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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
  • Beauty’s augmented reality revolution: What’s real, what’s hype, what’s next [BoF]
  • Voice is about to fix our love-hate relationship with machines [Wired]
  • AI: The new battleground for brand marketing [AdWeek]
  • The world’s largest clothing maker isn’t betting on automation replacing cheap human labour [QZ]
BUSINESS
  • Target, Zara, and others have agreed to map their Chinese factories’ pollution in real time [QZ]
  • Marco Bizzari on how Gucci’s company culture fuels business success [BoF]
  • H&M readies millennial-focused ‘Nyden’ brand [RetailDive]
MARKETING
  • American Apparel’s rebrand, led by female execs, aims to be sexy without the sexism [AdWeek]
  • Why beauty brands keep investing in chatbots despite growing pains [Glossy]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
  • What net neutrality means for e-commerce, consumers, retail [WWD]
TECHNOLOGY
  • Try-at-home gets a tech update with sensor suits [Glossy]
  • Carmen Busquets: ‘The big luxury groups learned their lessons’ after underestimating technology [Glossy]
  • Neutrogena has made an iPhone scanner that magnifies your skin issues [TheVerge]
  • What needs to come first for VR to take off? Mass hardware adoption or compelling content? [AdWeek]
PRODUCT
  • Key sustainable textile innovations set to transform the industry in 2018 [FashionUnited]