A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Fashion’s woman problem [NYTimes]
- Holograms: are they still the preserve of science fiction? [Guardian]
- Zara opens its pioneering digitally integrated store at Westfield Stratford [TheIndustry]
TECHNOLOGY
- JD.com plans to make courier robots smarter by enabling them to ‘talk’ to lifts, ascend towers [SCMP]
- Loving the alien: Why AI will be the key to unlocking consumer affection [Forbes]
- How to succeed at being a crypto and blockchain influencer without really trying [NewCoShift]
- China’s government casts uncertainty on blockchain evolution [JingDaily]
SUSTAINABILITY
- Nike, H&M and Burberry join forces for sustainable fashion [Reuters]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Sephora is launching in-store beauty classes for trans people [Them]
- Burberry is successfully steering sales into its own stores [Glossy]
- Alibaba’s newest initiative aims to make Hong Kong a global AI hub [TechCrunch]
- This new company is about to make fast fashion even faster [Racked]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- How we made our own CGI influencer in 48 hours [TheCut]
PRODUCT
- Fabrics of the past, present and future and the best ways to wear them [ManRepeller]
- Hue breakthrough: Scientists engineer first active, color-changing fabric [WWD]
