Digital snippets: Gap and DVF, JC Penney, Nike, eBay and Kate Spade Saturday, Burberry

A round-up of recent stories from around the web surrounding all things fashion and digital:

• GapKids launches photo filters and stickers with Aviary to promote Diane von Furstenberg collection (as pictured) [TechCrunch]

• JC Penney says ‘We’re Sorry’ and ‘Come Back’ with social media blitz [BrandChannel]

• Nike gears customised shoe campaign to Instagram users [ClickZ]

• eBay and Kate Spade Saturday to launch touchscreen store window [PSFK]

• Fashion meets music with Burberry’s new eyewear campaign [Vogue Australia]

• Condé Entertainment previews video channels for Vogue, Wired and Vanity Fair [WWD]

• Is Primark mad to ignore e-commerce? [Econsultancy]

• Making the best of a digital situation: what luxury brands can do to catch up online [Forbes]

• The best fashion/tech start-ups at NY Tech Day [Fashion’s Collective]

• Online, everyone can be a make-up critic [NYTimes]

Digital snippets: Christmas 2011 special

The fashion industry has been celebrating the festive season with all manner of digital initiatives. Here’s a look at some of the things they’ve been doing:

• Ralph Lauren transforms online catalog into holiday greeting cards (as pictured) [Mashable]

• Coach launches New York-themed gift tags campaign featuring eight animated videos, e-cards and Facebook application [WWD]

• Marc Jacobs invites fans to upload their family holiday snaps with ‘MarcFam’ campaign [StyleCaster]

• Calvin Klein partners with Shazam for interactive in-store displays and unique holiday song [L2 Blog]

• Burberry sends festive cheer with interactive music videos [Burberry]

• Tiffany & Co unveils digital storybook, ‘The Winter Carousel’, to tie in with store windows [Luxury Daily]

• Macy’s extends annual Believe campaign with augmented reality app [Macy's]

• John Lewis launches window display featuring its ‘Top 30 favorite things for Christmas’, allowing shoppers to buy directly via QR codes [PSFK]

• JC Penney invites consumers to personalise their gifts with ‘Santa Tags’; QR codes that host voice recordings [JC Penney]

• Alexander Wang compiles 12 days of Christmas gift guide [Global Grind]

• Uniqlo UK offers shoppers the chance to win their Christmas wishlist [Uniqlo]

• Esprit partners with Yvan Rodic of FaceHunter as part of Make Your Wish holiday campaign [PR Newswire]

• Gap gives shoppers head start on holiday shopping with Shop Yourself Social initiative [RIS News]

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Digital snippets: Saks, Topman, Esquire, Jaeger, JC Penney, House of Fraser, Figleaves and more

A mega update this week to make up for the lack over the past fortnight:

• Saks ups online content [WWD]

• Topman to launch online magazine [GQ]

• Esquire partners with JC Penney to launch men’s e-commerce site CLAD [Esquire]

• Jaeger debuts transactional mobile site, anticipates 80% increase in m-commerce revenues [NMA]

• JC Penney adds QR codes, Facebook game, apps and Google+ presence to Christmas campaign [Media Decoder, NY Times]

• House of Fraser to launch iPhone app offering in-store barcode scanner [NMA]

• Figleaves links London Underground ads with mobile app [Media Week]

• Old Navy doles out deals to Shopkick app users [Venture Beat]

• Flash sales site Vente-Privée launches in US [Market Watch]

• New York Times launches iPad app for fashion and style content [WWD]

• How leading fashion brands are embracing online video [Mashable]

Digital snippets: Stella McCartney, Vogue’s Online Fashion Week, American Apparel, JC Penney

Some more great stories from around the web surrounding all things fashion and digital this week:

Stella McCartney's autumn/winter 2011/12 campaign

• Stella McCartney ups social activity with new website, second edition iPad app and ad campaign preview [WWD]

• UK Vogue to follow up Fashion’s Night In with Online Fashion Week this December [Vogue.co.uk]

• American Apparel to launch eBay store [Nasdaq]

• JC Penney introduces “Haul Nation” for teens to blog about fashion [Social Times]

• Project Runway fans vote for designers on Twitter [Mashable]

• Start-up Ave23.com looks to change fashion search engines with visual intelligence technology [WWD]

I’m now away for 10 days, so there won’t be any posts for a while. Expect a mega digital snippets update on my return!