A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion business, digital comms and tech industry news.
TOP STORIES
- Ministry of Supply is betting big on the power of 3D printing [Glossy]
- The case against ‘see now, buy now’ [BoF]
- Stitch Fix said to be mulling Initial Public Offering [Bloomberg]
- The myth of the ‘store of the future’ [Glossy]
BUSINESS
- Triggering Article 50: What Brexit means for fashion [BoF]
- Amazon buys Souq.com as Middle East online market takes off [Bloomberg]
- Can Jet.com take a bite out of Amazon Fashion? [BoF]
- BFC launches British high-end manufacturers database [The Industry]
SOCIAL MEDIA
- How Instagram beat out Snapchat as fashion’s ‘social darling’ [Glossy]
- Retailers can now make Instagram posts much more shoppable [AdWeek]
- Facebook continues its video push with shoppable ad format for mobile [Campaign]
- 6 ways luxury brands use WeChat for marketing campaigns in China [JingDaily]
MARKETING
- This agency used a weather balloon to fly Nike’s new Vapormax shoe into space [AdWeek]
- Shinola’s uplifting new ads celebrate America’s builders, makers and do-gooders [AdWeek]
- M&S’ advertising rethink will not see it target ‘Mrs M&S’ [The Drum]
- Sainsbury’s Tu Clothing ad campaign changes according to real-time weather forecasts [WGSN]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- House of Fraser turning to experiential retail [Fashion United]
- How retailers can drive profitable growth through dynamic pricing [McKinsey]
- How Generation Z is transforming the shopping experience [Retail Dive]
TECHNOLOGY
- Retailers explain how AI is being used in fashion [Glossy]
- Report: Amazon Go public opening postponed over tech hiccups [Retail Dive]
- Did people suffer for your cotton shirt? DNA tagging lets you track its origins [Fast Company]
- It only took 5,000 years, but the flip-flop is finally getting smarter [Fast Company]
START-UPS
- Kering teams With Plug and Play on fashion sustainability start-up accelerator [Footwear News]
- Tristan Walker: ‘No one wants to fund e-commerce companies anymore’ [Recode]
