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India E-Com Consolidation, Instagram Evolves, Synthetic Silk

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

India E-Com Consolidation, Instagram Evolves, Synthetic Silk

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.


Can New Technologies Thwart Counterfeiters?

New technologies have made it easier for counterfeiters to produce, advertise and distribute fake goods, but they also provide crucial tools for the industry to fight back.

Can New Technologies Thwart Counterfeiters?

New technologies have made it easier for counterfeiters to produce, advertise and distribute fake goods, but they also provide crucial tools for the industry to fight back.


Germany's Rocket Internet Falls Back To Earth

After slower growth from Nigeria to Russia and Brazil, Rocket Internet's 2012 launched would-be African Amazon company Jumia has casted doubt on Rocket Internet's ambition to become the world's biggest Internet company outside the United States and China.

Germany's Rocket Internet Falls Back To Earth

After slower growth from Nigeria to Russia and Brazil, Rocket Internet's 2012 launched would-be African Amazon company Jumia has casted doubt on Rocket Internet's ambition to become the world's biggest Internet company outside the United States and China.


Bits & Bytes | Shopable Pinterest Pins, PredictSpring Raises $11.4M

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Bits & Bytes | Shopable Pinterest Pins, PredictSpring Raises $11.4M

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.


Is Stitch Fix the Goldilocks of Fashion?

With data science at its core, the San Francisco-based startup aims to offer fashion that’s ‘just right’ for every customer.

Is Stitch Fix the Goldilocks of Fashion?

With data science at its core, the San Francisco-based startup aims to offer fashion that’s ‘just right’ for every customer.


Op-Ed | To Build Successful Businesses, Start Solving Problems

Like their counterparts in Silicon Valley, fashion entrepreneurs should begin by identifying real problems. Not enough dresses and handbags to choose from isn’t one of them, argues Ari Bloom.

Op-Ed | To Build Successful Businesses, Start Solving Problems

Like their counterparts in Silicon Valley, fashion entrepreneurs should begin by identifying real problems. Not enough dresses and handbags to choose from isn’t one of them, argues Ari Bloom.


Alipay Could Take Stake in Wirecard

Wirecard is negotiating with representatives of Alipay, a unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, about it taking a stake of up to 25 percent in the German banking software company, a newspaper reported.

Alipay Could Take Stake in Wirecard

Wirecard is negotiating with representatives of Alipay, a unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, about it taking a stake of up to 25 percent in the German banking software company, a newspaper reported.


Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit

With the break from the EU, many in the tech sector were left questioning whether the city can fulfil its promise of becoming a global technology hub.

Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit

With the break from the EU, many in the tech sector were left questioning whether the city can fulfil its promise of becoming a global technology hub.


Bits & Bytes | Facebook Ad Tracking, E-Commerce Investment, Condé Nast Spire

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Bits & Bytes | Facebook Ad Tracking, E-Commerce Investment, Condé Nast Spire

Bits and Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.


Alibaba Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Pre-IPO Regulatory Warning

Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd has won the dismissal of a US lawsuit accusing China's largest e-commerce company of defrauding shareholders by concealing a regulator's warning about its ability to suppress counterfeiting on its websites.

Alibaba Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Pre-IPO Regulatory Warning

Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd has won the dismissal of a US lawsuit accusing China's largest e-commerce company of defrauding shareholders by concealing a regulator's warning about its ability to suppress counterfeiting on its websites.


JD.com, Stepping Out of Alibaba’s Shadow?

Haoyu Shen, chief executive of JD.com’s JD Mall unit, reveals how the Chinese online giant plans to take on Alibaba’s Tmall and seize more of the country’s fashion e-commerce market.

JD.com, Stepping Out of Alibaba’s Shadow?

Haoyu Shen, chief executive of JD.com’s JD Mall unit, reveals how the Chinese online giant plans to take on Alibaba’s Tmall and seize more of the country’s fashion e-commerce market.


Wal-Mart in Talks to Sell China E-Commerce Unit to JD.com: WSJ

Wal-Mart Stores is in talks to sell its Chinese e-commerce business, Yihaodian, to JD.com, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.

Wal-Mart in Talks to Sell China E-Commerce Unit to JD.com: WSJ

Wal-Mart Stores is in talks to sell its Chinese e-commerce business, Yihaodian, to JD.com, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.