A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Where are people shopping again? (BoF)
- Wounded by pandemic, online luxury faces long road to recovery (WWD)
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Canada Goose launches Humanature sustainable initiative (Fashion United)
- H&M’s green machine: a recycling solution? (Vogue Business)
- Chasing the holy grail of circular fashion (BoF)
- Supreme, Allbirds, Everland among Remake’s sustainability offenders (WWD)
RETAIL & COMMERCE
- What to know about virtual stores (Vogue Business)
- The not-so-darling side of DTC brands (Retail Dive)
- Ted Baker launches virtual shopping option in US stores (WWD)
- Peace Out skincare looks to SMS marketing to drive holiday sales (Glossy)
- How beauty stores have changed during the pandemic (BoF)
- Ebay holds first drive-thru luxury authentication in L.A. (WWD)
- Facebook debuts shoppable livestream with Anne Klein (Retail Dive)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Why social media advertising is still necessary (BoF)
- In a digital world, first impressions can make or break a luxury brand (Jing Daily)
- The power of Youtube in the era of COVID-19 (Retail Dive)
- Ralph Lauren going virtual for the holidays (WWD)
PRODUCT
- H&M’s latest Conscious Exclusive collection made from waste (Fashion United)
- Canada Goose to introduce sustainable parka in January (WWD)
BUSINESS
- Target continue to grow, in-store and online, even as COVID-19 cases surge (WWD)
- Zalando expects faster growth in 2021 (Reuters)
- Leading luxury brands are more dominant than ever (Vogue Business)
- Alibaba Group’s sophisticated game of monopoly (Jing Daily)
- Richemont needs a transformational move (BoF)
- Thom Browne expanding retail footprint significantly (WWD)
CULTURE
- Angelica Cheung left Vogue China, what’s next for Chinese media? (BoF)
- Seizing fashion’s homeware opportunity (BoF)
- As Instagram becomes a shopping mall, Twitter becomes Instagram (High Snobiety)