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Bits & Bytes | Luxury Talent Flow, Burberry on Apple Music, Live Streaming

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

"Talent Flow Reverses as Luxury Groups Get Serious About Digital" (The Financial Times)
"LVMH's appointment of Mr Rogers suggests the €224bn-a-year luxury sector is finally getting serious about digital."

"Burberry Becomes First Fashion Brand to Launch Apple Music Channel" (Bloomberg)
"UK luxury-goods maker Burberry Group Plc introduced a channel on Apple Inc.'s music service in the latest example of the fashion and technology industries coming together."

"Why Live Streaming Is the Future of Fashion Week" (Racked)
"While some 100,000 people attended last September's shows, 2.6 million live-streamed them instead."

"Makeup Startup Ipsy Said to Be Valued at $500 Million" (Bloomberg)
"Ipsy, a cosmetics-subscription service with $130 million in annual sales, raised $100 million in a second round of funding led by TPG and Sherpa Ventures."

"How a Tech Giant Infiltrated New York Fashion Week" (Fortune)
"Whether it was with drones, 'smart' bras and dresses equipped with sensors, Intel was everywhere at New York Fashion Week."

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