Two Different Angles On How AI Will Shop, And Whether Retail Is Ready
As OpenAI readies its browser and Perplexity launches theirs, it’s worth asking whether retail is prepared for how AI will browse next.
The Structure Strategy
Can AI impose order on fashion’s chaotic workflows? And does it need to?
The AI Outlook With Ravi Rangan of Centric Software
Centric Software’s CTO on how AI is evolving from speculative promise to tangible business value.
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Will Beauty Be The Proving Ground For Personalisation?
With a better-codified and less-complex set of variables and outcomes, and a more educated audience, could beauty have an advantage over fashion when it comes to AI-enabled personalisation?
AI Content Is Already Everywhere In Music And Media – Is Fashion Next?
This week a fake band found real traction on Spotify, but behind one “stunt” is a realisation that synthetic content is already everywhere, and that platform owners and marketplaces are likely to embrace it. Where bands go, will brands follow?
The AI Outlook With Craig Planson of Browzwear
Browzwear’s Chief Revenue Officer on how AI is transitioning from broad potential to focused value, with real ROI emerging in well-planned, operational applications.
The Agentic Outlook
What actually is an AI agent? How do they work? What might they mean for fashion? And what does the agentic future hold for the people who currently make the industry what it is?
Should Fashion And Beauty Be Concerned About Market Dilution From AI?
Three new legal developments have shown that expected intellectual property defences against AI training might stand on shaky foundations. What’s next?
Beauty, Longevity, And AI: What L’Oréal’s VivaTech Showcase Says About The Future Of Beauty Tech
At VivaTech 2025, L’Oréal laid down a new architectural blueprint for beauty, defined by diagnostics, data in and out, and new, dynamic ecosystems built on those very different foundations. What might it mean for the industry as a whole?
Going On Vibes – Where Software Sits Today, Fashion Could Follow
What happens when industries staffed by a revolving door of insiders see their tools land in the hands of everyone else?
The AI Report 2025: Available Now
An updated look at how AI, generative and otherwise, is impacting fashion and beauty in 2025 - and what this means for software, skills, and more.
The Cultural Push And Pull Of AI Continues
From lawsuits to cloned CEOs, this week offered a snapshot of AI’s accelerating reach into law, labour, education, and brand identity.
The Biggest AI Progress Is Hiding In The Space Between Announcements
This week, the world’s tech giants got up on stage to talk agents, frontier models, new modalities, AI assistants and wearables, but the real progress is arguably happening behind the scenes where AI is getting faster, cheaper, more local - and consequently harder to ignore.
Teddy Group Selects Centric Market Intelligence to Power Market Expansion with Competitor Benchmarking and Data-Driven Decision-Making
Italian fashion retail leader boosts localization of retail and e-commerce strategy with AI-powered competitive pricing and trend insights.
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