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 […]
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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“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 […]
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“However, despite the hype, these gismos disappointingly failed to deliver for another year.” Read more… via @rachel_arthur […]
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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. Read more… […]
“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 […]
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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. Read more… […]
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It is a hybrid of Who What Wear and Vanity Fair and it works. It even partners like a blog. Read more… via Man Repeller […]