Britons to spend £4.75 billion on Black Friday
Nearly half of the total Black Friday spend (47%) will be transacted online, new research from Salmon, a Wunderman Commerce company, suggested. Women will drive online growth, while…
EU makes new offer to reluctant states on digital tax
Under a proposal from the European Commission in March, EU states would charge a 3 percent levy on the digital turnover of large firms such as Google and…
Nextail named tech pioneer by World Economic Forum
The smart platform, which uses AI to give fashion retail merchandisers hyper-local demand prediction and data-driven insights, should get an awareness boost from the WEF link that should…
Fashion suffers as UK consumer spending falls again – Visa
Visa said expenditure has struggled to maintain growth momentum in 2018 to date, with spending falling in seven of the 11 months of the year so far.Of course,…
Fashion Week remains relevant in the digital era
The study, entitled “Front Row to Consumer: The Voices Driving Fashion Week in Today’s Digital Era” and powered by Launchmetrics’ proprietary audience-driven Media Impact Value (MIV) algorithm, analyzed…
THG partners Tech She Can to boost women in UK tech roles
The two-year partnership’s target is to “enable long-term change, not only within THG, but across the entire technology industry,” said Chief Information Officer Jo Drake.Through the partnership, THG…
YNAP publishes major new sustainability strategy
The Richemont-owned luxury e-tailer said it aims to deliver “lasting luxury fashion, working towards a more sustainable and inclusive circular fashion system for the industry”.It’s a 10-year vision…
Waste is the latest source of inspiration for perfumers
Upcycling consists in giving an added value to objects or materials destined to be thrown away, in order to reduce waste. This process has already attracted the fashion…
US textile industry pays country’s lowest manufacturing wages
According to the US Department of Agriculture, value-added industrial output has fallen back to “pre-recession levels”, and continues to lose out in terms of share of GDP. “Rural…
Inside Jeff Bezos' Mysterious Private World Beyond His Billions
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Are Engaged If there's one thing everybody knows about Jeff Bezos, it's that he's obscenely rich. The Amazon founder, who's turning 60…