Standards, Sizing, and Sustainability: This Week In Fashion Technology
The status quo for the fashion industry continues to shape-shift: environmental regulations are on the horizon for the EU, secondary markets are attracting heightened attention, new initiatives and data are benchmarking the scale of recycling and repair, and fresh sizing and cultural standards for brands are being imposed.
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.
The Personal is Paramount: This Week In Fashion Technology
The fashion industry appears to have a renewed focus on the bespoke: from e-commerce websites, to ownership of images, to hyper-personalisation fashion tech companies. What is it that makes the personal so powerful?
When Technology Advances The Tangible: This Week In Fashion Technology
From cross-channel experiences to the sudden integration of AI into web and product search, technology is being woven into many areas of fashion all at once - with digital either quietly or overtly driving changes on both the outskirts of the industry, or right at its heart.
Global Outerwear, Sportswear and Protective Equipment Specialist, VT Garment Improves Productivity by 95%, Plan Accuracy by 92% and Increases its OTDP by 50% with Coats Digital’s FastReactPlan
The adoption of FastReactPlan helped VT Garment secure the prestigious 'Golden Award' at the Thailand Lean Award 2017 in recognition of its outstanding LEAN manufacturing and management processes.
Inflation, Investments and Going Incognito: This Week In Fashion Technology
Even in a stormy economic climate, investment in the digital transformation of fashion remains strong. And technology is also at the centre of big questions about self-expression, anonymity, and where digital collectibles will sit in the brand hierarchy.
Vizoo GmbH Is Launching The New xTex A4 Hardware: The Next Generation Of Materials Scanners
A re-designed version of their market-leading xTex A4 scanners will help Vizoo to meet the high demand for material digitization technology worldwide.
Commerce, Court Battles and ChatGPT: This Week In Fashion Technology
What does mobile shopping's market share mean for fashion's coping mechanism of markdowns? Where is the Metabirkin legal shakedown headed? And why are tech giants pulling back from the Metaverse in favour of AI?
International Woven Apparel Manufacturer, Sumithra Garments, Adopts Coats Digital’s FastReactPlan to Consolidate and Streamline Production Planning Across the Business
FastReactPlan will provide a highly visual, single source of planning information, digitally connecting all departments across the company to mitigate over- and under-capacity bookings, and reduce delivery delays, material costs and idle time
Première Vision Paris Strengthens Its Sustainable Commitments, Launching A New Smart Tech Zone To Spotlight Tech Innovations In The Smart Creation Space
Across cutting-edge technical innovations and smart technology, next month's edition of Première Vision Paris will showcase solutions designed to help fashion manage its transition towards sustainability - including an afternoon of live talks hosted by The Interline.
Automation, Action, And Investment: This Week In Fashion Technology
In a difficult climate, the commercial pendulum swings towards cost-cutting and automation. But as robotics scale up behind the scenes, fashion's accountability around human rights is not going anywhere...
MUNICH FABRIC START: Full on
In just a few days, the international fabric trade show MUNICH FABRIC START and the international denim trade show BLUEZONE will start. From 24 to 26 January 2023, visitors can expect a wide range of the latest trends, fabric, accessories and denim highlights from around 900 international exhibitors, an exciting event programme with top-class expert panels, keynotes and trend lectures, as well as numerous networking opportunities.
2023: Powered by Practicality
After a whiplash cycle of disruption, desperation, and rampant hype, 2023 promises to be a year in which vision and ambition give way to the comparatively mundane realities of implementation, integration, and iteration. But there's still much for fashion to look forward to this year.