A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion business, digital comms and tech industry news over the past fortnight.
TOP STORIES
- What Mary Meeker’s 2017 internet trends report means for fashion [BoF]
- Inside 24 Sèvres: LVMH opens its first multi-brand internet store [FT]
- The case for letting robots make our clothes [Motherboard]
- The Google Cultural Institute’s new digital archive could mean big things for fashion history [Fashionista]
- How the luxury retail sector is using technology to remain relevant [Independent]
BUSINESS
- What Trump’s climate reversal means for the fashion industry [BoF]
- Mickey Drexler’s J. Crew departure marks the end of an era [Retail Dive]
- Kering makes pledge to circular economy in aim to build sustainable practices [Glossy]
- Mapping the benefits of a circular economy [McKinsey]
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
- Kate Spade continues #MissAdventure campaign series [AdWeek]
- Saks Fifth Avenue is turning to iMessage to bolster sales [Glossy]
- Crocs thanks Instagram users for sharing with original art [MediaPost]
- How six retailers are using chatbots to boost customer engagement (and why you should too) [ClickZ]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- What online fashion brands can learn from Amazon’s stores [Glossy]
- This is what will happen to all the empty stores you’re seeing [Forbes]
- The real cost of e-commerce logistics [Retail Dive]
- How shoppers use their smartphones in stores [Retail Dive]
TECHNOLOGY
- The Unseen has designed a t-shirt that senses climate change [Dazed]
- Amazon patents shipping label with built-in parachute for dropping packages from drones [GeekWire]
- Inside the production of WearableX’s first responsive yoga pant [Glossy]
START-UPS
- Nomadic nabs $6M for its modular VR system for retail spaces [TechCrunch]