ICYMI: Fashion businesses behind bars, sustainable fashion tech, Stitch Fix reinventing retail
A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Made on the inside, worn on the outside [NYT]
- How can new technologies help make fashion more sustainable? [BoF]
- Stitch Fix’s radical data-driven way to sell clothes–$1.2 billion last year–is reinventing retail [Fast Company]
TECHNOLOGY
- This AI is so good at writing that its creators won’t let you use it [CNN]
- Chinese state media’s latest innovation is an AI female news anchor [Quartz]
- Future styles: Could virtual clothes reduce the damage of fast fashion? [Fashion Network]
- The future is here, almost: virtual travel becomes more of a reality [NYT]
- Are you being scanned? How facial recognition technology follows you, even as you shop [The Guardian]
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Salvatore Ferragamo to unveil ‘Sustainable Thinking’ exhibition [WWD]
- Workers making clothes for Australian brands can’t afford to eat, Oxfam reports [The Guardian]
- Ikea’s new curtains purify the air inside your house [Fast Company]
- Selfridges’ ‘Bright New Things’ promote sustainability, mindful consumption [WWD]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- American Eagle pilots subscription service [Retail Dive]
- FedEx, Rent the Runway team up on ‘extra hours’ service [Retail Dive]
- Has Everlane ushered in a brave new world of retail? [Vogue]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Nike is using Instagram’s IGTV to share the stories of four female athletes [AdWeek]
- App makers are sharing sensitive personal information with Facebook but not telling users [The Verge]
PRODUCT
- Vogue Italia and Yoox celebrate upcycling capsule [WWD]
- Louis Vuitton “Drops” new sneaker collection on WeChat [Jing Daily]
BUSINESS
- Payless shoes to shut all U.S. stores and wind down online operation [BoF]
- Levi’s adds big data expert to C-suite [WWD]
- Anna Wintour: a rare face-to-face with the most important woman in fashion [The Guardian]
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