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.
"Making Apple's Watch Fashionable" (The Business of Fashion)
"For Apple's Watch to work, the company will need to harness an ecosystem of fashion and accessories designers as well as an ecosystem of app developers."
"Online Retailer Zalando Selling Stake Worth $465 Million" (Bloomberg)
"Zalando SE, Europe's largest online fashion retailer, is selling 17.9 million existing shares after reporting its first full-year profit."
"The Apple Watch Is Here. You Have $17,000?" (Re/Code)
"Chief Executive Tim Cook used the stage at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco to tout the smartwatch's now familiar features."
"Amazon Opens Store on Alibaba's Tmall" (Reuters)
"Amazon.com Inc has opened an online store on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's fast-growing online marketplace, Tmall.com as it seeks to expand in China."
"South Korean Cosmetics Startup Memebox Aims Globally by Raising $29 Million" (Forbes)
"One startup is taking beauty sales online with the hopes that it can capture a market that does more than $500 billion in annual sales globally."
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.