounts: We've also secured special sponsorship pricing for companies looking to get involved.

🌴 RetailClub AI Festival
📅 September 22–24, 2026
📍 Huntington Beach, California

If you’re interested in attending, sponsoring, or finding out which offer applies to you, reach out to us directly.

👉 Register / save with code RETECH895: link in comments. 👇

See you on the beach! 🌊

27/08/2026

$463 million went into Israeli retail tech in 2025. The year before, it was $200 million. 📈

That jump came after several years of contraction across the ecosystem, making 2025 an important inflection point for Israeli retail and commerce technology. A few numbers from the data:

✅ $463M in total funding, compared with $200M in 2024
✅ 23 deals in 2025, up from 17 in 2024
✅ 136% year over year funding growth, according to the report

Funding rebounded across an ecosystem spanning ecommerce enablement, marketing and media, retail digitalization, payments, supply chain, and other retail technology categories.

The bigger story is where the ecosystem is heading. AI, commerce infrastructure, personalization, store intelligence, and other technologies tied to measurable business outcomes are becoming increasingly important areas of activity and investment.

And with 450+ active Israeli retail tech startups mapped in the report, there is plenty more to watch!

📥 Download the 2025 Israeli Retail & Commerce Tech Report for the full funding analysis, category breakdowns, ecosystem trends, and Top 100 Israeli Retail Tech Startups. Link in comments. 👇

24/08/2026

What can the 2026 Hot 25 Retailers tell us about where retail growth is coming from?

Compiled by Kantar, the ranking of the fastest growing U.S. retailers puts MINISO at Number 1 with 52.62% year over year domestic sales growth, followed by DICK'S Sporting Goods at 48.5%. Beyond the rankings, a few themes stand out:

🔎 Discovery matters: Rotating assortments, limited time offers, social trends and immersive store experiences are giving consumers more reasons to engage.

💰 Value remains powerful: Consumers are feeling economic pressure, yet retail spending remains resilient. The retailers gaining ground are creating products and experiences worth prioritizing.

🌏 Global influence is growing: Asian retailers and consumer culture have a notable presence on the list, reflecting changing tastes and demand for distinctive concepts.

🏷️ Private label is becoming a brand strategy: Retailers are investing in private brands to build differentiation, loyalty and perceived value.

The list highlights just how diverse the paths to growth can be. For retailers and retail tech companies, the Hot 25 offers a useful lens on the strategies and capabilities shaping the next phase of retail.

Read the full analysis and explore the 2026 Hot 25 Retailers on National Retail Federation, list in comments👇.

12/08/2026

AI is becoming infrastructure for retail. And the deals of H1 2026 are showing where the investment is going. 📈

The first six months of 2026 have brought $60M, $47M and $6.2M funding rounds, alongside strategic acquisitions by PayPal, Publicis Groupe and Instacart.

A few signals worth watching:

📈 ZyG raised $60M at a $500M valuation, bringing total funding to $118M just one year after launching.

📈 PayPal acquired Cymbio, strengthening its agentic commerce capabilities.

📈 Publicis Groupe acquired Adge.AI for approximately $100M, bringing autonomous AI powered marketing capabilities into its platform.

📈 Instacart acquired Arpalus, adding shelf intelligence with more than 95% average inventory recognition accuracy to its Physical AI strategy.

Across these deals, the direction is becoming clearer: AI is moving into the systems that run commerce, from merchandising and marketing to pricing, inventory, customer engagement and agentic shopping.

And 5 of the 8 major announcements highlighted in the roundup came from eCommerce Enablement and Marketing, Digital & Media, two of the strongest categories identified in the 2025 Israeli Retail & Commerce Tech Report.

The first half of the year has given us plenty to watch. The second half should be even more interesting.

📖 Read the full H1 2026 Retail Tech Roundup on the blog. Link in the comments. 👇

06/08/2026

Agentic eCommerce is here. 🚀

Legacy eCommerce was built for a different era, relying on static pages and generic customer journeys. The proof is in the data: when a shopper clicks a social ad or influencer post only to land on a generic homepage, drop-off rates skyrocket to 99%.

