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Bits & Bytes | Net-A-Porter, Personalised Pricing, Wearables, Stitch Fix

Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Net-a-Porter.com | Source: Net-a-Porter
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  • Kate Abnett

"Amazon to buy Net-a-Porter.com?" (The Telegraph)
"Online shopping giant Amazon is rumoured to be in talks to buy the hugely successful luxury fashion e-tailer Net-a-Porter, thought to be worth in the region of €2 billion."

"Will Personalised Pricing Take E-Commerce Back to the Bazaar?(The Business of Fashion)
"Fashion companies routinely tap personal data to tailor promotions and special offers to individual consumers. The same information can now be used to personalise pricing."

"The Wearables Road Ahead" (TechCrunch)
"No matter how nice, no matter how interesting, and no matter how well-built these things are the wearables space is about to change drastically and I'm worried that good products will get trampled underfoot."

"Why Sephora's Digital Boss Joined Stitch Fix, the Personal Stylist Startup That's Growing Like Mad" (Re/Code)
"It says a lot about the potential for Stitch Fix, an online retailer that is just four years old, that Bornstein joined the company this week as its chief operating officer."

"EU to Open Extensive Probe into E-Commerce(Bloomberg)
"Online retailers face an industry-wide probe from European Union antitrust regulators amid concerns Internet shoppers may be thwarted when they try to buy goods and services from websites outside their home country."

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