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Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Quattrocento eyewear | Source: Quattrocento
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  • Kate Abnett

"Italy's Quattrocento Joins The Race To Become The Warby Parker Of Europe" (TechCrunch)
"The startup is the brainchild of a combination of talents. Sharon Ezra previously worked in the fashion industry, and Eugenio Pugliese has long-time knowledge of the eyewear world."

"Why It Took Zappos Labs Five Tries to Admit Failure" (Fast Company)
"After releasing five issues, Zappos Labs pulled the plug on ZN. Young doesn't regret launching ZN, but he says he does regret that it took him five tries."

"Pinterest Rolls Out Its First Development Platform Integrations" (TechCrunch)
"Pinterest's first partners for its developer platform, which began opening up in May this year, are starting to roll out — with Polyvore and If This Then That (IFTTT) being among the first."

"Fashion Apps: Retailers Roll Together Shopping and Social Networking for Mobile Customers" (The Independent)
"There is one digital arena in which fashion and beauty are garnering success: software; or in the parlance of tech 2.0, 'apps.'"

"India's Infibeam Eyes Shopify Niche Selling E-Retailer Software" (Bloomberg)
"With India's e-commerce market projected to grow 10 times by 2020, MIT alumnus Vishal Mehta says he's in a sweet spot making software that enables businesses to sell online, much like Canada's Shopify Inc."

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