Fashion’s Most Underrated Opportunity Isn’t Technology. It’s Process.
As leading brands formalise process excellence, the next competitive edge will come from redesigning how we work — with technology cast as an enabler.
Podcast: Affordability, Domestic Supply Chains, And Sustainability
Ben is joined by Simon Platts, industry veteran and consultant, for a sideways look at the foundational pillars of the fashion business model - and why the time might have come to challenge them.
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.
Regulatory Pullback In The EU, And The Evolving Argument For Supply Chain Technology
Europe’s decision to “water down” due diligence and disclosure rules for supply chains is likely to lead to some short-term shock, but the work of quantifying what really happens upstream should help secure a place for technology and expertise.
Can Shared Data Help Fix Fashion’s Climate Problem?
The Fashion Pact’s European Accelerator aims to bring consistency to supplier reporting, and to test whether standardised data can help fashion make real headway on emissions.
Fashion’s Coal Addiction Is Blocking The Very Innovations That Could Save It
While the rest of the world embraces renewables, the fashion industry remains hopelessly besotted with coal. In doing so, it’s not only polluting the planet but also locking itself out of the very innovations that could make sustainability possible.
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.
Podcast: Making Climate-Conscious Menswear Work Commercially
From transparency and take-back to 3D technology, Nick Reed, Founder of Neem London, talks about the practicalities of building a slow fashion business - and the need for great product to be at the front of it all.
Upcoming Webinar: Is The Digital Materials Supply Chain Ready To Scale?
The Interline joins Cotton Incorporated, New Focus Textiles, and BAKERMAT on 23rd October to explore how prepared the fashion value chain is to scale the creation and use of digital materials.
From Counterfeits To Tariffs: Fashion’s Supply Chain Under Strain
A landmark judgement for luxury lands in the same week as deepening trade turbulence surfaces in Vietnam and Haiti.
Putting Cotton’s Value Chain In Focus
From innovation to sustainability to digital design, cotton’s journey connects the entire industry. A new content channel from CottonWorks highlights how those connections are defining the fabric of fashion today.
Does Fashion’s Continued Reliance On Fossil Fuels Make It More Fragile?
New investigations into the industry’s upstream energy mix - in synthetic fibres and production - remind us that fossil fuels are not just a blindspot in disclosure, but also a potential point of failure.
The Age Of Volatility: What Tariffs Reveal About Fashion’s Resilience
It's been a busy week on the global trade front as tariffs continue to disrupt businesses across the fashion spectrum. With volatility the only constant, and control a scarce commodity, the best brands can do is look inward, steadying themselves through the digital systems built to absorb the shock.