The program is sponsored by leading fashion companies such as Bloomingdale’s, LVMH, Macy’s and Tory Burch, who…are looking for B2B startups with solutions that can help solve a problem.
Read more… via Forbes
The program is sponsored by leading fashion companies such as Bloomingdale’s, LVMH, Macy’s and Tory Burch, who…are looking for B2B startups with solutions that can help solve a problem.
Read more… via Forbes
The beauty of focusing on pricing is its immediate effect: Prices can be changed on Sunday evening, and new profits start rolling in on Monday morning.
…digital luxury is so far behind that skilled companies are the “tallest dwarf,” not without their own challenges.
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[L2] has studied the effects of opening a physical store on pure-play retailers, among them Trunk Club, Rent the Runway and Warby Parker, and found that after opening a store, each saw a spike in search activity that was relatively sustained.
[Mabel McLean] said it would be strategically advantageous for Amazon to open fashion-specific, brick-and-mortar locations to publicize its offering.
“The new wristwear is focused on a traditional look over pure tech, and competes more with Withings’ Activité watches than the likes of Apple, Google or Samsung.”
Read more… via Engadget
The buzz on wearable tech is deafening, but does any of it actually work? The ELLE staff tries on the latest in smart fashion.
Read more… via Elle.com
“Announced today at the Nike Innovation Summit, the HyperAdapt 1.0 will be the first shoe to take advantage of Nike’s adaptive lacing (self-tying) technology, which the company is touting as an entire new platform for sneakers.”
Read more… via Techcrunch
“The biggest challenge for smartwatch makers isn’t that the devices are accessories. It’s that they’re mostly unnecessary…”
Read more… via WIRED
“That’s right: beginning today, a select set of Android Wear smartwatches (and all future watches) will work with the iPhone. The app should be rolling out worldwide soon. It’s been a long time coming — and it means that Google will be challenging the Apple Watch on its home turf. Those Android Wear watches will be both cheaper and more varied than the Apple Watch — just like Android itself.”
Read more… via The Verge
“However, despite the hype, these gismos disappointingly failed to deliver for another year.”
…it could feasibly become much more of a competitor against the likes of Pinterest, Facebook and others, positioning Tumblr not just as a place to consume content but to transact, too.
Seven months later, Fitbit is back in full, um, force.
The company has just announced a new line-up of activity-tracking devices, including one “smart” fitness watch. Two of the new wearables include optical heart rate sensors, something new to Fitbits.
“Our business is about creating desire. It can be fickle because desire is fickle, but we try to have creativity to suspend the momentum.”
Read more… h/t Decoded Fashion via Forbes
Apple…has tried to make its coming Apple Watch fashionable…Other device makers, meanwhile, are collaborating with fashion designers to put design higher on the priority list.
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