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Charese Embree of Fynd.me Discusses Their Latest Service Feature - FyndBot Fynd.me Facebook Messenger Bot (courtesy of Fynd.me) Bots for Facebook Messenger have taken off like wildfire since announced this spring. Today, Fynd.me launches their AI fashion concierge on Facebook Messenger for both Mens and Womens clothing. We get an update from Charese Embree, co-founder of Fynd.me  on their Messenger bot for fashion - Fyndbot. Brilliant move since they didn't have to create another mobile app for their service. Checkout our interview with Charese below.

Fynd.me  Hopes to Refine Product Searches for Your Fashion Taste What is the beauty of e-commerce? - access to thousands of choices. And that is the issue. With the breadth of choices, convenience and ease of fulfillment, fashion e-commerce continues to grow with Amazon.com taking the lead(~ $16B in 2015(est. $52B in 2020), 5% of total apparel sales ). But, even with the Amazon.com search, it can take a long time to zero in on your tastes. That is where New York based fynd.me comes in. The service learns your preferences and becomes your personal "concierge." Their current business model only works with department stores which is quite great. The quality of the photos that mature department stores offer and a solid fulfillment backbone isn't a bad starting point. In the future, I can see a Pepper robot embedded with Fynd.me algorithm to be an in-store salesperson someday.  Last week, we spoke with co-founder Charese Embree of  fynd.me  on what their service ...

Charese Embree of Fynd discusses the need of Brick and Mortars and e-commerce to co-exist Photo by Greg Viloria / Japantown Merchants Association With all the typical anchor tenants like Macys, JC Penney's and Sears reeling from profit erosion and losses, are Malls dead? Last year, retail intelligence provider PlanetRetail in their " Future of Retail: 10 Trends for Tomorrow " predicted that half of all malls will close. The one's that do survive will look quite different. The report seems to indicate that those who survive become more experiential and mall stores become showrooms with an e-commerce fulfillment backend. Almost back to the old 60's trade centers where centers promoting international trade between countries would carry only a handful of goods to "touch and feel." Brick and Mortar woes isn't all Amazon's fault with ease of shopping, fulfillment and returns as a recent Brandchannel article cites.  Will a shift back to trad...