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.
"Apple Takes a Confident Step into Fashion with Its First Met Gala" (The Verge)
"The exhibition will examine materials in a way that will suggest fashion has reached a point where it must embrace technology in order to innovate."
"Public School x Fitbit Could Finally Solve Tech's Fashion Problem" (Racked)
"Activity tracker behemoth Fitbit and buzzy New York label Public School have announced they're working on a collection of accessories for Fitbit's just-announced Alta tracker."
"Clothing Rental: New Subscription Service Allows Customers to Rent Clothes from High Street Shops" (The Independent)
"As retailers look for new ways to keep customers coming into stores, renting clothes rather than buying them outright could soon become a normal part of the British high street."
"Achieving a Digital State of Mind" (McKinsey & Company)
"Digital isn't merely an add-on; it's a way to think differently about business models, customer journeys, and organizational agility."
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"PopSugar Wants to Become the Mobile Shopping Cart for Fashion" (The Wall Street Journal)
"Web publisher's shopping-focused search engine ShopStyle will now let consumers execute purchases on behalf of retailers."
"India's Snapdeal Raises $200 Million Led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan" (Reuters)
"Indian online marketplace Snapdeal has raised $200 million in a fresh funding round led by Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, the company said."
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.