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TOP STORIES
- Retail is broken. Apple’s Angela Ahrendts has a plan [Vogue Business]
- What we’ve learned from MPs’ interim report on the sustainability of the UK fashion industry [The Industry]
- Is surveillance the future of service? [BoF]
- Puma unveils a self-lacing shoe [Retail Dive]
TECHNOLOGY
- Lancôme partners with Alibaba on AR game [Retail Dive]
- Warby Parker’s new app combines AR and face mapping so you can try on virtual glasses [The Verge]
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Is the beauty industry doing enough to tackle plastic pollution? [The Independent]
- Paris aims to be ‘Sustainable Capital of Fashion’ by 2024 [WWD]
- Farfetch to drop fur from collections [Fashion United]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Savage x Fenty launches subscription service Xtra VIP [Fashion Network]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Why fashion brands are launching podcasts [BoF]
- Sweaty Betty launches empowerment campaign alongside new manifesto [Fashion Network]
- American Eagle hands creative control to Gen
Zers for spring campaign [Marketing Dive]
PRODUCT
- “Athleisure makeup” is mostly marketing, but if you like working out in lipstick, go for it [Quartzy]
- Justin Bieber just launched a new clothing line called Drew [Fashionista]
- Glossier becomes the latest beauty brand to diversify its shade range [Fashion Network]
- Stella McCartney redefines sustainable eyewear with
new collection [Fashion Network]
BUSINESS
- Gerry Weber International files for insolvency [Fashion Network]
- Why are Chinese tourists shopping less? [Jing Daily]
- Moncler says ‘Genius’ strategy worked [BoF]
CULTURE
- Fashionista’s new survey suggests that bullying is still alive and well in the fashion industry [Fashionista]
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