
A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Bitcoin millionaires are coming for streetwear [GQ]
- Alexa, I need … everything. Voice shopping sales could reach $40 billion by 2022 [USAToday]
- Solving for the last mile is retail’s next big disruption [RetailDive]
- What Gucci’s gun stance says about the end of corporate neutrality [BoF]
TECHNOLOGY
- Levi’s revolutionizes finishing process, driving more sustainable supply chain [TCDaily]
- Unilever and IBM’s blockchain experiment: a silver bullet for digital or a ‘glitzy’ quick fix? [TheDrum]
- JD.com’s new accelerator focuses on blockchain startups [TechCrunch]
- JD.com upgrades AR/VR capabilities for beauty [WWD]
SUSTAINABILITY
- Why is it so hard for clothing manufacturers to pay a living wage? [Racked]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Wear now, pay later: credit shopping goes digital [BoF]
- ‘To find it, just Boohoo it’: How the fast-fashion retailer is making a go of visual search [Glossy]
- Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake talks data, Amazon—and hot tubs [FastCompany]
- Macy’s just confirmed the end of department stores as we know them [Business Insider]
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- The Outnet is using its chatbot to push out influencer content [Glossy]
- The Gap wins over Instagram with this empowering breastfeeding ad [FastCompany]
- Allbirds is selling a limited-edition shoe exclusively on Instagram [Glossy]
PRODUCT
- Hunter teams up with Target for limited edition collection [TheIndustry]
- The US is now buying more stretchy pants than blue jeans [QZ]
BUSINESS
- Why Burberry chose Riccardo Tisci [BoF]
- How Guess mismanaged its #MeToo crisis [BoF]
- Marks & Spencer publishes gender pay gap and pledges to extend monitoring to age, ethnicity and disability [TheIndustry]