
A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- 4 Davos themes fashion needs to watch [BoF]
- Beyond the Bitcoin bubble [NY Times]
- The follower factory: Inside social media’s black market [NY Times]
- How box logos and the blockchain reveal our anxieties about an uncertain future [Ssense]
TECHNOLOGY
- I got chipped: a dispatch from the frontier of wearable tech [Fast Company]
- Sewing a mechanical future [RobotRabbi]
- Inside the race to create an AI-powered virtual Elton John [Wired]
- L’Oréal launches 3D AR hair color simulation app [FashionNetwork]
SUSTAINABILITY
- The world’s most sustainable companies 2018 [Forbes]
- Napapijri launches new form of digital manufacturing [FashionUnited]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Prada debuts new pop-up retail project in Macau [WWD]
- Fashion retailers in China go cashier free using facial recognition payment [Jing Daily]
- How customers decide whether to buy from your website [HBR]
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Inside Balmain’s digital revolution [BoF]
- Neiman Marcus looks to associates for social media commerce [Pymnts]
PRODUCT
- How Nike used algorithms to help design its latest running shoe [Wired]
- Couture that combines Japanese craftsmanship with the science of space travel [CNN]
BUSINESS
- Richemont offers €2.7 billion for full control of Yoox Net-a-Porter [BoF]
- Asos sales soar driven by ‘exceptional’ UK performance [Retail Week]
- Will Hedi Slimane be a blessing or a curse for Céline? [HighSnobiety]
- Kering, Stella McCartney in talks to end partnership [BoF]
- Abercrombie and Fitch might actually be pulling off its comeback [Glossy]