Digital snippets: Rent the Runway, MAC and Lady Gaga, Links of London
Some more great stories from around the web surrounding all things fashion and digital this week:
- How e-commerce is luring top editorial talent on both sides of the pond [WWD]
- Dress hire service Rent the Runway gets $15m backing from venture capital firm KPCB [Reuters]
- MAC and Lady Gaga team up for interactive Glam This Way campaign [Us]
- Shopthemag.com, Asia’s answer to Net-a-Porter? [CNN]
- KPMG report shows China’s luxury consumers get their information online [The Independent]
- Insights from Links of London’s gnome-themed multichannel treasure hunt of 2010 [Luxury Daily]
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