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How Online Privacy Rules Changed the Way Fashion Finds Customers

Apple’s new privacy settings weren’t the first move to limit data companies have access to and won’t be the last, meaning brands can’t rely on their old playbooks to target new shoppers.
A woman wearing a face mask walks past an advertisement for the iPhone in Tokyo.
Apple's privacy update has made it harder for fashion brands to target their ads at shoppers online. (Getty Images)

When Adidas said earlier this year it wanted to dramatically expand its membership programme, which offers discounts and other rewards to the brand’s most loyal customers, it had more than Nike in its crosshairs.

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Marc Bain
Marc Bain

Marc Bain is Technology Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. He is based in New York and drives BoF’s coverage of technology and innovation, from start-ups to Big Tech.

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