A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Digital Download: Liz Bacelar on the technologies that will shape fashion (WWD)
- The pandemic is changing every aspect about shopping: from store layouts to how jeans are folded (Washington Post)
- Fashion’s alternatives to the discounting trap (Vogue Business)
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Conde Nast announces commitment to become carbon neutral 2030 (Fashionista)
- Will fashion ever be good for the world? Its future may depend on it (BoF)
- The fight to protect fashion’s artisans (Vogue Business)
- Designers and the social set partake in Cartier’s “Over the Rainbow” challenge (Tatler)
RETAIL & COMMERCE
- Paris reopens, reshapes real-life luxury shopping (Vogue Business)
- Facebook launches ecommerce feature for small businesses (TheIndustry.Fashion)
- North American shoppers slowly return to stores after lockdown (Bloomberg)
- Former Stitch Fix COO launches AI-powered shopping app (RetailDive)
- Tmall continues to acquire luxury partners (Jing Daily)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Nike aims phones at the sky in search for sneaker-shaped AR cloud (Mobile Marketer)
- Influencer marketing is here to stay post-Covid-19 (Fashion United)
- The coronavirus boost to streaming, by the numbers (Content Commerce Insider)
- Instagram hustles to become global hub for digital fashion shows (BoF)
PRODUCT
- Chipotle, American Eagle reimagine prom night (RetailDive)
- This copper jacket is designed to kill viruses and bacteria (Fast Company)
- This travel jumpsuit was designed for traveling in a pandemic (Fast Company)
- Billie Eilish and Takashi Murakami collaborate for Uniqlo collection (TheIndustry.Fashion)
BUSINESS
- Retail’s slow steps toward a new normal (Vogue Business)
- Retail is one of the biggest employers in the US and it desperately needs help (Quartz)
- Richemont’s Rupert takes the long view (WWD)
- Opening Ceremony says goodbye to its stores for good (Vogue)
- Coronavirus crushes Asia’s garment industry (Reuters)
- CFDA and BFC send reset message (WWD)
CULTURE
- Is real time personalization the future of fashion retail? (Glossy)
- What will post pandemic shopping patterns look like? (Drapers)
- What is the millennial post-COVID-19 consumer sentiment? (Jing Daily)
