New York, NY & Milan, Italy — [26th, November, 2025] — BlueCherry® by CGS, a global leader in end-to-end fashion supply chain solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Lodestar, a leading Italian technology company and system integrator. Lodestar will serve as the official reseller of the BlueCherry suite of modular solutions in Italy, bringing advanced ERP, PLM, SFC, WMS, Quality, ESG, and Digital Product Passport (DPP) tools to fashion, apparel, footwear, and lifestyle brands across the region.
To mark the launch of the partnership, BlueCherry and Lodestar will host an introductory kick-off event on November 26, 2025, at Lodestar’s Milan offices. The event will bring together Italian fashion executives, industry media, and technology leaders from across Italy.
The collaboration brings together BlueCherry’s proven track record as a trusted global partner to Fortune 500 fashion brands with Lodestar’s local expertise and integration capabilities, enabling Italian companies to fast-track digital transformation, strengthen compliance, and realize measurable ROI.
“Italy has always been at the forefront of fashion design and craftsmanship, and now its brands are embracing digital transformation at speed,” said Paul F. Magel, President of BlueCherry by CGS. “Our partnership with Lodestar allows us to deliver the full breadth of the BlueCherry suite to Italian fashion companies, giving them the agility, compliance, and AI-powered insights they need to compete globally.”
“At Lodestar, we have always sought to partner with the world’s most innovative technology providers to deliver true business transformation for our customers,” said Fabio Luinetti, CEO of Lodestar. “By bringing BlueCherry’s unified, fashion-first platform to Italy, we can help apparel, footwear, and lifestyle brands modernize their supply chains, reduce costs, and achieve the visibility and sustainability today’s market demands.”
The BlueCherry–Lodestar partnership will focus on empowering Italian brands to:
- Modernize operations with a unified digital thread across PLM, ERP, and shop floor.
- Comply with ESG and EU Digital Product Passport mandates through embedded reporting and traceability.
- Adopt AI-driven workflows to cut errors, speed decision-making, and forecast demand more accurately.
- Scale globally with modular solutions tailored to fashion’s unique size, style, and allocation needs.
For more information about BlueCherry by CGS and the partnership with Lodestar, please visit www.bluecherry.com or www.lodestar.eu.
About BlueCherry® by CGS
BlueCherry® by CGS is the industry-leading, end-to-end supply chain management solution for the fashion, apparel, footwear, and consumer lifestyle industries. With more than 40 years of expertise and 500+ global customers, BlueCherry empowers brands to reduce costs, accelerate time-to-market, comply with sustainability mandates, and compete in a fast-changing market.
About Lodestar
Lodestar is a platform of excellence-driven companies specialized in ICT consulting, services, and solution development. Our mission is to create value through technology, supporting organizations in their growth and innovation journey. We provide strategic solutions to optimize processes and resources, address market challenges, and achieve and make us a reliable, results-oriented partner. People are at the heart of Lodestar: their expertise, professionalism and passion enable us to make a difference every day. We are present in several Italian cities and in Switzerland, operating in areas such as datacenter & infrastructure, cybersecurity, collaboration & modern workplace, project management, data & AI, Microsoft Dynamics 365, custom application development and proprietary solutions for SMEs. Lodestar is part of Microsoft’s AI L.A.B., an initiative promoting responsible AI adoption and accelerating digital transformation.
