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In this week’s Tech Edit by Vogue Business podcast, Maghan McDowell discusses how payments have become a “sexy industry” for younger consumers and tech companies.
Read more on Vogue Business.
The ride-hailing company has been trying to expand its food-delivery business to compensate for the collapse of its main business.
Read more on The New York Times.
The Times said Apple News did not align with its strategy of building direct relationships with paying readers.
Read more on The New York Times.
Why the middlemen are the internet’s villains.
Read more on The New York Times.
Beloved by Silicon Valley tycoons and tyranny-fearing libertarians, are cities atop the waves Earth’s next frontier?
Read more on The Guardian.
Eddie Bauer, Magnolia Pictures, Ben & Jerry’s and others have suspended campaigns over the platform’s content moderation practices.
Read more on The New York Times.
The internet company has long been criticised about how much information it keeps on users. The change applies only to new accounts.
Read more on The New York Times.
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that travel Brands should build a powerful chat and messaging strategy right now to strengthen customer service.
Read more on Skift.
Move in autumn will let users set Gmail as default email app and Firefox as main web browser.
Read more on The Guardian.
Firm starts transition to Apple-made chips for faster performance, longer battery life and innovative technologies.
Read more on The Guardian.
Beauty and clothing subscription boxes saw a surge in new customers during Covid-19. Can they navigate the business model's high costs and low retention levels?
Read more on Business of Fashion.
The inaugural National Indigenous Fashion Awards will be live streamed on August 5.
Read more on WWD.
Words have been muscling out images on social media as brands seek to transmit values and purpose.
Read more on WWD.
LVMH-owned Dior is sticking with the Paris fashion week schedule despite the shift of rivals brands like Gucci and Michael Kors.
Read more on Vogue Business.
Apple could announce plans as soon as Monday to replace Intel processors in Macs with chips that it designed itself.
Read more on The New York Times.
Top Stories from January
The largest rough diamond discovered since 1905, the 1,758-carat Sewelo, was revealed with great fanfare last April, named in July and then largely disappeared from view. Now it has resurfaced with a new owner — and it’s not a name you might expect.
Read more on The New York Times.
Market sources say the designer could be headed to Prada, in particular to Miu Miu.
Read more on WWD.
The designer's Spring/Summer 2020 couture show will be his last.
Read more on Business of Fashion.
Following more than seven months of protests in the city, brands struggling with dropping retail sales and high rent are closing stores.
Read more on Vogue Business.
In a supposed attempt to curb the flow of fake news, the platform will start flagging altered posts.
Read more on I-D.
HauteTrader, a new online platform, gives luxury lovers the option to trade their wares instead of reselling them.
Read more on WWD.
LVMH Group will for the first time bring together its four watch brands for the LVMH Watch Week – Dubai 2020 scheduled for Jan. 13-15 in the United Arab Emirates, a major center for buyers of timepieces.
Read more on Luxury Daily.
Kering’s Ulysse Nardin watch brand has become the first to offer a blockchain-backed secured warranty certificate to all customers of its watches.
Read more on Luxury Daily.
Amazon is said to be making plans to launch a new luxury fashion platform, according to a new report from WWD's Samantha Conti and Evan Clark.
Read more on Business Insider.
Hedi Slimane’s onetime protégé, who represents brands from Nike to Kenzo and Rodarte, will now focus on creative direction and entertainment.
Read more on Vogue Business.
As Gen Z consumers show unique online behaviour, brands should evolve their marketing strategies and reconsider platforms to reach younger audiences.
Read more on Vogue Business.
Millions of animals have been killed in the fires but the impact on flora and fauna is more grim even than individual deaths
Read more on The Guardian.
Fires are more frequent, more damaging, and more terrifying - a symptom of the new age that I call the Pyrocene
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Fashion’s favorite trend — sustainability — comes for print magazines.
Read more on The New York Times.
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