
A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion business, digital comms and tech industry news.
TOP STORIES
- A fantastical new world of high-tech, high-concept stores is here [Quartz]
- Enabling the ‘offline cookie’ – why Farfetch’s store of the future is all about data [Forbes]
- 6 fashion insiders on the British Vogue EIC news [Man Repeller]
- Walmart is in advanced talks to acquire online men’s retailer Bonobos [Recode]
- A new generation of even faster fashion is leaving H&M and Zara in the dust [Quartz]
BUSINESS
- With Brexit now triggered, UK’s modern luxury CEOs discuss the early impact [LeanLuxe]
- Burberry licenses fragrances and cosmetics business to Coty [Reuters]
- Ralph Lauren closing Fifth Avenue Polo store, cutting staff [WWD]
- Jenna Lyons out at J.Crew after 26 years [NY Post]
- Luxury-goods companies are belatedly trying to go digital [The Economist]
- Prada’s turnaround plan: fewer stores, more e-commerce [Glossy]
- ‘See now, buy now’ is a publicity stunt, not real process innovation [BoF]
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Snapchat vs. Instagram: Which Stories format is winning? [AdAge]
- Snap-to-shop ads hope to drive retail sales [MediaPost]
MARKETING
- Dear brands, quit trying to be my best friend [Racked]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- The whole ‘malls are dying’ thing is getting old, say mall CEOs [Bloomberg]
- Macy’s CEO on the future of department stores [The Robin Report]
- Alibaba’s new retail integrates e-commerce, stores, & logistics: is this the next gen of retail? [Forbes]
- ModCloth, True & Co. point the way to e-commerce’s future [SF Chronicle]
- How Mon Purse makes $2 million worth of customisable handbags a month [Glossy]
TECHNOLOGY
- Artificial intelligence in retail: A smashing tool of omnichannel [Medium]
- Adidas is kicking off the era of 3D-printed sneaker production with the Futurecraft 4D [Quartz]
- What RFID technology means for retail [Glossy]
- London to stage world’s first “smart street” [The Industry]
- Why drone delivery still has a long way to go before it takes off [Retail Dive]
- Inside Stitch Fix’s experiment to design clothing with an algorithm [Glossy]