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Bits & Bytes | Rent the Runway Raises $60M, How WeChat Became the App for Everything

This week, online rental platform Rent the Runway raises $60 million and the rise of social media app WeChat in China.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Rent the Runway Raises $60M, How WeChat Became the App for Everything

This week, online rental platform Rent the Runway raises $60 million and the rise of social media app WeChat in China.


News & Analysis

The Best of BoF 2016 | Top 10 Media Stories

To round off the year, we revisit the articles that sparked the most debate, yielded the biggest insights, and got the fashion industry talking in 2016. Today, we highlight some of the top media stories.

News & Analysis

The Best of BoF 2016 | Top 10 Media Stories

To round off the year, we revisit the articles that sparked the most debate, yielded the biggest insights, and got the fashion industry talking in 2016. Today, we highlight some of the top media stories.


Technology

Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram: Who Is Winning the Social Media Shopping Race?

As fashion brands allocate more of their ad spend to social media, BoF examines which platforms are most efficient at delivering actual sales.

Technology

Snapchat, Facebook or Instagram: Who Is Winning the Social Media Shopping Race?

As fashion brands allocate more of their ad spend to social media, BoF examines which platforms are most efficient at delivering actual sales.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | AR Will Beat VR, Weibo Lures Luxury Brands

This week, the comeback of Chinese social media app Weibo has attracted luxury brands and why augmented reality is set to be bigger than virtual reality.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | AR Will Beat VR, Weibo Lures Luxury Brands

This week, the comeback of Chinese social media app Weibo has attracted luxury brands and why augmented reality is set to be bigger than virtual reality.


News & Analysis

‘Instagram Face’: Is it the End of Good Makeup?

"Social media makeup enthusiasts become facsimiles of one another — all some version of Kim Kardashian West."

News & Analysis

‘Instagram Face’: Is it the End of Good Makeup?

"Social media makeup enthusiasts become facsimiles of one another — all some version of Kim Kardashian West."


News & Analysis

Instagram Introduces Shoppable Product Tags

The social media app has introduced shoppable tags that allow brands to tag the products in their photos, the way users can tag their friends.

News & Analysis

Instagram Introduces Shoppable Product Tags

The social media app has introduced shoppable tags that allow brands to tag the products in their photos, the way users can tag their friends.


News & Analysis

Big Brands Are Enlisting Employees to Create an Army of Social Media Mavens

"Increasingly, marketers are turning their employees into social media mavens, encouraging them to promote positive, intriguing or helpful stories

News & Analysis

Big Brands Are Enlisting Employees to Create an Army of Social Media Mavens

"Increasingly, marketers are turning their employees into social media mavens, encouraging them to promote positive, intriguing or helpful stories


News & Analysis

The Social Mediators: 7 Young Social Stars Share Their Rules For Engagement

"This generation is even more business-minded than the last."

News & Analysis

The Social Mediators: 7 Young Social Stars Share Their Rules For Engagement

"This generation is even more business-minded than the last."


Marketing

For Young Brands, Is the Instagram Opportunity Shrinking?

Once a highly efficient way for young brands to market themselves, Instagram is more crowded, competitive and costly than ever before.

Marketing

For Young Brands, Is the Instagram Opportunity Shrinking?

Once a highly efficient way for young brands to market themselves, Instagram is more crowded, competitive and costly than ever before.


China

The China Edit | Dior Bags on WeChat, Tech Trailblazers

This week, Dior became the first luxury brand to sell via WeChat, while the West wakes up to China's technology revolution.

China

The China Edit | Dior Bags on WeChat, Tech Trailblazers

This week, Dior became the first luxury brand to sell via WeChat, while the West wakes up to China's technology revolution.


News & Analysis

Armed with Popular Apps, Resellers Stir Up Mid-East Market

Local resellers using WhatsApp, Telegram and Instagram are filling the gap in lucrative but isolated pockets of the Middle Eastern fashion market.

News & Analysis

Armed with Popular Apps, Resellers Stir Up Mid-East Market

Local resellers using WhatsApp, Telegram and Instagram are filling the gap in lucrative but isolated pockets of the Middle Eastern fashion market.


Marketing

The Art of Disclosure: Fashion’s Influence Economy and the FTC

As the importance of native advertising continues to grow, are brands and digital influencers coming clean with consumers about the deals that power fashion’s influence economy?

Marketing

The Art of Disclosure: Fashion’s Influence Economy and the FTC

As the importance of native advertising continues to grow, are brands and digital influencers coming clean with consumers about the deals that power fashion’s influence economy?