
A round-up of everything you might have missed in relevant fashion business, digital comms and tech industry news over the past fortnight.
TOP STORIES
- Browns opens a nomadic concept (tech) store in London’s Shoreditch [Wallpaper]
- Gucci has a “shadow committee” of millennial advisors [QZ]
- Amazon ‘still has a long way to go’ in conquering fashion market, says report [BoF]
- Alibaba’s 11.11 shopping festival is ready for its biggest global event [BrandChannel]
- Opinion: What’s wrong with fashion’s sustainability strategy [Glossy]
- ‘Terry Richardson is just the tip of the iceberg’ [NY Times]
BUSINESS
- Hilfiger says making clothes in America remains unrealistic [Bloomberg]
- H&M denies burning good, unsold product [Racked]
- Greenpeace on why fashion is at a crossroads [FashionUnited]
- Vogue and Vice are starting a new website together [Jezebel]
SOCIAL MEDIA
- You can now PayPal friends in Messenger and get help via chat [TechCrunch]
- WeChat is becoming a sales tool for luxury brand sales associates [Jing Daily]
- Snap’s misfire on Spectacles [The Information]
MARKETING
- Sephora cast its own store employees for its most diverse campaign yet [Racked]
- Selena Gomez is party-ready in Coach’s glitzy holiday ad campaign [Fashionista]
- Net-a-Porter and Mr Porter unveil “Party with the Porters” holiday campaign [TheIndustry]
- The land of Fenty: The Rihanna masterclass in brand-building [BrandChannel]
- Why visceral storytelling is the next brand-building territory [LeanLuxe]
RETAIL & E-COMMERCE
- Take a look at Apple’s first ‘Town Square,’ its most beautiful retail store yet [TechCrunch]
- Now Amazon wants to leave a package inside your house [Marketplace]
- The most successful e-commerce brands build for mainstream America, not Silicon Valley [Recode]
- Hudson’s Bay to sell Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue store to WeWork [RetailDive]
TECHNOLOGY
- Target.com rolls out augmented reality experience for smartphones [StarTribune]
- The Under Armour ArmourBox: Subscription gear handpicked by an AI [BrandChannel]
- Walmart’s Store No. 8 showcases the future of VR [RetailDive]
- Nike’s focus on robotics threatens Asia’s low-cost workforce [CNBC]
- Wal-Mart’s new robots scan shelves to restock items faster [Reuters]
START-UPS
- How Stitch Fix’s data-driven styling could boost its IPO value [Bloomberg]
- Harvey Nichols partners with Bink on “Payment Linked Loyalty” [TheIndustry]