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Maybelline introduces virtual make-up in Microsoft Teams

Cosmetics brand Maybelline New York has launched its first-ever virtual make-up looks, created in collaboration with technology giant Microsoft to offer “a new way to get ready for video calls". The Maybelline Beauty App in Microsoft Teams allows users to adjust their personal style within a Teams meeting. Users can choose from 12 make-up looks...

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Microsoft partners with Junk Kouture on educational programmes

Tech giant Microsoft has announced a new partnership with youth fashion competition Junk Kouture to support its mission of educating students on circular fashion systems. The duo will come together to develop masterclasses accessible via Microsoft’s Flip platform, where participants can view monthly content over the course of February to June....

Business

Shopify partners with Microsoft and Oracle for ERP programme launch

Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify has announced the launch of a global enterprise planning resource (ERP) programme, enabling high-level partners to build direct integrations into the Shopify App Store. The new system will allow Shopify Plus merchants to manage volume and complexity through partnerships with leading ERP providers, such as...

Business

Guess and Microsoft collaborate to launch Guess Z Lab

Guess Europe, the Lifestyle-Tech Competence Center (LTCC) and Microsoft have launched the Guess Z Lab, an innovative concept conceived to collaborate and co-create with Gen Z. The first workshop took place at Guess Europe’s headquarters in Bioggio, Switzerland and included 32 students from Ticino universities USI and SUPSI. A second workshop...

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Salvatore Ferragamo teams up with Microsoft to enhance made-to-order

Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo has teamed up with Microsoft and its technological partner Hevolus, to create digital tools to enhance its phy-gital customer experience. The move, part of the “new stage” of the brand’s digital journal, will allow Salvatore Ferragamo to showcase what it calls two fundamental elements of its heritage,...

Retail

Microsoft and Detego collaborate to accelerate RFID platform for retail industry

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) platform Detego has collaborated with Microsoft to fast-track the development of a new cloud-hosted RFID platform for the retail industry. The Detego platform tracks products and digitises processes from store to shop, and is used by 2,000 stores, factories and warehouses. It is currently the only global...

Business

Walmart confirms teaming up with Microsoft on TikTok deal

Walmart Inc. has issued a statement confirming discussions with Microsoft involving ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok service in the United States. The retail giant said: “We believe a potential relationship with TikTok U.S. in partnership with Microsoft could add this key functionality and provide Walmart with an important way for us to reach and serve...

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Microsoft's CEO urges retailers to jump into the 'technology intense era'

New York - During his inaugural speech at National Retail Federations’ 2020 Vision conference on Sunday, the CEO of Microsoft urged retailers to embrace the imperative of “tech intensity”. “What I always tell retailers is that you can’t be cool by association, by riding along with somebody else’s technology,” said Nadella, asking the audience to...

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Fashion companies unite to create digital ID to enable circularity

“Circularity” is replacing “sustainability” as the buzzword in the fashion industry. After all, it doesn’t suffice for companies to rethink the materials and energy used to produce their clothing, they should also take responsibility for the entire life cycle of the product. With this idea in mind, H&M, Target, C&A Foundation, PVH Corp,...

Retail

Marks and Spencer to transform retail with AI

Marks and Spencer has launched a strategic partnership with Microsoft to transform the retail experience using the “power of AI”, with the technology to be tested into its customer experience, stores and wider operations. In a statement, the British retailer said that the two organisations would “work together to explore how technologies such as...

Fashion

London College of Fashion partners up with Microsoft for short-term course

The London College of Fashion (LCF) has partnered up with Microsoft to create a short-term program in which students have access to innovations like mixed reality, internet of things and artificial intelligence, said the two companies in a joint statement. Dubbed “Future of Fashion Incubator”, the program takes one semester. Top students from...