A round-up of everything you might have missed in
TOP STORIES
- Inside Rent the Runway’s alleged “scheme of monopolistic, anti-competitive conduct” [The Fashion Law]
- The struggling fashion house Roberto Cavalli closes its U.S. stores [NYT]
- Exactly how bad is
fashion for the planet? We still don’t know for sure [BoF]
TECHNOLOGY
- LVMH launching blockchain tool for product authentication [The Current Daily]
- Can we stop AI outsmarting humanity? [The Guardian]
- Google creates
global council to advise the company on the use of AI [Fashion United]
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Sustainability becoming an economic benefit for luxury brands [Fashion Network]
- Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs [Vox]
- Corona builds plastic trash wall on Ipanema Beach to warn from plastic pollution [PR Week]
- Asda’s George to only use recycled polyester by 2025 [Drapers]
- The North Face aims to reduce man-made waste in collaboration with RÆBURN [Complex]
- The next wave of sustainable
fashion is all about regenerative farming [Fashionista]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- At Galeries Lafayette’s new Champs Élysées flagship, the Paris concept store is reborn [Vogue]
- Tommy Hilfiger closes NYC flagship and more [Fashion United]
- Dior expands beach collection with dedicated
dioriviera
PRODUCT
- Gentle Monster and Huawei team up to launch fashion-focused smart glasses [The Current Daily]
- Lululemon soars on menswear, online push; inches into Nike turf [Reuters]
- Reformation is launching its permanent extended sizing clothing collection [Fashionista]
- Bobbi Brown and Walmart want to bring wellness to the masses [BoF]
- Luxury marijuana brand Beboe is launching a skincare label [Paper Mag]
- Amazon now wants to get into your make-up bag with their own skincare brand [Vogue]
BUSINESS
- Farfetch invests in The Modist [Drapers]
- Michael Kors steps back from Capri board [WWD]
- PVH in talks to sell Calvin Klein women’s jeans business [Retail Dive]
- Carine Roitfeld announced as style advisor of Karl Lagerfeld’s namesake brand [Harpers Bazaar]
- Neiman Marcus drums up support for refinancing [WWD]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Jo Malone London is launching a new fragrance exhibition [Harpers Bazaar]
- Dove debuts #ShowUs image library to diversify depictions of women in media [Marketing Dive]
- YSL Beauty hits the desert for debut Coachella pop-up [WWD]
- Fashion designer Simon Porte Jacquemus is opening a café in Paris and it’s an Instagrammer’s dream [The Independent]
CULTURE
- The future of luxury is freedom [BoF]
- Shopping while Chinese: Real stories of discrimination [Jing Daily]
- Ikea’s next big thing is self-care [Fast Company]
- Generation Z: Who they are, in their own words [NYT]
- Why does the burden of creating inclusivity in fashion fall largely on marginalized groups? [Fashionista]
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Rachel Arthur - April 1, 2019 
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