Daily LInks
1. Here’s how fashion shoppers want to use AI. Three-in-10 respondents believe AI-trained shopping assistants can identify fashion trends better than they can. In addition, close to 23% of respondents believe AI-trained shopping assistants can help keep their wardrobe from becoming dated. – Read More on CSA
2. What’s the future for luxury online shopping? “It’s hard for the multi-brand stores when they’re left with this inventory to negotiate with labels who care so much about their reputation and value; they want to be seen as selling at full price.” – Read More on Harper’s Bazaar
3. Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj among artists warning against AI use in music. The artists warned that the unregulated use of AI in the music industry could “sabotage creativity and undermine artists, songwriters, musicians and rightsholders,” according to the letter. – Read More on the Hill
4. A Hit Brand’s ‘One Size Fits Most’ Clothing Is Dividing America’s Teens. It is a formula that has made Brandy Melville extremely popular with a subset of teens and young adults. It has also courted controversy, including allegations of discrimination. – Read More on the WSJ
5. RETRO READ: Brandy Melville, the Controversial Brand that Sells Exactly What Tweens Want. Brandy Melville is best known for its sizing. Almost everything in the store, except for its denim and some other styles of pants, come in one size—what it calls “one size fits most.” – Read More on TFL
6. Mindset around IPOs is starting to change. The pricing of Reddit Inc.’s IPO along with the success of Astera Labs Inc.’s IPO — both in the first quarter — have increased the excitement around going-public deals. – Read More on S&P Global
