COVID-19: Brick and mortar overhaul, Sustainability challenges, the future of fashion shows
A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Will shopping ever be the same? (NYT)
- Retail still needs brick-and-mortar stores in an e-commerce world (Fashion United)
- Why fashion can’t just hit the restart button to reemerge from Covid-19 (Sourcing Journal)
- The pandemic’s lasting effects on luxury fashion (Vogue Business)
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Retail instability forces shift in strategy for small, sustainable brands (Vogue Business)
- Will sustainability remain a corporate priority after Covid-19? (AdWeek)
- Nicholas Kirkwood’s natural selection (WWD)
- L’Oreal unveils new program supporting women and the environment (WWD)
RETAIL & COMMERCE
- After Covid, is curbside pickup here to stay? (Retail Dive)
- Could virtual beauty try-on be the answer to in-store product testing? (WWD)
- Vogue and CFDA set up shop on Amazon (BoF)
- H&M and Footlocker are overhauling how you stand in line (Fast Company)
- How should retailers manage touch-but-not-buy? (RetailWire)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- No space, just a place: Gucci’s physical and virtual exhibition (Fashion United)
- Rewardstyle launches cloud-based brand portal (WWD)
- The digital fashion show playbook (Vogue Business)
- Luxury’s livestreaming gamble (BoF)
PRODUCT
- UGG presents limited edition color-shifting trainers (TheIndustry.Fashion)
- This designer turns Yeezys and Ikea bags into $5,000 masks (Fast Company)
- Why luxury brands are raising prices in a pandemic (BoF)
- Avon to launch fashionable masks across Europe (TheIndustry.Fashion)
BUSINESS
- Designers and executives publish open letter calling for ‘Fundamental and Welcome Change’ to current fashion calendar (Fashionista)
- Neiman Marcus creditor calls for deal with Saks Fifth Avenue (Reuters)
- Jose Neves growing Farfetch through COVID-19 (WWD)
- Industry seek clarity in stores reopening (Drapers)
- What the bankruptcy onslaught means for the future of retail (BoF)
- Covid-19 is a nightmare for independent fashion designers (Quartz)
CULTURE
- The rise of “squad shopping” (Vogue Business)
- What will fashion creativity look like in the coronavirus aftermath? (WWD)
- China’s “revenge spending” isn’t coming to America (Jing Daily)
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