The AI Outlook With Maximilien Abadie of Lectra
Lectra’s Deputy CEO on AI’s evolution—and how it’s transforming the entire fashion value chain, from design to sustainability.
The AI Outlook With Jason Wang Of Alvanon
Alvanon’s COO on how AI is quietly transforming fashion’s backend—from fixing sizing and reducing returns to slashing waste and empowering smarter, faster product development at every scale.
Circular Beauty Logistics
The Tech and Ops Stack Behind Take-Back, Refill, and Reuse.
Marketplaces Are Coming Under Scrutiny. What Does That Mean For Fashion’s Ambitions For International Scale?
Marketplace systems have helped brands scale, but scrutiny of how those systems operate is worth watching, particularly for those whose growth depends on mechanics they don’t control.
The AI Outlook With Chad Malley Of Hyland
Hyland’s Global Director of Digital Asset Management Practice on why successful AI adoption is less about hype and more about readiness, realism, and rethinking how we manage content at scale.
Resale Is Rising, But Product Data Could Determine What It’s Really Worth
With the secondary market for fashion growing fast, a new report points to digital product passports as a way to build more trust and visibility - and more value for brands and retailers - into a model that’s already here.
The Untapped Potential Of Upstream AI
While fashion has focused on applying AI around the product, there’s a wider horizon of possibility in employing AI to redesign the most fundamental parts of the product itself.
The Short Game Of Tackling Tariffs Reveals A Longer Game Of More Foundational Change
With margins across categories already thin, the latest mercurial wave of tariffs is asking fashion and beauty brands to really evaluate the tools they have to respond. This means downstream optimisation to start, but also exposes the large panel of upstream levers that may need to be pulled in the longer term.
“Help, Not Hype” – Lessons From A First-Mover In AI
How Stitch Fix sensitively stress-tested AI and found the right balance of people and precision.
Designed to Touch, Built Like Software
Packaging doesn’t look like tech and it definitely doesn’t act like it. But the decisions behind it - design, testing, approval - are starting to follow software-like frameworks.
The Value Of Real In An Age Of Generative Imagery
Against a backdrop of content oversaturation, platform fatigue, and synthetic experimentation, some fashion brands are beginning to reintroduce imperfection as a way to signal what still feels real.
The AI Outlook With Rupert Schiessl Of Bamboo Rose
Bamboo Rose’s Chief Strategy & AI Officer on how retailers are moving from AI as hype to AI as a decision-making engine—transforming the tech stack, automating choices, and redefining the future of merchandising, sourcing, and margin protection.
Two Different Angles On How AI Will Shop, And Whether Retail Is Ready
As OpenAI readies its browser and Perplexity launches theirs, it’s worth asking whether retail is prepared for how AI will browse next.
The Structure Strategy
Can AI impose order on fashion’s chaotic workflows? And does it need to?