News Roundup – Week 38, November 2020
The Interline rounds up the most vital fashion technology news. This week: retail's tentative recovery requires real agility, and sustainability's financial impact intensifies.
How Digital Transformation is Fundamentally Changing the Fashion Industry
Many fashion companies have already invested in a form of digitization by deploying PLM solutions, but these are no longer sufficient to deliver what is required today. Progressive companies are now realizing that they must fundamentally change the way they have previously operated. Here, in the form of an internal Q&A, DeSL has provided their answers to some burning questions on the topic, to better understand their approach to digital transformation. Colin Marks, Pam Peale & Leo Silence share their thoughts
News Roundup – Week 37, November 2020
The Interline rounds up the most vital fashion technology news. This week: why this holiday is just the start of eCommerce competition, new digital avatars, and more sustainability enforcement.
Interline Identities: Leanne Kemp, Founder & CEO, Everledger
Everledger recently made headlines by backing Alexander McQueen's MCQ label with blockchain-based proof of provenance & authenticity. We talk to Leanne Kemp about where blockchain for fashion goes from here.
News Roundup – Week 36, November 2020
The Interline rounds up the most vital fashion technology news. This week: why fashion retail needs to back up outward optimism with operational excellence.
News Roundup – Week 35, November 2020
The Interline rounds up the most vital fashion technology news. This week: can fashion continue to trade on the illusion of transparency?
News Roundup – Week 34, October 2020
The Interline rounds up the most vital fashion technology news. This week: uncertainty accentuates the value of tech, social commerce gets a vote of confidence, and circularity raises a lot of questions.
Interline Identities: Amit Gautam, CEO & Founder, TextileGenesis
Obtaining genuine transparency from the multi-tiered material supply chain is a complex problem. This interview highlights how blockchain principles - and the technology itself - could provide a way for brands and retailers to back up provenance with proof.
News Roundup – Week 33, October 2020
The Interline rounds up the most vital fashion technology news. This week: social media passes a major milestone, and fashion retail considers how digital channels could shape the future.
Interline Identities: Stephanie Benedetto, Co-Founder, Queen Of Raw
Like a lot of fashion's problems, material waste has stayed buried for too long. Now blockchain is resurrecting an age-old model to try and solve it in a brand new way.
News Roundup – Week 31, October 2020
The Interline rounds up the most vital fashion technology news. This week: as sustainability goes straight to the consumer, the future of intermediaries is uncertain.
News Roundup – Week 30, October 2020
The Interline rounds up the most vital fashion technology news. This week: virtual fashion shows and digital fashion are compelling opportunities, but not straightforward ones for the industry to seize.
News Roundup – Week 29, September 2020
The Interline rounds up the most vital fashion technology news. This week: sustainability is fast becoming a key success factor for fashion brands and retailers, but big tech could already be pulling ahead.
Interline Identities: Sandra Capponi, Co-Founder, Good On You
Consumer sentiment is one of the driving forces behind the demand for more sustainable fashion. But comparing brands like-for-like required a different approach to data gathering and discovery.