The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Amazon Will Make Up 50% of All US E-Commerce by 2021 (Fortune)
"The online retailer is still outpacing the overall industry's growth, extending its lead over rivals. Walmart has made large strides in the last year, but its sales remain a fraction of Amazon's."
Adidas to Mass-Produce 3D-Printed Shoes (Reuters)
"The move is part of a broader push by the German sportswear firm to react faster to changing fashions and create more customised products."
Interactive 'Magic Mirrors' Are Changing How We See Ourselves — and Shop (Fast Company)
"Top brands such as Ralph Lauren, as well as department stores like Bergdorf Goodman, are investing in the technology."
Brands See the Future of Fashion in Customised 3D-Knitted Garments Produced While You Wait (Quartz)
"A couple of adventurous labels, including Adidas, are experimenting with 3D knitting on-demand in stores, hinting at a greater role it might play in fashion production and retail in the years ahead."
Can Luxury Challengers Take Burberry's Digital Crown? (The Business of Fashion)
"While the British label remains the top digital brand in luxury fashion, its advantage over its competitors is narrowing."
The nature of livestream transactions makes it hard to identify and weed out counterfeits and fakes despite growth of new technologies aimed at detecting infringement.
The extraordinary expectations placed on the technology have set it up for the inevitable comedown. But that’s when the real work of seeing whether it can be truly transformative begins.
Successful social media acquisitions require keeping both talent and technology in place. Neither is likely to happen in a deal for the Chinese app, writes Dave Lee.
TikTok’s first time sponsoring the glitzy event comes just as the US effectively deemed the company a national security threat under its current ownership, raising complications for Condé Nast and the gala’s other organisers.