Shopeaks is rewriting the playbook, and by leveraging real-time user intelligence and AI, Shopeaks automatically generates dynamic, personalized storefronts the exact moment a shopper clicks through.

Now, congrats to the founding team Daniel Abitbul, Nave Geri, and Shay Amir on securing this new backing! We are excited to see Savyon Ventures, led by Eran Savir, team up with an incredible investor group including RUNI Ventures, Storytime Capital, Maccabee Ventures, and Ginossar Ventures to fund the next generation of commerce infrastructure.

03/08/2026

August is here... and in retail, that means one thing: season is officially in full swing. 🎒📚

The shopping journey starts long before checkout. Today's consumers are discovering products through retailer apps, social media, and recommendations from friends and family, while younger shoppers are playing a bigger role in purchase decisions than ever before.

For brands, retailers, and retail tech companies, the opportunity isn't just to capture demand but to to influence it. Key takeaways:

📱 Social is driving discovery: College shoppers (18–24) are turning to Instagram and TikTok for shopping inspiration before making purchases.

🛍️ Retail-owned channels still matter: Retailer websites and apps remain key destinations for product research and planning.

👨‍👩‍👧 Kids have real purchasing power: 62% of K–12 shoppers say at least half of their back-to-school spending is influenced by their child's preferences.

Retailers who succeed this seasonw ill meet shoppers where they're discovering products, with connected experiences across social, digital, and in-store touchpoints. The brands that inspire shoppers early, and create seamless omnichannel experiences, will be best positioned to win the season.

Read more on the National Retail Federation blog. Link in comments 👇

31/07/2026

18 years building an eyewear brand and this is the advice Eldad Rothman gives to every retail CEO. ☝🏻

The other day Nicolas Kroeger and our very own Yael Kochman had the pleasure to talk to Eldad, co-founder of GlassesUSA.com, about the journey from a small online idea to a company selling hundreds of millions in eyewear.

He shared that building a business is not all about passion. Sometimes it is more about finding the right niche. 🤓

Some other highlights from our conversation:

✅ How they built and manage a catalog of 16,000 different products
✅ Why they see themselves as a technology company
✅ What it took to open physical stores after being online only for 18 years

🎧 Full episode is out now. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Link in comments.

What's your take, does vertical integration still win in a marketplace world?

29/07/2026

Israeli retail tech isn't slowing down. If anything, H1 2026 suggests the momentum is accelerating. 📈

The first half of 2026 has already delivered major funding rounds, strategic acquisitions, and another wave of AI innovation across the ecosystem. When we published the 2025 Israeli Retail & Commerce Tech Report, one of the clearest findings was that investment was shifting toward technologies with measurable commercial impact. 6 months into 2026, that trend is becoming even more apparent.

A few highlights from H1:

💰 ZyG raised a $60M Series A at a $500M valuation, bringing total funding to $118M just one year after launch.

📈 Nimble secured $47M to expand its enterprise AI platform, helping businesses turn the live web into structured, decision ready data.

🤖 Rep AI announced a $6.2M strategic investment, including participation from Zendesk, as enterprise AI adoption continues accelerating across ecommerce.

🤝 Strategic buyers remained active across the ecosystem. PayPal acquired Cymbio to strengthen its agentic commerce capabilities. Publicis Groupe acquired Adge.ai for approximately $100M. Instacart acquired Arpalus, adding AI powered shelf intelligence capable of achieving more than 95% inventory recognition accuracy.

The activity also reinforces another finding from the report. 5 of the 8 major announcements came from the eCommerce Enablement and Marketing, Digital & Media categories, highlighting continued demand for technologies that improve conversion, customer engagement, personalization, and commerce operations.

AI continues to shape nearly every part of retail, from merchandising and pricing to inventory management, marketing, customer service, and agentic commerce. H1 2026 suggests those technologies are becoming increasingly embedded in retailers' day to day operations.

📖 Read the full analysis on our blog. Link in the comments. 👇

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