A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Why fashion retailers are rethinking their returns policies [Glossy]
- How artificial intelligence is changing the future of beauty [HuffingtonPost]
- Why Gucci decided to support gun control [BoF]
- How Everlane is building the next-gen clothing brand [FastCompany]
- Cracking luxury’s customization challenge [BoF]
TECHNOLOGY
- 10 breakthrough technologies 2018 [MIT Technology Review]
- How Google Zoo is thinking about machine learning [TCDaily]
- Diamond industry turns to AR to attract wedding-wary millennials [Glossy]
SUSTAINABILITY
- Is this the year that fashion will pay attention to the planet? [ThePool]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Target CEO: Online shopping alone won’t cut it, retailers also need great stores [CNBC]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Maybelline asks followers whether it should quit Snapchat [AdAge]
- Chanel unveils Instagram feed for beauty devotees, plans for another beauty pop-up in West Hollywood [LA Times]
- First short film produced by Giorgio Armani unveiled during MFW [WWD]
- Why paid memberships are the new loyalty [BoF]
- Automat creates online hive for beauty sector chatbots [RetailDive]
- Fashion company loses social media followers over same-sex ads [BBC]
PRODUCT
- This company is using AI to make personalized skincare [FastCompany]
BUSINESS
- UK fashion industry to take hardest Brexit hit [BoF]
- Topshop boss Sir Philip Green ‘is in talks to sell his High Street empire to Chinese textiles giant’ [DailyMail]
- Charlotte Olympia files for bankruptcy [Fashionista]
- Tod’s turns to ‘Factory’ project to keep pace with fast-moving fashion market [BoF]
- LVMH and Kering launch website for model welfare [FashionNetwork]
