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Environment, Ethics, And A Cold Evaluation Of Human Endeavour: This Week In Fashion Technology

Sustainability is the watchword for marketing this week, but despite two milestone dates aligning, fashion still has a deeply troubled relationship with not just the environment, but the human beings who bring its products to market. What’s going to happen when AI forces the industry to confront that relationship much closer to home?
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Fashion’s Outsize Contribution To Climate Change, And The New Retail Experience: This Week In Fashion Technology

With a newly-released report underlining the scale, speed, and severity of climate change, fashion will yet again be called on to account for its significant environmental footprint. And as the industry begins to reckon with the idea of making less product, technology could become fundamental to delivering a new retail experience.
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Tech Talent, AR, and Resale: This Week In Fashion Technology

As talent flows out of the big tech industry, the lure of addressing some of fashion’s long-standing problems could spark the next generation of solutions. Augmented reality becomes the latest big-picture technology to get anchored in practicality. The secondary market continues to grow. And The Interline checks in after a busy quarter of industry events.
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Introducing, Measuring, And Managing SROI

As the global mandate for verifiable sustainability grows, and enhanced scrutiny breaks through environmental and ethical commitments that aren't backed by data, fashion needs to recognise the importance of sustainability as a return on investment.