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Chinese social media app RedNote has been thrust into the limelight after more than half a million TikTok users recently joined the platform in protest against a likely imminent ban on the short video app in the United States.
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As TikTok faces an impending US ban, Chinese apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 have surged to the top of the iPhone download charts, drawing a wave of new users searching for alternatives.
A majority of justices suggested they see US national security concerns as overriding the free speech interests of the companies and a group of content creators.
Barring a last-minute intervention by the US Supreme Court, these may be the final days of social media as we know it. Plus, men’s shows and luxury earnings season kick off.
The Hangzhou-based company is the most aggressive Chinese spender on AI technology, having pledged over $53 billion of AI investment over several years.
At the Nvidia GTC conference on Monday, the AI company announced it was partnering with Catches to launch RealFit, a new platform that uses physics to improve digital try-on technology.
Getting recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other AI chatbots is fast emerging as a competitive advantage for fashion brands. As AI reshapes discovery, which brands are being favoured by AI and why?
A new analysis suggests most big fashion and retail players are using AI, though many are still reluctant to speak about it publicly.
The Swedish fast-fashion retailer is one of a shrinking number of companies that’s still drawing attention to its emissions goals. Plus, a Shanghai Fashion Week preview.
Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
Fashion’s enfant terrible is trading exclusivity for the mass market. Is it the ultimate fashion coup, or the final surrender of prestige?
Textile hubs are already feeling the cascading risks of the conflict in Iran as Washington ramps up forced labour probes to revive tariffs, while decarbonisation in fashion’s factories might finally have a standard to go off of.
