A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- The pros and cons of virtual showrooms (BoF)
- Department stores’ decade of decline (Retail Dive)
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Burberry, IBM interns collab on product tracing system (WWD)
- H&M launches the first and only-in-store recycling machine (Fashion United)
- How the climate crisis is reshaping luxury (BoF)
- How Tommy Hilfiger is working toward a more sustainable and inclusive fashion industry (Fast Company)
RETAIL & COMMERCE
- Has the Gen Z gender neutral-store arrived? (Vogue Business)
- H&M launches virtual assistant, live chat with Google services (Retail Dive)
- Browns introduces new services, from fitness to hypnotherapy (WWD)
- David’s Bridal debut AR, 3D dress shopping (Retail Dive)
- Why Gucci is getting into resale (BoF)
- Will luxury players embrace China’s D2C’s revolution? (Jing Daily)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Will beauty’s TikTok love affair last? (BoF)
- Party City tapped by Nextdoor for Halloween AR ‘treat map’ (Retail Dive)
- Instagram expands shoppable beauty commerce for IGTV and Reels (Glossy)
PRODUCT
- Adidas’ wild new shoe is string art for your feet (Fast Company)
- Slack steps into footwear market (Retail Dive)
BUSINESS
- Levi’s returns to profitability (WWD)
- Arnault buys influence through media deals in France (Bloomberg)
- Should luxury build resale into its business model? (BoF)
- Rent The Runway CEO discusses how coronavirus impacted business (WWD)
CULTURE
- The future of fashion week? Look to Shanghai (Vogue Business)
- What will consumers really want to wear come spring? (WWD)
- Petwear: the emerging marketing in the fashion industry (Fashion United)
