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Ben Hanson

Ben Hanson

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Ben is a senior fashion technology storyteller, analyst, and moderator with more than a decade's experience in retail.
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FFactories Of The Future - Industrial

Fashion Is Overdue For A New Model Of Production

  • byBen Hanson
  • June 10, 2020
  • 351 views
With our 3D focus over, we look at why an analogue gap exists between the output of design and the output of manufacturing. And we introduce our two-month deep-dive on how that gap can be bridged.
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  • 8 minute read
33D - Aesthetic

Facing Worlds, Part 2: Collaborations In The Time of COVID-19

  • byBen Hanson
  • June 9, 2020
  • 273 views
Animal Crossing has captured the attention of fashion brands, professionals, and gamers. Can that lightning-in-a-bottle success be turned into a successful marketing and sales channel?
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33D - Aesthetic

Facing Worlds: Understanding The Fashion / Gaming Crossover Channel

  • byBen Hanson
  • June 1, 2020
  • 263 views
Videogames offer a compelling crossover marketing channel for movies and music. Now fashion is taking tentative footsteps into the same space. This primer explains why.
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OOpinion

COVID-19: Fashion’s Responsibility Reckoning

  • byBen Hanson
  • April 22, 2020
  • 328 views
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned over a rock and shown us that technology should be used to support a more equitable model for fashion - not as a crutch to bring the old ways back to life unaltered.
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33D - Technical

3D: Tomorrow’s Revolution, Today

  • byBen Hanson
  • April 7, 2020
  • 333 views
Fashion has no choice other than to finish its digital transformation. Now, with 3D, we look at how that's going to happen.
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OOpinion

In a locked-down world, fashion needs to finish its digital transformation

  • byBen Hanson
  • March 19, 2020
  • 724 views
There's a good chance that "business as usual" is not coming back. Fashion has all the building blocks to prepare for the future. Now it needs to use them.
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LLuxury

Cars To Consumer Technology – Everything Goes Luxe

  • byBen Hanson
  • February 28, 2020
  • 264 views
Luxury fashion has set the standard for offering the best. Now consumer technology is borrowing its playbook. Welcome to the age of luxury technology.
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OOpinion

Is Fashion Ready To Take Cybersecurity Seriously?

  • byBen Hanson
  • February 23, 2020
  • 165 views
Connected stores, smart factories, and constant consumer engagement - the attack vectors are all there. Is fashion ready to take cybersecurity seriously?
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RRetail Transformation

Amazon: What To Expect When Retail’s Loss Leader Gets Physical

  • byBen Hanson
  • February 18, 2020
  • 261 views
Amazon Go previews the retail giant's concept of physical stores. But what about the Amazon retail business model? Loss-leading is about to get physical.
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    Data & Demand: Fuelling The Factory Of The Future
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    Overcoming The Crisis With A 3D-Centred Strategy
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    • May 28, 2020
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The Interline rounds up the most vital talking points from across the fashion tech landscape. This week: headlines reinforce the need for supply chain visibility, and digital models gear up for greater disruption - [link in bio]. 8 0
As retail channels reopen, the pressure is on brands to control the speed, delivery, and quality of their next collections. But traditional supply chain tools are not up to the task. Data integration and Applied AI offer a solution - [link in bio]. 7 0
Fashion faces fresh and pre-existing challenges that require a new approach to production. How? The answer is already being put into practice. And the value is clear - [link in bio]. 15 0
The Interline rounds up the most vital talking points from across the fashion tech landscape. This week: integration holds the key to both eCommerce success and supply chain resilience - [link in bio]. 7 0
After our April – May focus on 3D, the conversation has advanced for several brands and retailers. Beyond 3D modelling we enter the domain of digital materials, where standardisation and interoperability are the hottest topics. We speak to Pierre Maheut - Head of Special Projects, 3D & Immersive at Adobe - [link in bio]. 17 0
Apparel production has a reputation for being slow and environmentally unsound. Digital printing and production colour management could offer a different way - [link in bio]. 9 0
The pandemic has acted as an accelerator for change across manufacturing. @gerbertech examines key areas where production can be redesigned for agility and resilience - [link in bio]. 11 1
The long-standing “push” model of apparel production could soon be replaced, at least in part, by an all-digital data-driven “pull”. Here’s how that could happen - [link in bio]. 21 0
Even before coronavirus, disruption was coming to every sector of production. This briefing sets out how factories and the brands that partner with them can prepare for the future - [link ni bio]. 9 0
Department stores have been destinations for more than a century. Reimagining them digitally won’t be easy, but it could offer entirely new opportunities - [link in bio]. 23 0
Global production supply chains for fashion are trapped in the dark ages. Technology can be a beacon for the future - [link in bio]. 13 0
The Interline rounds up the most vital talking points from across the fashion tech landscape. This week: fashion needs a new manifesto for manufacturing - [link in bio]. 6 0
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