
A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- New York Fashion Week: industry faces its #MeToo moment [TheGuardian]
- Can an app launch the fashion world’s #metoo reckoning? [Vanity Fair]
- Olympic clothing designers try to beat the cold with technology [Scientific American]
- Vogue and GQ will test content inside Amazon’s Echo Look [Digiday]
- Can Christian Louboutin trademark red soles? An EU court says no [NY Times]
TECHNOLOGY
- Intel unveils smart glasses that you might want to wear [Engadget]
- Walmart’s tech incubator buys VR startup Spatialand [Reuters]
- Opinion: Blockchain technology will make true luxury more lucrative [JingDaily]
- JD.com and Fung align for AI development [RetailDive]
- Asics Ventures invests in conductivity textiles [FashionUnited]
SUSTAINABILITY
- Eileen Fisher, Columbus Consulting reveal details for sustainable design plan [WWD]
- Primark publishes global supplier map showing all of its factories [TheIndustry]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Target CEO: Our personal shoppers will deliver to ‘your kitchen table’ [CNBC]
- Macy’s plans pop-ups to amplify discovery [RetailDive]
- Malls are dying, but things remembered is still hanging on [Racked]
- Tips from the e-commerce giant Zalando [Maize]
MARKETING
- Benjamin Millepied directs Ansel Elgort and Kate Mara in a mesmerizing film for Rag & Bone [CreativityOnline]
- Nike rolls out NikePlus membership benefits [WWD]
- Asics personal trainers will kick your butt as you use its fitness app [CreativityOnline]
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Instagram entices brands with new shopping-enabled ads [TheDrum]
- Pinterest sees 600 million visual searches every month [VentureBeat]
- Swarovski and KiraKira+ launch fashion week ‘brilliance’ filter [WWD]
PRODUCT
- UA HOVR, ushering in a new chapter of sneaker tech innovation [FashNerd]
BUSINESS
- Canada Goose craze continues as shoppers flock to new stores [BoF]
- British designer Misha Nonoo is rewriting fashion’s playbook [FastCompany]
- The cautionary tale of H&M and digital disruption [BoF]
- LVMH Luxury Ventures backs Stadium Goods [WWD]
- Tapestry shares rise after earnings beat expectations [BoF]