What’s Shaping Fashion’s Strategies And Tech Agendas In 2025
With the first quarter of the new year underway, how are fashion professionals’ strategic plans and target technology investments preparing the industry for the rest of 2025?
Centric Software Announces the Acquisition of AI-Powered PXM Solution, Contentserv
The all-in-one cloud-based platform (PIM, DAM, Content Syndication and Digital Shelf Analytics (DSA)) enables FMCG companies to craft and optimize product content to reduce time to market, increase product sell-through and curate personalized consumer experiences
Big Bets On AI Are Still Gambles, And Walk-backs Muddy The Drive For Climate Disclosure
What the collapse of Humane, and the proliferation of AI spin-offs and start-ups mean for fashion. And whether the questions raised by the dilution of climate disclosure mandates in the US will challenge the motivations for environmental action.
Safety Sidelined At The Paris AI Summit, And Reduced Digital Access At New York Fashion Week
As the UK and US declined to endorse the summit's declaration, the pressing question remains: how can AI's rapid evolution be balanced with safety? Meanwhile, digital access at this season's NYFW was notably diminished.
Everything Gets Pulled Towards The Gravity Of Tariffs, And Big Tech Makes Its Big Push Into AI Wearables
The global tariff landscape is still volatile, but just weeks into trade tensions, ways to potentially sidestep them are emerging. The AI sector is also being pulled into nation-on-nation trade spats, at the same time the big tech industry is about to double-down on AI wearables as the next big consumer category.
A Bruising, Confusing Week in AI
Rumours are swirling around AI disruptor Deepseek, the cause of the biggest single-day loss in the value of a US public company, but the biggest and clearest challenge to the AI establishment is the move to self-hosting, open source, and decentralisation.
Tariff Uncertainties Spotlight The Importance Of Upstream Flexibility, and Beauty Aims to Prove Product Claims with AI
US brands are preparing for possible changes in their supply chains thanks to a revolving-door series of threats relating to new (or more stringent) import tariffs under the second Trump regime. And with applications for both brands and consumers, the beauty sector is making a notable bet on virtual try-on for skin care.
Bamboo Rose Acquires Verteego to Launch Retail’s First AI-Fueled Decision Intelligence Platform
Verteego brings widely sought-after state-of-the-art AI capabilities to the Bamboo Rose Retail Management Platform.
Fashion’s Year To Be Bold and Break New Ground
Beginning the year with momentum, Munich Fabric Start makes its return for their bi-annual event, encouraging the fashion industry to move with courage and flourish.
2024: The Fashion Technology Rearview
For the third year running, we recap the stories from our writers and partners that defined each month of the year in fashion, commenting through the lens of hindsight on what has changed as 2024 rounds out.
Fashion In 2025: A New Industry Toolkit
To make sense of a new year defined by competition, cost control, profitability, and customer engagement, fashion brands need a new toolkit to not just understand the market, but to better know themselves.
Trespass Goes Live with AI-Powered Centric Planning for Allocation & Replenishment
Global outdoor brand streamlines reporting and optimizes inventory allocation across 300+ stores.
New Generative AI Tool Supercharges the Design Process for Emerging Brands
Centric AI Fashion Inspiration for small and medium brands generates options and accelerates ideation for fashion retailers and brands.
Report: AI, Circularity, and Diversification Among Top Priorities for Fashion Supply Chains in 2025
TradeBeyond’s Retail Sourcing Report: 2025 Supply Chain Trends outlines these evolving challenges and highlights the key trends to watch for 2025 and beyond.