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.
"Snapchat's New Glasses Are As Silly As Snapchat (And That's Why They'll Be A Hit)" (Fast Company)
"The glasses film 115-degrees wide to mimic human perception, and record a round image that creates videos outside the bounds of standard rectangular cropping."
"LVMH's Digital Drive Takes Time Despite Apple Hire" (Reuters)
"Almost a year after LVMH appointed former Apple Music executive, Ian Rogers, his impact on the world's biggest luxury goods group has yet to become visible."
"Messaging Apps Are Changing How Companies Talk with Customers" (Harvard Business Review)
"Welcome to the era of 'conversational commerce,' the term for online business that's powered by natural language technologies."
"An Algorithm That Mixes Your Perfect Make-Up: How Technology Is Changing the Beauty World" (The Telegraph)
"You might assume there is little connection between the techies beavering away in California's Silicon Valley and your daily beauty regime. But you'd be wrong."
"Nielsen Says Mainstream Consumers Really Are Interested in Virtual Reality" (Ad Week)
"A Nielsen survey of 8,000 consumers found that many might actually be more ready for VR than some might have guessed."
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.