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This week on The Edit: five fresh headline stories from across fashion and technology receive the quickfire analysis treatment.
The Solution Spotlight 2026 – Download Now
A new guide, examining where, and why, fashion is shopping for software and solutions, process by process - with profiles of key vendors in each area. Available today as a downloadable report, accompanied by new, live digital listings.
The Missed Opportunities Of The First-Wave AI Rollout In Beauty e-Commerce
From powering personalisation experiences to ushering in a foundational rethink of product search and discovery, AI has quickly become critical to selling beauty online. But solo brands and multi-brand retailers missing essential data are now struggling to turn an initial batch of isolated applications into deeper transformation - and shoppers are moving ahead without them.
Beauty Shouldn’t Build Technology On Top Of A Data Deficit
To deliver next-generation products and experiences, especially AI-enabled or AI-adjacent ones, beauty needs to address any gaps that remain in its product or customer understanding.
DPC Report 2026: Behind The Brushstrokes
We quiz makeup artist Jack Oliver, who sits on the British Beauty Council, on their inspirations, their workflows, and their pipeline to provide behind the scenes insights into one of our two cover designs for this year's DPC Report.
Ten Themes That Will Define The Fashion And Beauty Technology Agenda In 2026
Predicting the evolving attitudes, strategic objectives, and trends that will influence how fashion, beauty, and technology all interact over the course of the coming year.
2025: The Fashion Technology Rearview
An annual tradition: our team recaps and comments on the stories that defined each month of this year in fashion technology.
Beauty Leads Europe’s Innovation Race – Technology Could Be Next
Europe’s beauty sector now ranks among its most advanced industries, where data and modelling guide everything from formulation to production. The stage is set for the next steps in beauty technology.
Fashion And Beauty’s Race To Lock In Recycled Inputs
Forward-thinking companies are shifting from published commitments to pre-emptive contracts designed to redress the balance between the materials they need and the availability of recycled and preferred feedstocks and inputs.
Beauty Origin Claims Under Review
Recent California cases show how ‘Made In USA’ origin labelling is becoming a compliance issue that depends on data accuracy and documentation.
Predictive Generative Models, And The Blend Between Motivation And Sales Material
Wellness, health, and beauty have always sold the target of a “better future you”. Predictive models and image generation can now bring that to life. But where will we find the line between using the results as personal motivation versus them being a sales catalyst?
Could Software Systems Be Behind A Take-Off Moment For The Secondary Beauty Market?
Cultural momentum has carried the beauty resale story for a decade with no serious adoption, but technology is fast becoming the real hinge point that promises to make the category safe and therefore reinforce the commercial and cultural arguments in its favour.
The New Architecture of Beauty
The growing web of collaborations - from Nvidia with L’Oréal to Microsoft with Estée Lauder - reveals how tech now underpins the way beauty, plans, markets, and delivers.
Centric PLM Deploys Visionary Innovations for the Cosmetics Industry to Boost Product Development Efficiency, Compliance and Time to Market
Centric Software announces new powerful AI features and an advanced compliance engine as part of its latest cosmetics solution updates.