ICYMI: 5G to drive AR shopping, luxury loves blockchain, cotton totes vs plastic bags
A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- 5G will drive 100m people to shop in AR by next year [Mobile Marketer]
- How luxury fashion learned to love the blockchain [BoF]
- Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag [Quartz]
- Beyonce to design shoes and clothes for Adidas [Bloomberg]
TECHNOLOGY
- Facial recognition is coming to hotels to make check-in easier—and much creepier [Fast Company]
- Is digital clothing the next fashion frontier? [Vogue Business]
- Facebook gets one step closer to building your virtual copy [Tech Crunch]
- NBA lets Magic Leap users watch live AR basketball [Mobile Marketer]
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- NY to ban single-use plastic bags by 2020 [Fashion United]
- Patagonia is cracking down on the Wall Street uniform [Bloomberg]
- Does the ethical fashion community have a diversity problem? [Fashionista]
- Bangladeshi government ‘not ready’ to take over safety regulation [Drapers]
- Just how eco-friendly are lab-created diamonds? [JCK Online]
- Printemps puts spotlight on upcycling initiatives [WWD]
- Indian University works to grow cotton in red, blue, yellow hues [Sourcing Journal]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Online shopping overtakes a major part of retail for the first time ever [CNBC]
- Hermès opens a new kind of shop in New York [Bloomberg]
- Asos updates returns policy to prevent ‘serial returners’ [Drapers]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Marketers say Instagram is the best way to reach teens [Digiday]
- Snapchat will power Stories & ads in other apps [Tech Crunch]
- YSL’s gas station pop-up is taking over Coachella [Highsnobiety]
- Reebok launches loyalty program unlocked as part of digital overhaul [Footwear News]
PRODUCT
- Under Armour launches new tech-enhanced performance line ‘Rush’ [Fashion Network]
- Lululemon set to debut selfcare product line [Retail Dive]
- American Apparel relaunches denim with inclusive sizing [Fashion United]
BUSINESS
- Britain’s loss is Europe’s gain as brands go offshore ahead of Brexit [WWD]
- Kering completes luxury transition with Volcom sale [WWD]
- Supreme breaks silence on ‘criminal’ global counterfeiting menace [BoF]
CULTURE
- Fashion’s gender pay gap isn’t getting any smaller [BoF]
- Anxiety is rising. So are wellness companies promising relief [Vogue Business]
- Net-A-Porter launches biggest ever Ramadan initiative [Fashion Network]
- Model with Down’s Syndrome becomes brand ambassador for Benefit cosmetics [Herald Sun]
- Men are changing. Are brands keeping up? [BoF]
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