This Week's Topics:

New Collabs
Resale keeps raising $
Year End Recaps
Girls Crushing It
What else I ❤️️

New Collabs

Collabed:
- Matchesfashion launches Barbour x Chloe
- Uniqlo x Marni via blog Le Catch and see the collection here
- Cheeky collab - Parade x Coca Cola

Resale Keeps Raising $

Archive is the latest retail resale tech company to raise $. Their Series A raised $15m.
Lightspeed Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures led the round.
They help brands and retailers create supply chain around resale inventory.
In resale adjacent news, Rental... Matches Fashion launches a rental program.

Year End Recaps

Last week we were all sharing our Spotify Wrapped year end recap. This week I've seen other end of year wrap ups and trend reporting on 2023 predictions.
- Google Trends 2022 top searches
- Reddit 2022 Trends
- Retail Dive's 2022 Holiday Merchandising Recap
- Pinterest predicts 2023 trends
- NY Magazine + Curbed's 39 Reasons to Love NY is fantastic. This cover image!! Tons of reposting of the image. I also loved @ideservecouture fashion focused version on the image.

I'll be shopping the Girls Crushing It boutique this weekend in Lafayette, CA. It is a fabulous organization and a wonderful way to support young entrepreneurs.

What else I ❤️️

Did you know that Amazon/Alexa set up a program to Thank Your Driver with a $5 tip? Amazon could also just pay their drivers more.
Article from the WSJ about luxury fashion personal shoppers that act as detectives. For more about Gab Waller, one of the stylist interviewed in this article, I loved both of these podcasts that interviewed Waller. Lipstick on the Rim with Molly Sims and Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr.
Loved this article about Augustinus Bader and the building of a scientist's luxury skincare brand.
Nike's Jordan brand is opening their first flagship store in Milan.
Chanel had their Métiers d' Art show in Dakar this week. This collection was heavily inspired by the 70's.

What's Next?

Ordered some new magazine's for my kids and I'm loving them too. Kazoo and Anyway. I'll keep reading for more trends and possible post here. Trends can come from everywhere.

Thanks for reading Edition 124.
Sarah Shapiro