Opinion Archives

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Is The Metaverse A Net Benefit For, Or A Distraction From, Sustainability?

byRichard Donne
October 11, 2022
750 views

Digital experiences offer an indirect way for brands to engage and educate consumers on sustainable shopping practices. But they could be pulling investment away from much-needed direct action.

5 minute read

OOpinion

Privacy And Trust As Brand Messaging

byHeidi Saas
June 23, 2022
1.4K views

As fashion enters the Metaverse, brand reputations are becoming increasingly aligned with their attitudes and actions around data privacy.

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FFashion Technology News

The End Of Growth For The Gratification Economy?

byThe Interline
May 27, 2022
1.5K views

Same-day delivery and deferred payments have spurred on business models that rely on impulse and instant gratification. But their shelf life could be limited.

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OOpinion

Why the Fashion Industry Should Tighten its Belt on Cybersecurity

byDakota Murphey
May 9, 2022
2.0K views

With every step towards end-to-end digitisation comes greater exposure to cybercrime. Is fashion taking the threat seriously enough?

6 minute read

FFashion Technology News

The Complex Calculus Of Forging Past Fast Fashion

byThe Interline
April 8, 2022
1.4K views

The fashion industry is about to cross a new Rubicon of choice and convenience. But that opportunity is also dragging a complicated, damaging legacy with it.

8 minute read

SSourcing And Supply Chain

Supply Chain Transparency – An Opportunity Or A Threat?

byDarya Badiei X Marije de Roos
March 23, 2022
2.0K views

Fashion has set a mandate for transparency. But where brands see hidden information waiting to be uncovered, suppliers might see open doors through which their intellectual property could escape. Is there a way forward that works for both parties?

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Blockchain In Fashion: Is It Ready?

byMuchaneta Kapfunde
March 10, 2022
6.0K views

With the existing structural problems in the supply chain infrastructure illuminated, we need to be asking, "How can we make blockchain work for us?"

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FFashion Technology News

Redefining Risk While History Is Being Rewritten

byThe Interline
February 25, 2022
1.2K views

With another historic tragedy underway, fashion will be looking to reduce risk and rearchitect its supply chains and operating models.

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FFashion Technology News

Between Two Web3 Extremes, Fashion Must Find A Middle, And Fast

byThe Interline
February 4, 2022
1.3K views

The next age of the web is currently torn between technology-first and content-first approaches, with both extremes potentially facing a backlash. The time has come to identify a middle ground.

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OOpinion

Predictions For 2022: Supply Chain Management, Accountability, & Returns

byElizabeth Shobert
January 21, 2022
1.5K views

A new retail landscape is emerging and, if the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that our challenges are equal parts complex, intertwined, and urgent.

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Intelligent Retail: Fashion’s New Baseline

byBen Hanson
January 12, 2022
1.2K views

Change - from the small-scale to the sweeping - will be a prominent force in fashion's near and mid-term future, creating an even stronger need for brands to have supreme confidence in what they bring to market and how they sell it.

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OOpinion

Fashion Technology In 2022: The Big Asks

byBen Hanson
December 23, 2021
2.8K views

The broad trends that are set to shape the next year are visible. The practicalities could pose more of a problem...

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2021, The Year Of Fashion NFTs

byMuchaneta Kapfunde
October 27, 2021
15.0K views

This has been the year of NFT fever. But what are NFTs, why is everyone rushing to cash in, and what do they mean for an industry that has remained resolutely physical for so long?

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SSustainability And Circularity

Made-To-Order: The Solution To Fashion’s Sustainability Problem

byJess Fleischer
October 22, 2021
1.5K views

The pandemic has exacerbated fashion's existential crisis: it's an industry that makes far more clothing than it can sell. With margins being squeezed more than ever, does made-to-order production offer a way out?

Opinion

Is The Metaverse A Net Benefit For, Or A Distraction From, Sustainability?

Privacy And Trust As Brand Messaging

The End Of Growth For The Gratification Economy?

Why the Fashion Industry Should Tighten its Belt on Cybersecurity

The Complex Calculus Of Forging Past Fast Fashion

Supply Chain Transparency – An Opportunity Or A Threat?

Blockchain In Fashion: Is It Ready?

Redefining Risk While History Is Being Rewritten

Between Two Web3 Extremes, Fashion Must Find A Middle, And Fast

Predictions For 2022: Supply Chain Management, Accountability, & Returns

Intelligent Retail: Fashion’s New Baseline

Fashion Technology In 2022: The Big Asks

2021, The Year Of Fashion NFTs

Made-To-Order: The Solution To Fashion’s Sustainability Problem

The Interline Podcast: What Will Digital Deliver In 2023?

Staying Curious As 2022 Comes To An End

The Interline Podcast: Managing Metaverse Expectations

The Interline Podcast: Where Sustainability Really Stands

Petch Tikva, Israel – Twine Solutions Unveils Next Generation, Digital Thread and Yarn Dyeing System for production: TwineX4

Web3’s Smoke and Mirrors, Scrutiny in Funding’s Future, and AI’s Advancements: This Week In Fashion Technology

CGS Issues 2023 Global Supply Chain and Technology Trends Report

Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas spotlight Education, Training and Innovation for the 2023 edition

AI-Powered Filters, Robots on the Runway, and Science-Focused Fashion Startups: This Week In Fashion Technology

How Fashion Can Outgrow Overproduction

Sidestepping The System: The Case For Phygital Fashion

The Environmental Case for Digital Fashion

Generative AI Is Here – Now Where Is It Taking Fashion?

Sharing A Vision For Smart, Sustainable Fashion

Futureproofing Fashion Through Technology

Digital Product Creation Report 2022 – Available Now

Innovation Intervention: Demystifying Sustainability Legislation