A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Is apparel manufacturing coming home? [McKinsey]
- Voice command: is it the future of online shopping? [FashionUnited]
- French retail and fashion groups deepen focus on startups [WWD]
- Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger are sending a clear signal that Amazon is the future of fashion, and it’s terrible news for department stores [Business Insider]
TECHNOLOGY
- Magic Leap is real and it’s a janky marvel [TechCrunch]
- Fast Retailing signs deal to fully automate warehousing [WWD]
- ‘Building the digital factory’: 3D printing comes to Shopify [Digiday]
- Chinese investment into computer vision technology and AR surges as US funding dries up [TechCrunch]
- Amy Winehouse is going on tour as a hologram [Hypebeast]
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Dove gets certified cruelty-free [FashionNetwork]
- Why fashion’s anti-fur movement is winning [BoF]
- The Maiyet Collective’s concept store: reshaping ethical lux [Stylus]
- You buy a purse at Walmart. There’s a note inside from a “Chinese prisoner.” Now what? [Vox]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Amazon Fashion to launch London pop-up [Drapers]
- Brandless is launching a pop-up shop in NYC [TechCrunch]
- Supreme envy: The drop model gets used for burgers, tacos, toothbrushes [Digiday]
- Jenna Lyons is back, and she’s returning with a brand-new multi-platform venture [Vogue]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Three Nasty Gal ads banned by watchdog [FashionNetwork]
- ASOS unveils campaign and collection for new Gen-Z label Collusion* [TheIndustry]
- Adidas launches new membership program [HighSnobiety]
- Why brands are launching secret apps for superfans [BoF]
- Snapchat becomes the mobile HBO with 12 daily scripted Original shows [TechCrunch]
- Superdry unveils disabled mannequin shop window for Invictus Games [TheIndustry]
PRODUCT
- Alexander Wang is launching a new Uniqlo collaboration that’s all about underwear [Vogue]
BUSINESS
- Judge removes Deciem founder from CEO role [BoF]
- Sears files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy [WSJ]
- Superdry issues profits warning [Drapers]
- Coast falls into administration and is bought by Karen Millen [TheIndustry]
- Walmart acquires online lingerie retailer Bare Necessities [Reuters]
- Lyst launches French version after LVMH investment [FashionNetwork]
CULTURE
- The most diverse fashion season ever on the runway, but not the front row [NY Times]
- Met Costume Institute embraces ‘Camp’ for 2019 blockbuster show [NY Times]
- ‘Gender Bending Fashion’ to be focus of new show at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston next March [WWD]
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