A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
Allbirds imposed a carbon tax on itself–and your brand should, too [Fast Company]- What Fortnite could mean for fashion [Sourcing Journal]
- Louis Vuitton and Gucci owners pledge more than $300 million to rebuild Notre Dame after fire [CNBC]
- London retailers hit out at protesters [Drapers]
- Can recycling fix fashion’s landfill problem? [BoF]
TECHNOLOGY
- The high-tech new standard for sampling [Drapers]
- As supply chains get
tech savvy , is cybersecurity keeping pace? [Supply Chain Dive] - Some apps use design to trick you into sharing data. A new bill would make that illegal. [Vox]
- We built an ‘unbelievable’ (but Legal) facial recognition machine [NYT]
- River Island adds AI tech, claiming it can boost sales by 10% [Fashion Network]
- H&M harnesses AI to test online tailoring feature [Fashion United]
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- How to make sustainable fashion people will actually buy [BoF]
- Clouds on the horizon: What climate change means for retail [Retail Dive]
- Everlane’s founder vowed to remove all new plastic from the brand’s supply chain by 2021. Now he has to figure out how [Fast Company]
- Brioni launches ‘zero-mileage’ sustainable menswear capsule collection [Fashion Network]
- This new technical fabric replaces polyester with banana plants [Fast Company]
- How green is your lipstick: beauty brands and the fight against plastic waste [The Guardian]
- PrettyLittleThing partners with recycling app [Drapers]
- With millennials in mind, outdoor retailer REI doubles down on rentals and used gear sales [Forbes]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Neiman Marcus invests in luxury reseller Fashionphile, proving
power ofre-commerce and millennials [Forbes] - Offering shoppers new experiences isn’t helping: Malls hit with store closure tsunami, falling traffic [CNBC]
- The complex link between retail and packaging [Retail Dive]
- 4 reasons why luxury rentals could be a hit with Chinese millennials [Jing Daily]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Welcome to the new era of high fashion and video game collaborations: Inside Moschino and The Sims partnership [Fortune]
- More than 100 brands collaborated with Game of Thrones. Here are the best stunts [AdWeek]
PRODUCT
- Top jewellery CEOs say lab-grown diamonds are fashion, not luxury [Fashion Network]
BUSINESS
- Valentino revenue growth slowed in 2018 [BoF]
- Why fashion and beauty brands should take note of Pinterest’s IPO [Vogue Business]
- Kering shares slide as Gucci’s growth slows [BoF]
CULTURE
- Gen Z crave a world without borders, boundaries
and binaries [WWD] - With a rapidly growing market, the trans-masculine community Is forging its own path in fashion [Fashionista]
- Champion accidentally hit the fashion jackpot [Houston Chronicle]
- China’s sharing economy now includes make-up, but hygiene doubts are hard to brush off [SCMP]
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