Swap Storefront Delivers 2x Conversion Rates as Leading Brands Adopt AI-Powered Commerce
SIMKHAI, Retrofête, and Odd Muse Among Launch Partners Using the AI-Led Shopping Experience to Increase Conversion, Engagement, and Loyalty.
AI’s Consultancy Era Is Just Around The Corner, And Platforms Are Making Big Strides With First Party Data
AI might be trying to bury SaaS, but the spectre of service days is about to return with a vengeance. Elsewhere, Pinterest reminds fashion of the importance of first party data, homegrown tech, and decades’ worth of end user context.
YKK Joins ZDHC as a Signatory Supplier, Strengthening Commitment to Eliminating Hazardous Chemicals
ZDHC is a global organization centered on the textile and apparel industry, with the objective of eliminating hazardous chemicals from manufacturing processes and promoting the responsible management of chemicals.
Varsity Brands Expands Long-Standing Partnership with DeSL to Drive Greater Efficiency and Standardization Across Divisions
The broader platform rollout includes DeSL’s PLM, Quality Management, Color Lifecycle Management (CLM), and Purchase Order (PO) Management solutions.
Fashion Draws Closer To Some Fixed Ideas About AI, Just As The Subsidies Are Running Out
From a decades-old touchstone to a better-defined set of applications with a measurable ROI, the shape of fashion’s AI funnel is starting to become more concrete. But price increases potentially across the board could challenge the business case for some of it.
Lectra unveils a new version of Retviews, its AI-powered market intelligence solution for fashion brands
A strategic growth and performance assistant to turn data into business opportunities.
CLO Launches Global 3D Design Contest with Vivienne Westwood “CUT, SLASH & CORSET”, powered by MetaHuman
Inspired by the British fashion house’s avant-garde design legacy, the contest focuses on the tension between tradition and subversion.
ECCO Announces ReSpin: A New Chapter In Circular Material Innovation
This fiber launch demonstrates how innovation can transform an overlooked by-product into a valuable new resource.
YKK’s 3D Composite Puller Wins the Red Dot Award
The 3D Composite Puller combines YKK’s expertise in zipper technology with Variloom’s on-demand 3D printing and molding system.
Trimco Group announces strategic partnership with Retraced to deliver fully integrated transparency solutions
Trimco Group announces a strategic partnership with Retraced, the AI-first platform for sourcing, product compliance, and supplier network collaboration.
VF Corporation enters partnership with Nedap to unlock end-to-end inventory visibility across its global store estate
GROENLO, The Netherlands, April 21, 2026 – Nedap (AMS:NEDAP), a leader in item-level inventory visibility, today announced a partnership with VF Corporation…
Vizoo’s CAST Receives Texprocess Innovation Award
CAST is rethinking how fabrics are shared, evaluated, and selected across the global textile industry.
Two Very Different Digital-Native Takes On Where The Money Is In AI
This week: two fashion companies forged at different stages of the early web, with very different contemporary fortunes, set out on wildly divergent paths, with a lot of AI in their saddlebags.
The AI Survey 2026 – Share Your Perspective
An anonymous opportunity to help document the real use cases, end user and executive sentiments, and industry outlook for AI in fashion and beauty.