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Bits & Bytes | Pinterest, Smart Clothes, Salerooms, Glamour

Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
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  • Kate Abnett

"Pinterest Valuation at $11 Billion After New Round of Fund-Raising" (The New York Times)
"Less than a year after being valued at $5 billion, Pinterest has joined the 11-digit valuation start-up club."

"Are "Smart" Clothes the Wearables of the Future?(Re/Code)
"While much of the tech media have been feverishly reporting on wristbands and smartwatches over the past few years, some companies in this space have been more focused on getting sensors into the items we already put on everyday."

"Salerooms Raise Digital Stakes in Search for Growth(The Financial Times)
"Traditional luxury companies including the big auction houses, have lagged behind the likes of Amazon because they were focused for a long time on China, their greatest source of growth in recent years."

"Glamour's the Next Women's Magazine to Get Into E-Commerce" (Racked)
"The e-commerce program will begin in the US and UK first and then branch out to all of Glamour's international markets."

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"Wearable Drones Invade SXSW as Fashion Meets Technology" (Bloomberg)
"As electronic components become smaller and manufacturing gets cheaper, sci-fi fashion is inching closer to reality."

"Tag Heuer to Unveil Smartwatch at Baselworld" (Reuters)
"Tag Heuer plans to unveil a smartwatch on Thursday among a wave of partnerships expected at the world's biggest watch fair this week as luxury watchmakers fight back against Apple."

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