A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- Luxury’s coronavirus recovery: Who’s ahead and who’s behind (BoF)
- Fashion’s pivot to e-commerce and the future (WWD)
SUSTAINABILITY & PURPOSE
- Sustainability, transparency are “do or die” for fashion (WWD)
- Moncler close to carbon neutral goal (Vogue Business)
- Ace and Tate launches recycled programme on Depop (Fashion United)
- UGG unveils long-term sustainability commitments (Fashion United)
RETAIL & COMMERCE
- How to tap into the world’s largest online shopping festival (BoF)
- Whatsapp introduces in-app purchases (TheIndustry.Fashion)
- Burberry is using gaming technology to streamline design process (Fashion United)
- Designing the store of the future (WWD)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
- Live stream shopping, social selling help evolve retail industry (WWD)
- New ways of marketing luxury in China (Jing Daily)
- Affordable beauty brands are finding fame on TikTok. What’s next? (Vogue Business)
- Selling fashion on instagram: expectation vs reality (BoF)
PRODUCT
- Allbirds launches apparel with sustainable essentials collection (WWD)
- Fashion makes people with disabilities feel invisible. This designer wants them to stand out (Fast Company)
BUSINESS
- How Kohl’s intends to “reignite” its women’s business (WWD)
- ThredUp confidentially files for IPO (Reuters)
- Bulgari focuses on local customers as Covid wipes out tourism (Bloomberg)
- Global crisis is not stopping Stone Island’s expansion (WWD)
- Ferregamo family explore selling minority stake of business (Reuters)
- Adidas reportedly mulling sale of Reebok (Fashion United)