A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion, retail and tech industry news over the past week.
TOP STORIES
- L’Oréal is growing Chinese skin to test products [Bloomberg]
- IBM partners with shipping giant Maersk to launch blockchain solution for global logistics [Bitcoinist]
- 5 technologies transforming retail in 2018 [BoF]
TECHNOLOGY
- Alibaba’s AI beats humans in reading test [Xinhuanet]
- Amazon’s Alexa could start giving out opinions [RetailDive]
- Six ways that new technology will revolutionize shopping [Wired]
SUSTAINABILITY
- Why Nike sees social responsibility as an opportunity to innovate [Fast Company]
- Zara, Kering, Ganni, Reformation vow to increase sustainability efforts by 2020 [TheFashionLaw]
MARKETING
- How Kiehl’s is using text messages and AI to keep customers loyal [Glossy]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Beauty brands are remaking the peer-to-peer sales model for a digital age [Glossy]
- Rent the Runway to deploy self-scanning kiosks [Retail Dive]
PRODUCT
- Adidas joins Carbon’s board as its 3D printed shoes finally drop [TechCrunch]
- Meet designer Christopher Bevans, winner of the Woolmark Prize for Innovation [HighSnobiety]
STARTUPS
- True Fit raises $55M to personalize clothes shopping with AI [SiliconAngle]
- Highsnobiety secures $8.5M from Felix Capital to woo millennial males [TechCrunch]