Going On Vibes – Where Software Sits Today, Fashion Could Follow
What happens when industries staffed by a revolving door of insiders see their tools land in the hands of everyone else?
France Targets Fast Fashion As Shein Discloses An Emissions Surge
France’s new fast fashion legislation, Shein’s emissions disclosure, and Chanel’s supply chain investment spotlight different sides of fashion’s systemic impact.
The AI Report 2025: Available Now
An updated look at how AI, generative and otherwise, is impacting fashion and beauty in 2025 - and what this means for software, skills, and more.
The Cultural Push And Pull Of AI Continues
From lawsuits to cloned CEOs, this week offered a snapshot of AI’s accelerating reach into law, labour, education, and brand identity.
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.
How New Tools Are Creating New Rules For Marketing And Engagement
With Veo 3 and new MetaHuman tools, Google and Epic are aiming to reshape how creative teams build campaigns, cast characters, and control image-making.
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.
Two Case Studies Demonstrate Contrasts In Domestic Production Outcomes
As UK holdout Leicester’s garment industry faces “collapse” amid scandals and a broad-brush brand exodus, expansion of artisanal craft networks in Europe demonstrate a very different path for domestic manufacturing.
The Renewed Strategic Importance Of BOMs In Beauty
At the peak of unpredictability and regulatory oversight, the humble bill of materials could hold the keys to helping tackle some of beauty’s biggest strategic challenges.
The Biggest AI Progress Is Hiding In The Space Between Announcements
This week, the world’s tech giants got up on stage to talk agents, frontier models, new modalities, AI assistants and wearables, but the real progress is arguably happening behind the scenes where AI is getting faster, cheaper, more local - and consequently harder to ignore.
Upcoming Webinar: Tariffs Today, Unknown Threats Tomorrow – How Europe Can Plan for The Global Supply Chain Shift
The Interline joins TradeBeyond on 18th June to explore how trade pressures and evolving tech are driving new supply chain strategies in Europe.
The Future Of E-commerce Is Interacting, Not Scrolling
As Roblox opens the door to real-world products sold ‘in-game’ (or at least game-adjacent), brands have a renewed chance to meet players where they’re most engaged. And social channels have a lot to potentially lose.
The World Is Primed For Digital Risk – Has Fashion Kept Pace?
Cyberattacks are no longer a risk. They’re a reality, as key UK and European retailers and brands found out. Fashion has embraced the digital age, but now it must build resilience with equal intent.
SOURCING at MAGIC x The Interline – Fashion Technology Foundations: Regulations, Compliance, and Disclosure
As legislation tightens across fashion’s global supply chains, a new joint report from The Interline and SOURCING at MAGIC redefines compliance, not as a box to tick, but as a foundation for long-term resilience.