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TOP STORIES
- Diet Prada, Estée Laundry and the rise of watchdog culture: harmful or helpful? [BoF]
- A coalition of giant brands is about to change how we shop forever, with a new zero-waste platform [Fast Company]
- Under Armour to create ‘spacewear’ for Virgin Galactic astronauts [Fashion United]
TECHNOLOGY
- Amazon’s new robot delivers packages to rich people [Quartz]
- Marks & Spencer launches AI-powered photo search on mobile site [The Industry]
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Fast fashion exploits everyone it touches [Quartz]
- The world’s largest packaged food company will ditch single-use plastic [Fast Company]
- Exploitation ‘rife’ in UK textile industry [BBC]
- The Kate Spade brand is donating $1 million to mental health organizations [Racked]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- The Body Shop to turn its stores into ‘activist hubs’ to combat the high street [Marketing Week]
- A look inside Virgil Abloh’s Louis Vuitton pop-up in Miami [Hypebae]
- Net-a-porter,
Mr Porter enhance personal shopping services [WWD]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Avon apologizes for
anti-cellulite ad after being accused of ‘shaming women’ [The Guardian] - Amazon knows what you buy. And it’s building a big ad business from it. [NYT]
- Brand purpose advertising will be the making – or breaking – of Stylist [The Drum]
- Celebrities and social media influencers sign transparency pact [The Industry]
- CVS unveils initiative to label retouched images [BoF]
PRODUCT
- Is 2019 the year men’s make-up goes mainstream? [Vogue]
- Asos to launch its first own-brand homeware collection [Fashion United]
BUSINESS
- How serious is luxury’s China crisis? [BoF]
- Burberry upbeat despite Q3 sales dip, monthly drops are strong [Fashion Network]
- The RealReal in talks with banks for IPO [BoF]
- Avery Baker stepping down at Tommy Hilfiger [WWD]
- Karl Lagerfeld was a no-show at both Chanel couture shows [Reuters]
CULTURE
- Dolce & Gabbana advert completely ruined my career, says Chinese model Zuo Ye as she breaks her silence over race row [SCMP]
- How bots ruined buying sneakers [Complex]
- This is what the future of sneaker reselling looks like [Highsnobiety]
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