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.
"How Alibaba's Jack Ma Is Building a Truly Global Retail Empire" (Fortune)
"Executive chairman Jack Ma leads the dominant force in Chinese e-commerce, a company with a market value of $264 billion and some 450 million customers."
"Google Searches Seen as Luxury Investors' Must-Have Tool in Fashion" (Bloomberg)
"Current rising stars include LVMH, Moncler SpA, Prada SpA, Tiffany & Co. and Kering, with the first two trading more cheaply than their peer group."
"Will Consumers Want Levi's New 'Wearable Tech' Jacket?" (The Business of Fashion)
"The brand's Commuter Trucker jacket embedded with Google's 'Jacquard' technology aims to bring practical purpose to wearables."
"$30 Billion of India's Fashion Market to Be Digitally Influenced by 2020" (The Drum)
"Mobile is also set to rise, as 85 percent of online fashion buyers prefer mobile over any other device."
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"Luxury Brands Are Beginning to Embrace WeChat's New Multimedia Moments Ads" (Jing Daily)
"Luxury brands, including Chanel, Miu Miu, and Yves Saint Laurent among others, have become early participants in placing multimedia ads on Moments."
"Designers Are Hacking Women's Health with Wearable Tech" (Racked)
"Tech-savvy fitness brands like Omsignal are looking to prove their products are more than just gadgets."
The algorithms TikTok relies on for its operations are deemed core to ByteDance overall operations, which would make a sale of the app with algorithms highly unlikely.
The app, owned by TikTok parent company ByteDance, has been promising to help emerging US labels get started selling in China at the same time that TikTok stares down a ban by the US for its ties to China.
Zero10 offers digital solutions through AR mirrors, leveraged in-store and in window displays, to brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Coach. Co-founder and CEO George Yashin discusses the latest advancements in AR and how fashion companies can leverage the technology to boost consumer experiences via retail touchpoints and brand experiences.
Four years ago, when the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok in the US, its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. worked out a preliminary deal to sell the short video app’s business. Not this time.