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ANDAM Innovation Award 2026: Alphalyr illustrates the rise of AI in the fashion value chain

Alphalyr, an AI platform for supply, retail and e-commerce data analysis, is the winner of the ANDAM Innovation Award 2026. The company will receive a grant of 100,000 euros. Pili, which develops bio-based dyes intended to replace petrochemical alternatives, has received the special jury prize. This 2026 edition shows that fashion innovation is...

Fairs

Performance Days Munich remains a 'must' for functional textiles

Performance Days in Munich has once again shown why it is one of the most important meeting points for the international functional textiles industry. The public transport strike in the Bavarian capital did nothing to change this. “The trade fair is well attended,” said Eva Doll, brand strategy manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa...

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Formula 1, Tommy Hilfiger and others gather online to discuss the future of fashion

The fifth edition of the event that takes place during NYFW will offer the global community a 15-hour agenda with interesting discussions and an exclusive launch Fashinnovation, a global platform that promotes innovation and entrepreneurship in fashion through in-person and online events since 2018, announces the opening of registration for its...

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Fashion

Denim innovations: How brands are cleaning up the industry

The denim industry, as a part of the wider textile industry, which is one of the most polluting industries in the world, has come a long way since Levi Strauss developed its first pair of blue jeans for gold miners in the San Francisco area in 1873. Note that the first Levi’s blue jeans were reserved for men. Women had to wait until the next...

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FASHINNOVATION Worldwide Talks 2021 - Fashion is NOW

The world of fashion is and always has been at the forefront of change – both through cultural adaptation and also economically. In 2020, the human trajectory and the fashion industry were drastically changed. However, what is important is that we now look ahead and re-create. The feeling of “living in the now” became a crucial way of thinking....

Retail

Visualsoft launches partnership programme

Visualsoft has launched a partnership programme to “empower solution providers to grow their business, build their network and increase the revenue of their retailers”. The newly launched programme “offers uncapped earning potential to those signed up, with revenue share for successful referrals placed through the platform,” according to...

Podcast

Podcast: Digital Materials in 2020, with Chris Hillyer from Deckers Brands

Director of Innovation at Deckers Brands, Chris Hillyer, joins us to catch up on where the fashion world is right now with regards to digital materials. Are more companies adopting this technology as a serious path to a quicker and more efficient product development process? What are the limitations? Do those limitations even need to be overcome...

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Retail

Sneaker marketplace Goat launches AR ‘try-on’ feature

Sneaker platform Goat has launched a Try-On feature in their app that uses AR technology to allow users to see what they’d look like wearing rare and exclusive sneakers. The new feature allows Goat’s over 20 million users to virtually try on some of the rarest Nike Dunks, such as Deftones, FLOM, Wu-Tang and Iron Maiden, as well as Air Jordan...

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Fashion

Levi's to allow shoppers to customise their own 'greener' jeans

Amsterdam - Levi’s is launching a new feature on its website that will allow shoppers to customise their own pair of "greener" jeans using laser finishing technology. The feature, announced by Levi’s president of direct-to-consumer, Marc Rosen, on Wednesday at World Retail Congress, will allow online shoppers to design their own products from a...

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‘The store of the future’: Inside Tommy Hilfiger’s Amsterdam store

Tommy Hilfiger, like many fashion brands, is looking to shift its focus to an omnichannel strategy, combining online and brick-and-mortar shopping experiences to best cater to its ever-evolving customers’ needs. With floor-to-ceiling interactive monitors, personalised embroidery stations and even a cafe, it’s safe to say that the US label’s...

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‘The store of the future’: Inside Tommy Hilfiger’s Amsterdam store

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Fashion

Nike awards six products made from its footwear waste

In February, Nike challenged designers, engineers and scientists around the world to come up with creative responses to two questions: what can be made from footwear material waste? And how can the footwear recycling process be improved? After receiving more than 600 applications from 58 countries, the sportswear giant selected 35 finalists to...