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Yoox upgrades AI-powered virtual styling suite

Yoox, part of the Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) group, has announced that its AI-powered virtual styling suite now offers 50,000 fully digitized products. The new upgraded tool also features a completely new layout and the entire collection of 8 by Yoox, the Italian company’s own-brand, has for the first time been fully digitized for the virtual...

10 hours ago

Fashion

Yoox unveils "Ciao Italia!" virtual travel experience

Yoox has updated the virtual consumer experience. The luxury e-tailer recently launched a new offering called "Ciao Italia!" - a virtual travel experience and shopping edit. The platform allows shoppers to explore Italian holiday destinations and products from little-known Italian designers and artisanal brands, connecting shoppers from over 100...

29 Jul 2020

Retail

Net-a-Porter: The company that revolutionised luxury fashion turns 20

It’s hard to imagine twenty years ago marked the dawn of luxury e-commerce. Before the launch of Net-a-Porter in 2000 there was brick-and-mortar, multi brand retailers, department stores and brand-operated websites. There was no online destination that sold an exceptionally curated mix of high-end fashion until Net-a-Porter transformed the...

29 Jun 2020

Fashion

JW Anderson and Yoox collaborate on genderless birthday collection

London-based fashon label JW Anderson is celebrating Yoox’s 20 year anniversary by designing a genderless capsule collection for the online retailer. For this collection, which features the motto “beyond seasons, beyond trends, beyond genders”, Jonathan Anderson, founder and creative director of JW Anderson, drew inspiration from his archives....

18 Jun 2020

Fashion

YNAP teams with Univeristy of Modena for AI research program

The Yoox Net-a-Porter group is working to revolutionize online the shopping experience with the help of AI technology. The company has joined forces with University of Modena and Reggio Emilia to create a joint lab dedicated to the research of AI and computer vision in the fashion industry. The ultimate goal of the project will be to develop...

2 Jun 2020

People

YNAP CEO Federico Marchetti to step down, search for successor underway

Yoox Net-a-Porter Group CEO Federico Marchetti is stepping down from his position after 20 years at the company’s helm. Marchetti, whose contract is set to expire in 2021 but will stay on as chairman, founded Yoox in 2000 in the very early days of online fashion. In 2009, the company was publicly listed on the Milan stock exchange, before...

5 Mar 2020

Fashion

Peggy Gou launches capsule collection with Yoox

Berlin-based DJ and fashion icon Peggy Gou has joined forces with Yoox to design a capsule collection of “ready-to-go” pyjamas. For her first collaboration with Yoox, Gou has redesigned a luxurious evening-ready version of the nightwear staple, pyjamas, a garment that she states she enjoys "wearing and styling in her day and evening outfits"....

23 Dec 2019

Fashion

YNAP teams with Prince Charles on a fashion collection

Prince Charles is creating his first fashion collection. The British monarch's Prince's Foundation charity has joined forces with Yoox Net-a-Porter to design a capsule collection that aims to equip students with "skills to succeed in a fast-paced digital landscape and produce luxury apparel collections to the highest standards," according to a...

13 Nov 2019

Fashion

Yoox enhances virtual styling suite

A year on from Yoox launching YooxMirror, the first AI-powered virtual styling suite powered by fashion-conscious avatar Daisy designed to target millennials, has been relaunched to allow users to make their own customisable digital avatar. Consumers will be able to access YooxMirror on the Yoox iOS app and develop their own digital avatar, by...

7 Nov 2019

Business INTERVIEW

Yoox Net-a-Porter group hires talent that have passion for customer service

FashionUnited publishes a series of interviews dedicated to the most sought-after professions in the fashion industry, both by the brands and by companies active in fashion and luxury e-commerce. We decided to hear from companies to understand which are the most popular roles and how much income can be earned by those who hold these positions....

13 Jun 2019

Fashion

Opening Ceremony launches capsule collection for Yoox

Yoox has teamed up with New York-based brand and retailer Opening Ceremony on an exclusive eight-piece womenswear collection for the summer. Opening Ceremony founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon were inspired by music festivals for the summer capsule collection, which features a “playful mix” of relaxed silhouettes, bright colourways and summery...

10 Jun 2019

Fashion

YNAP motivates young women to create a sustainable fashion app

YNAP has launched a female-only tech competition to challenge young women to come up with ideas for a new app that drives sustainable initiatives in fashion. Called 'Incredible Girls,' the competition asks females between the ages of 16 and 25 to dream up the app idea and submit it on the YNAP website by July 1. One winner will be selected to...

31 May 2019