Marvin S. Traub, Lyst picks up $5m, Dunhill winds up in India, Kusama déjà vu, Short trunks

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Marvin Traub at Bloomingdale's | Source: NY Times

Marvin S. Traub, Impresario of Bloomingdale’s, Dies at 87 (NY Times) “One of the most creative retailers of his era, Mr. Traub made Bloomingdale’s synonymous with luxury, introduced many of the world’s best-known clothing designers and created a national chain that acquired a reputation for status-conscious merchandising and chic interior moods that dazzled the eye.” Lyst Picks Up $5M, Now Lists DFJ Esprit As Backer

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Social Curation Start-ups Target Fashion Industry

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Lyst Screenshot | Source: Lyst

NEW YORK, United States — The history of the internet is a story of two counter-balancing forces: the explosive growth of information and the rise of new systems that help us sift and make sense of this information. Back in the early 1990s, human editors at companies like Yahoo! compiled curated lists and directories of useful information. As the rising volume of information overwhelmed these human filters, hand-curation gave way

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