Online shopping has been steadily increasing in popularity in recent years but the Covid-19 fueled an explosion in this industry. Quarantine prompted millions of businesses to come up with long-distance services and many platforms were created due to these unprecedented conditions. One such platform that has actually used the online shopping craze for the greater good is Miiriya.

Miiriya is a marketplace website and app, similar to Amazon or Etsy, which promotes black-owned shops and funnels the profit back into local communities. Founded by a woman who goes by the name “Lonnaa”, the platform aims to “create convenience for shoppers who want to support black businesses”. There are thousands of sellers in each category, and about every one of them is a small, black-owned business selling handmade and carefully crafted goods.

According to Miiriya’s About Us page, the app and website require no listing fees and sellers receive 100% of their profits, unlike most other marketplace platforms. Additionally, all the profits from Miiriya’s site will be circulated back to healthcare and education programs, as well as combating homelessness and supporting other projects within the black community.

The name ‘Miirya’ means ‘thoughts’ and ‘ideas’—but can also mean “philosophers” or “thinkers”—in the African language of Bambara/Dioula.

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Each year, there are more and more copies of luxury fashion garments, and bags are among the most popular items that are copied. According to Hypebeast, 5,300 copies of designer garments were confiscated in L.A. in August 2019 alone, so you can imagine how the numbers add up.

Luxury goods company LVMH decided to help put an end to this practice. The French conglomerate released an app that uses artificial intelligence to discover which designer bags are actually fake. The app is called Entrupy and it’s a part of their prestigious program La Maison des Startups.

Right now, the app supports validating the authenticity of bags by brands like Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Hermès.

Each bag that enters this system goes through the authentication process while artificial intelligence uses around 500 data items about each product to determine if it’s real or fake. The app needs only a few seconds to generate the result, and it’s correct in over 99% of the cases.

Who would’ve known that the luxury fashion market would merge with technical developments one day?

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Online shopping has been steadily increasing in popularity in recent years but the Covid-19 fueled an explosion in this industry. Quarantine prompted millions of businesses to come up with long-distance services and many platforms were created due to these unprecedented conditions. One such platform that has actually used the online shopping craze for the greater good is Miiriya.

Miiriya is a marketplace website and app, similar to Amazon or Etsy, which promotes black-owned shops and funnels the profit back into local communities. Founded by a woman who goes by the name “Lonnaa”, the platform aims to “create convenience for shoppers who want to support black businesses”. There are thousands of sellers in each category, and about every one of them is a small, black-owned business selling handmade and carefully crafted goods.

According to Miiriya’s About Us page, the app and website require no listing fees and sellers receive 100% of their profits, unlike most other marketplace platforms. Additionally, all the profits from Miiriya’s site will be circulated back to healthcare and education programs, as well as combating homelessness and supporting other projects within the black community.

The name ‘Miirya’ means ‘thoughts’ and ‘ideas’—but can also mean “philosophers” or “thinkers”—in the African language of Bambara/Dioula.

The post Check out Miiriya — A Platform for Black-Owned Businesses appeared first on toppoptoday.com.

Each year, there are more and more copies of luxury fashion garments, and bags are among the most popular items that are copied. According to Hypebeast, 5,300 copies of designer garments were confiscated in L.A. in August 2019 alone, so you can imagine how the numbers add up.

Luxury goods company LVMH decided to help put an end to this practice. The French conglomerate released an app that uses artificial intelligence to discover which designer bags are actually fake. The app is called Entrupy and it’s a part of their prestigious program La Maison des Startups.

Right now, the app supports validating the authenticity of bags by brands like Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Hermès.

Each bag that enters this system goes through the authentication process while artificial intelligence uses around 500 data items about each product to determine if it’s real or fake. The app needs only a few seconds to generate the result, and it’s correct in over 99% of the cases.

Who would’ve known that the luxury fashion market would merge with technical developments one day?

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