Swatch's foray into electric car batteries, announced late last year, has investors wondering about the group's strategy in a shrinking market, with questions about the timetable and cost feasibility of the project.
Italian eyewear company Safilo has announced they are teaming up with Interaxon Inc. to create the first ever brain sensing eyewear, SafiloX.
The ‘E Dhaga’ mobile application, which lets weavers know about the availability of raw material or delays in supply, has been launched by the Union textiles minister Smriti Irani.
Levi’s will be opening 15 new stores in Spain next year, including a small-format boutique dedicated to the brand’s womenswear collections.
Louis Vuitton has opened at Westfield in Sydney, what is believed to be the world’s first 3D-printed pop-up store. It's the first time the luxury fashion brand has opened a men’s pop-up in the city.
Beauty company L'Occitane has opened a new flagship store in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, introducing a new store design for the company.
Three years after Amazon raised eyebrows with the announcement of drone deliveries, the company did just that, delivering a 2-kg package to Cambridge, England 13 minutes after the order was placed.
Fashion e-commerce platform Fynd has launched Fynd Store, which will be installed in an apparel retailer store, showing all products offered by the retailer.
IBM and Satisfi launched Watson-powered chatbots E.L.F. and At Your Service at Mall of America and Fashion Island, respectively.
L'Oréal Canada is enhancing their influencer marketing programs with a new video application that can turn any video into a shoppable one.
The Japanese beauty group has set up the Shiseido Venture Partners division in order to invest in promising new start-ups, the first of which will be Dricos.
Asos and Wayra have created a new fashion technology accelerator programme dedicated to start-up companies disrupting the e-commerce scene.
Farfetch will be hosting an event in London in April to unveil Store of the Future, a unique suite of emerging technologies set to revolutionise luxury fashion.
The sports business trade show will be held from February 5-8 in Munich, and will devote a section to 2016's eight best start-ups with a focus on athleisure, wearable tech and performance.
Sales of the Apple Watch to consumers set a record during the first week of holiday shopping, Apple says, although it has still not given specific figures for the device.
