A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion business, digital comms and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Warby Parker’s app is cleverly using the iPhone X’s face mapping to recommend glasses [TheVerge]
- Why REI and Modcloth will close on Black Friday, and prosper [RetailDive]
- Amazon’s cashierless store is almost ready for prime time [Bloomberg]
- The industry remembers Azzedine Alaïa [BoF]
- Tech titans José Neves and Ian Rogers on the future of luxury fashion [Evening Standard]
BUSINESS
- Shoppers expected to spend £10bn during Black Friday bonanza [TheIndustry]
- Stitch Fix’s highly anticipated IPO was ¯_(?)_/¯ [QZ]
- Farfetch losses grow despite skyrocketing revenue [Retail Gazette]
- Will the year of ‘the drop’ change fashion forever? [Fashionista]
- Is the second wave of sustainability finally here? [Refinery29]
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Inside Snapchat’s battle to win back its momentum [BoF]
MARKETING
- Australian department store tells the sweet Christmas tale of an expat gingerbread man [AdWeek]
- Keira Knightley sings in French for Chanel Coco Crush campaign [The Impression]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Amazon’s last mile [Gizmodo]
- Amazon could be worth $1 trillion in 2018 [RetailDive]
- Spotify expands merch to beauty products [TechCrunch]
- Rituals is overhauling its app to compete with the likes of Amazon, but it’s treading carefully [TheDrum]
TECHNOLOGY
- Alibaba’s AI fashion consultant helps achieve record-setting sales [MIT Technology Review]
- Poshmark builds a styling tool for Amazon’s Alexa powered devices [Internet Retailer]
- How brands and start-ups are using AI to help you get dressed [Fashionista]
- Vogue US partners with Apple on augmented reality feature [BoF]
PRODUCT
- Fashion’s interest in alternative fabrics keeps growing [NY Times]
