Julie Bornstein's Daydream Wants to Be the AI Stylist That Actually Knows Your Closet

Forbes (en)

Prognose: Expect a funding-round headline for Daydream within the quarter — Forbes profiles at this altitude usually precede a raise, not follow one.

Claire's Turns 866 Stores Into a Gen Alpha Creator-Commerce Network

Glossy (en)

Meta's Glasses Launch Turned Into a Fashion Campaign, With Kylie Jenner Doing the Talking

Glossy (en)

Taobao and Tmall's "Twin Engines" Stall as Alibaba Bets ¥380 Billion on AI

证券时报 (Securities Times), via Google News (zh)

Prognose: Alibaba's next earnings call spends more time on AI infrastructure ROI than on GMV — that's the tell that the pledge became a hostage situation, not a strategy.

Pinduoduo Tightens AI Content Governance as Compliance Bar Rises Across Chinese E-Commerce

亿邦动力网 (EBrun) (zh)

54% of Enterprises Already Had an AI Agent Incident. Most Still Let Agents Share Credentials.

VentureBeat (en)

Prognose: A named retailer has an agent-credential incident bad enough to make trade press by Q4 — probably a shopping or inventory agent given write access it didn't need.

Zalando Buys Into German Robotics Startup Sereact to Automate the Warehouse Floor

Ecommerce News EU (en)

Stripes Beauty Jumps From 4 to 448 Ulta Stores as Menopause Care Goes Mainstream

Glossy (en)

Tailored Brands Files S-1. Wall Street Is Being Asked If Suits Are Investable Again.

FashionUnited (en)

Are Bare Nails a Trend or a Recession Indicator?

Glossy (en)

Prognose: If bare nails are still the story by Q4, expect a trend piece walking it back as "quiet luxury," because nobody wants to say "recession" twice in one year.

Justin Bieber's Skylrk Opens an Immersive Retail Space in New York

FashionUnited (en)

Michael Kors Adds an AI Shopping Assistant to Its Website

FashionUnited (en)