Alexandre Fauvet, director general of Fusalp, and designer Clara Daguin were among the six award winners of the French edition of the Land Rover Born Awards, celebrated in the iconic Lutetia Hotel in St Germain.

On Thursday, French university École Polytechnique and Google France announced the launch next September of an international AI professorship funded by Google France.

With the support of Défi, the French Federation for Women’s Ready to Wear will launch a new programme with the goal of creating five pairs of start-ups that will work on solutions for omni-channel traffic.

The predictive marketing specialist, which recently closed on an $18 million funding round, has unveiled a new generation of its Campaign Intelligence solution, as well as its ambitions for Europe and North America.  

At the presentation of Nike's quarterly results, CEO Mark Parker announced the acquisition of Zodiac, a firm specialised in consumer analytics, to bolster the group’s digital retail drive.

Fashion e-tailer Asos is using augmented reality to superimpose its clothing on models of different sizes to help consumers visualize how a garment would look on their own body shape.

Carrefour said it has joined forces with Google to create an online voice assistant called "Lea" as part of the French retailer's digital expansion.

Nike has launched a partnership with meditation app Headspace to add mindfulness elements to its branded training runs and workouts in a move that has caught the attention of consumers and industry insiders alike.

American entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuck has joined the advisory board of Dutch company Juramy, the parent company of fashion label Balr., which is one of the fastest-growing fashion companies in the Netherlands.

The online platform offers Ferrari-branded clothing, accessories, bags, watches, shoes, eyewear and fragrances for men, women and children, as well as collectible items like scale models and other merchandise.

A report released by Brightpearl on Wednesday suggests that the introduction of try-before-you-buy services could spell disaster for unprepared e-commerce retailers, swamping them with returns and obliterating margins.

Analysts may be saying that technology is going to continue shaking up the beauty retail sector but it will only do so if it goes hand in hand with unique and creative ideas.

The technology accelerator by Fashion for Good and tech incubator Plug and Play announced the induction of a third cohort of start-ups, mentored by the programme's corporate partners.

The tech giant looks first to release a technology that will enhance the next generation of phones with accurate facial recognition and secure biometrics for payments, gesture sensing, and immersive shopping experiences.

A team of researchers at Northwestern University have published a report suggesting that a material called Graphene could double up as a hair dye.