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.
"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."
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.