
A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion business, digital comms and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Three seasons in, see-now-buy-now is going nowhere [Glossy]
- Amazon tests one-hour catwalk-to-doorstep deliveries at Nicopanda show [Reuters]
- Kering tops the Dow Jones Sustainability Index once more [FashionUnited]
- British Fashion Council launches climate change initiative with Vivienne Westwood [BoF]
BUSINESS
- The trouble with Topshop [BoF]
- Hermès hits record first-half profit [FT]
- BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund announces JD.com partnership [The Industry]
- Giorgio Armani on London fashion week: ‘It’s the only true city where you see the creative turmoil’ [The Guardian]
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Victoria Beckham takes top spot in digital engagement during NYFW [WWD]
- How Mario Testino found a new lens through Instagram [Campaign]
MARKETING
- Mick Rock shoots Rome residents for Gucci campaign [Dazed]
- Inside Dior’s first micro-influencer campaign [Glossy]
- Puma signs long-term partnership with Selena Gomez [FashionUnited]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Liu Qiangdong, the ‘Jeff Bezos of China’, on making billions with JD.com [FT]
- eBay moves into luxury with fashion start-up Spring [Racked]
TECHNOLOGY
- All the tech plans for Tommy Hilfiger’s LFW show [Forbes]
PRODUCT
- Stone Island’s thermo-sensitive ice knitwear collection changes colour in cold weather [Design Boom]
- Nike introduces Flyleather, its latest ‘super material’ [BoF]
- Nike unveils ‘connected’ jersey for NBA partnership [BoF]