A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Rihanna and LVMH confirm fashion label [BoF]
- Businesses should declare their own climate emergency. Here’s how [Wired]
- How streetwear is driving innovation in hardware [Hypebeast]
- Inside the world of liquidated Amazon merchandise [Forbes]
TECHNOLOGY
- 6 ways blockchain is changing luxury [Vogue Business]
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Start-ups hoping to fight climate change struggle as other tech firms cash in [NYT]
- Why the new Harrods charity shop is an ode to sustainable fashion [Euronews]
- Going zero waste is a lot of work. Most of it is falling to women. [Vox]
RETAIl & E-COMMERCE
- Nordstrom’s NYC flagship merges open space with hidden tech [Vogue Business]
- Farfetch signals growing ambitions in resale [BoF]
- Crocs opens interactive concept store in London [Fashion United]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Net-a-porter Rethinks Content and Video, Shrinks Porter Magazine [WWD]
- Instagram launches its own e-commerce account [Fashion United]
PRODUCT
- Sneakers, small accessories and Off-White rule as latest Lyst Index is released [Fashion Network]
- Kylie Jenner announces skin-care brand on Instagram [WWD]
- H&M links with Netflix for Stranger Things collection [Fashion Network]
BUSINESS
- Kering’s shopping list should include these brands [BoF]
- Handbag industry nervously awaits Trump’s tariff decision [WWD]
- New York’s Fashion Week scaled back to five days [Fashion United]
- London designer Sophie Hulme to close business, citing health reasons [WWD]
- The clothing rental market’s broadening appeal [BoF]
CULTURE
- Nike told me to dream crazy, until I wanted a baby [NYT]
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