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.
AI Shopping Is Done By Brute Force Today, But A Codified Standard Could Change Things In 2026
Holiday shopping numbers show AI playing an assistive role, but the coming year could see some sweeping changes in the readiness of eCommerce platforms for agentic use.
GBADEBO x CircKit Bring Pioneering Transparency Tech to Sustainable Streetwear
In a pioneering collaboration, Manchester-based sustainable fashion brand GBADEBO has joined forces with CircKit, an innovative fashion tech…
Suzhou Tianyuan Boosts Costing Accuracy to 98% with Coats Digital’s GSDCost
GSDCost has enhanced efficiency by 60%, reduced sample development cycles by 25%, and accelerated transformation towards smarter manufacturing.
Kemon Strengthens Product Compliance and Traceability with Centric PLM
Italian haircare pioneer goes live with Centric Software to centralize product data, improve efficiency and speed time to market.
Valentino Partners with Centric Software to Streamline Product Development, Improve Collaboration and Power Strategic Initiatives
Iconic Italian luxury fashion brand adopts Centric PLM and Centric Visual Boards to create a single source of truth and accelerate time-to-market.
AI-Native Bamboo Rose Empowers Retailers to Sell More and Work Less in 2025
TotalPLM™ adoption and company growth accelerates with dramatic platform value expansion.
In A World Of Vibe-Coding, The Real Vibes That Matter For Consumer-Facing Technology Are Still Cultural
Threading the needle on sloppy AI Christmas ads, metaverse funding cuts, and how perennial digital platforms like Fortnite are holding onto their relevance in fashion and beauty.
Thirteen Years On, The Future Of Wearables Still Looks Suspiciously Like Glasses
Google’s 2026 plan for fashion-forward smart glasses is intended to break open a category dominated by Meta, taking us back to the original Google Glass concept from 2012 - just with an injection of AI.
Centric Software Named Leader and Ace Performer in 2025 SPARK Matrix for Retail PLM
Customer-validated leadership highlights Centric Software’s innovation, agility and measurable impact in driving digital transformation for global retailers and brands.
A Global Manufacturing Slowdown Versus The Resilience Of The World’s Factory
Manufacturing data across major economies shows universally softening demand, but thanks in part to policy and trade decisions that over-emphasised the importance of US exports, China’s trade surplus has nevertheless passed the $1 trillion threshold for the first time.
SHIMA SEIKI Returns to ShanghaiTex
Leading flat knitting solutions provider SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan, together with its Hong Kong and…
Homegrown Retail Tech Comes Under Two Kinds Of Scrutiny
Internally-developed brand / retail technology has become sophisticated enough to be treated with the same scrutiny as open-market systems, as the recent Alpha Modus and Temu cases show. What’s next?
Sparco in the Driver’s Seat of Innovation and Precision Goes Live with Centric PLM
Iconic Italian motorsport brand adopts Centric Software to streamline operations and enhance agility across its product lifecycle.