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]
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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