Daily LInks
1. New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits. Federal judges in three states have blocked children’s privacy and parental oversight laws, saying they very likely violate free speech rights. – Read More on the NY Times
2. Why Luxury’s Loss Could Be Big Tech’s Gain. Tech stocks remain red hot amid a potential cool-down in demand for luxury goods. – Read More on Barron’s
3. The power of the luxury carrier bag. A curious parallel market has emerged in used luxury product packaging on sites such as eBay, where large paper Céline carriers are listed for about £25 each. – Read More on the FT
4. LVMH catches the eye with high-end lab-created diamonds – just don’t call them fake. The most interesting part of this article, the fact that it was “refiled to replace ‘fake’ and ‘synthetic’ with ‘lab-created’ throughout the story and the headline.” – Read More on Reuters
5. The AI revolution is coming. Invest in $10,000 handbags. While you would have done very well by owning a portfolio of US tech stocks since the mid-1990s, “the pre-eminent growth sector” has been French luxury stocks. – Read More on the Guardian
6. “Repair is the new cool.” Amsterdam has the ambition and appetite for radical, necessary change – it aims to go fully “circular” (creating zero waste and using zero new materials) by 2050. – Read More on the Guardian
