A Cautious Holiday Season And The New Wave Of AI Shopping Features
New AI features are aiming to streamline the buying journey, though the bigger question is how much confidence shoppers bring into the 2025 US holiday season.
The Hidden Cost of Carrying On
Holiday forecasts point to rising sales but falling sentiment. If demand softens, fashion and beauty keep producing, and the cost of waste is finally coming due.
If Influencer Marketing And Machines Communicate And Sell Fashion Best, What’s The Outlook For Brand Trust?
Influencer shops, AI concierges, and machine-made campaigns all point to a further decentralisation of selling power in fashion. But without a human as the lynchpin, how will markets decide where to assign trust?
Breaking Down Barriers In Fashion
Lectra discusses how siloed systems create setbacks, and the value of integrated data flows.
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Payments And World Models – Two Very Different Angles On AI
As The AI Report 2025 showed, AI for fashion and beauty is firmly in its product era, with new applications aimed at real problems big and small. But AI research is still ready to throw curveballs both industries’ way.
Resale Is Rising, But Product Data Could Determine What It’s Really Worth
With the secondary market for fashion growing fast, a new report points to digital product passports as a way to build more trust and visibility - and more value for brands and retailers - into a model that’s already here.
“Help, Not Hype” – Lessons From A First-Mover In AI
How Stitch Fix sensitively stress-tested AI and found the right balance of people and precision.
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.
Webinar: Why Fashion’s Future Is Being Decided Today
A live event on 3rd July 2025, examining how leading brands are transforming the way they create, manufacture, and market – starting now.
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Designing Machines For Human Spaces
As AI moves closer to our skin and our front doors, the question isn’t only what it should do, but how it should show up, look, and behave.
Under The Hood Of The Real Engine For Resale
France’s top clothing retailer doesn’t design, make, or hold stock. What Vinted’s rise teaches us about how fashion might look when the friction around resale has been eased, and the bigger questions remain.
Meeting The Moment – Why Fashion’s Long-Term Future Is Being Decided Today
Fashion’s most lasting stories have been forged by a combination of adversity, foresight, and innovation. But now the industry faces a historic mix of external disruption and internal inertia - and the companies willing to transform will be the ones that thrive.
Rising Tariffs, Falling Imports, and the Push for Manufacturing Innovation
As U.S. tariffs disrupt global supply chains, companies are being forced to rethink their strategies. From rising costs to dwindling imports, we explore how innovations like Vivobarefoot's 3D-printed sandals might offer a glimpse into the future of localised production.
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?