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Ebay UK launches the Sneaker Academy with Hatch Enterprise

Marketplace Ebay UK is teaming up with entrepreneur accelerator Hatch Enterprise to launch the Sneaker Academy, a free 14-week programme designed to help young sneakerheads learn vital skills to turn their passion into an income-generating business. The Sneaker Academy will run from May 17 to August 14, offering budding entrepreneurs from...

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Desigual launches start-up accelerator with Plug and Play

Spanish fashion brand Desigual is launching an incubator programme called Awesome Lab in collaboration with the open innovation platform Plug and Play. The international start-up accelerator programme aims to find companies in product design, development, and customer relations, as the fashion brand looks to drive the development of...

Fashion

Atelier by ISEM Fashion Business School: an accelerator for fashtech

The University of Navarra's Atelier by ISEM is the first Spanish vertical accelerator of fashtech startups and has been a leader in helping companies consolidate technological solutions in the fashion sector. In its third edition, the program is geared towards startups that innovate and utilize disruptive technology. This year’s finalists will...

Business

John Lewis expands JLAB innovation programme for 2018

London - The John Lewis Partnership is set to expand its retail tech accelerator programme JLAB this year to include a number of new activities, set to launch throughout 2018. For the first time in its five year history, JLAB will run throughout the year, instead of just for a period of 12 weeks. In addition, the new JLAB programme for 2018 will...

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LVMH launches accelerator programme, supporting 50 start-ups

London - LVMH has launched a new accelerator programme which aims to support 50 start-ups a year, which includes start-ups focusing on artificial intelligence, augmented reality as well as the internet of things. “Innovation is an integral part of the history of our Maisons, which are often centuries old. This is why we know, perhaps better than...