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Bits & Bytes | Lyst, Style.com, Refinery29, Google

Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Lyst.co.uk | Source: Lyst
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  • Kate Abnett

"LVMH, Accel and More Pour $40M into Fashion E-Commerce Aggregator Lyst(TechCrunch)
"Lyst, a site that lets people shop across some 11,500 different online stores using a single check-out, has picked up $40 million in a Series C round of funding."

"BoF Exclusive | Condé Nast to Transform Style.com into Global E-Commerce Player" (The Business of Fashion)
"BoF can exclusively reveal that Condé Nast's long-anticipated global e-commerce launch, set for the autumn, will transform Style.com into a shopping site and bring its editorial coverage under the umbrella of American Vogue."

"Fashion Site Raises Funds to Speed Its Global Growth" (The New York Times)
"Refinery29, a fashion and lifestyle media company, will announce on Tuesday that it has closed a $50 million round of financing from Scripps Networks Interactive and the advertising giant WPP."

"The Latest Fashion, Trending on Google" (The New York Times)
"The new trend aggregations are part of the company's bid to become a bigger player in e-commerce and fashion beyond its product search engine or advertising platform."

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"Google Didn't Kill Glass, It's Just Making It Sexier" (Fast Company)
"Google is partnering with the eyewear giant behind Ray-Ban to build its next face computer."

"Yoox Net-a-Porter Merger Prods Luxury Brands to Sell Online(Reuters)
"The merger of the world's two biggest online fashion stores, Net-a-Porter and Yoox, sends a warning to luxury brands to embrace the Internet with more vim after years of resistance."

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