A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Alibaba sets Singles’ Day record with $31 billion in sales [Bloomberg]
- Ebay declares 2018 the year of Virgil Abloh, logos and the Markle Effect [FashionNetwork]
- Why catalogs still have a hold on holiday marketing [RetailDive]
TECHNOLOGY
- Sephora and Google partner on hands-free experience [WWD]
- China is now using gait recognition to identify people [FastCompany]
- AI news anchor makes debut in China [NPR]
- AI bots are awkwardly learning how to dress themselves [Dazed]
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Is sustainability incompatible with fashion? [i-D]
- The suddenly surging business of recycled plastic puffer jackets [Fashionista]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Glossier opens first NYC flagship [Fashion Network]
- Zalando looks to Alibaba for connected retail inspiration [Fashion United]
- Amazon to inaugurate first pop-up shop in Italy [WWD]
- Dollar Shave Club plans vending machines in high-traffic areas [Retail Dive]
- JD.com competes for luxury partners with high-tech and white gloves [Jing Daily]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- WeChat reaches 1m mini programs, half the size of Apple’s app store [TechCrunch]
- Anya Hindmarch gets down to business, helping procrastinators and the scatterbrained [WWD]
BUSINESS
- Black Friday 2018: Consumers are eager, more digital, and willing to spend [McKinsey]
- Betting on Richemont’s future [BoF]
CULTURE
- This size-inclusive lingerie show just put the Victoria’s Secret runway to shame [Teen Vogue]
- Saint Laurent launches art project with Daido Moriyama exhibition [WWD]
- Why fashion’s future will be shaped by male consumerism [Highsnobiety]
- Hedi Slimane and the art of the ‘drop’ [BoF]
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