Digital snippets: Neiman Marcus and Foursquare, blogging, vlogging and the tablet at retail
Some more great stories from around the web surrounding all things fashion and digital over the past week:
- Neiman Marcus to give away handbags in Foursquare hunt [Mashable]
- Haul videos: marketing to teens through teens [FT]
- Retailers focus on tablets [WSJ]
- How street style changed the frontier of fashion photography [The Cut]
- Fashion bloggers and their agents [NYTimes]
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