With three days to go before Christmas, retailers across the United States and Europe face a turbulent end to a drawn-out, mostly disappointing holiday shopping …
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Can Technology Fill In Fashion’s Missing Data on Emissions?
The latest app feature from Klarna, the Swedish bank and major “buy now, pay later” lender, claims to offer information that much of the fashion …
The BoF Podcast: Christopher Wylie: ‘Fashion Data Was Used to Help Bannon Build the Alt-Right’
OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom — In an explosive opening to VOICES 2018, whistleblower Christopher Wylie revealed that the political implications of fashion run deeper than thought. …
Streamlining Shipping and Customer Experience Through Data and AI
Shipping is a growing operational pain point for retailers, as consumer expectations for speedy, traceable — and free — deliveries pose significant challenges in terms …
The BoF Podcast: Christopher Wylie and Arti Zeighami: ‘Data Doesn’t Have to Be Evil’
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In Search of Transparency: Fashion’s Data Problem
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. One of the biggest challenges facing the fashion industry in its efforts to become more …
How Retailers Can Use Data to Improve Customer Experience
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. In retail, data can be a powerful tool to help brands understand their customers and …
Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem Begins with Bad Data
LONDON, United Kingdom — Fashion has a fake news problem. Want to know how many people are employed in the industry, or where they work, …
Richemont’s Watchfinder Reports Customer Data Breach
Watchfinder, the dealer in pre-owned luxury watches that’s owned by Richemont, said it suffered a data breach that may have disclosed customer information. The UK-based …
5 Ways Retailers Can Gain an Edge Using Data
If a retailer has stores in two nearby cities, does it help to know that it’s expected to be a single degree hotter in one …
Fashion’s Transparency Efforts Fall Short on Fundamental Data Points
Despite high-profile commitments to curb environmental impact and improve human rights performance, how fashion is doing on sustainability initiatives largely remains a black box, according …
Is ‘fake data’ the real deal when training algorithms? | Artificial intelligence (AI)
You’re at the wheel of your car but you’re exhausted. Your shoulders start to sag, your neck begins to droop, your eyelids slide down. As …
Zalando Co-CEO on Bringing Data Science to Fashion Retail
This article first appeared in The State of Fashion: Technology, an in-depth report co-published by BoF and McKinsey & Company. Zalando is Europe’s largest online-only …
SEC Probes Amazon’s Handling of Employees’ Use of Sellers’ Data for Private Labels
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating how Amazon.com Inc. handled employee disclosures on the use of third-party sellers’ data purportedly to boost …