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Walmart Buys Virtual Fitting Room Startup Related Stories May 12, 2021 May 7, 2021 April 30, 2021 Walmart Inc. has agreed to acquire Zeekit, an Israeli startup whose technology lets customers try on clothing without ever entering a store’s fitting room. Zeekit’s three founders — Yael Vizel, Alon Kristal and Nir Appleboim — will join Walmart as part of the deal, the retailer said. Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. Zeekit’s image-processing technology, which has been used by brands such as Levi Strauss & Co. and Tommy Hilfiger, allows shoppers to see a digit...

Walmart Inc. of Bentonville will acquire the virtual fitting company Zeekit, an Israeli startup. Terms were not announced or when Zeekit will be available on Walmart.com. To use Zeekit, customers upload a picture of themselves or use a representative model to virtually try on clothes.  "Virtual try-on is a game-changer and solves what has historically been one of the most difficult things to replicate online: understanding fit and how an item will actually look on you," said Denise Incandela, Walmart's executive vice president of apparel and private brands, in a blog post. "Zeekit will help ...