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Mango energises shopping experience: WhatsApp channel and AI stylist

Mango continues its commitment to personalising the shopping experience through increased digitalisation. The company has announced the launch of two new digital tools: a WhatsApp channel and "Mango Stylist", an AI-powered fashion assistant and stylist. These are the latest steps in Mango's strategic "Plan 4E", presented in early March 2024. The...

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Altri strengthens its expansion in sustainable textiles with acquisition of AeoniQ

Portugal-based Altri, a producer of sustainably certified cellulosic fibres, is making a significant move into the textile industry by acquiring a majority stake in AeoniQ, a Swiss firm backed by the HeiQ group. This acquisition includes a capital increase and marks a decisive step in Altri’s diversification strategy. For several years, Altri...

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What is Unified Commerce and why is it so important for fashion retailers?

Although the term has been around for years, Unified Commerce remains somewhat of an emerging concept for many retailers. A recent survey conducted by Bain & Company global consultants, on behalf of Aptos, the retail technology solutions platform, found that the fashion industry still remains largely unprepared for it. However retailers are...

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Facebook debuts new shoppings tools across Instagram and its platforms

Facebook Inc. is adding new shopping tools to its platforms, including visual discovery on Instagram. The company is testing a new search function, powered by AI, to help users find similar products, such as a floral dress, just by tapping an image of a dress they like. Soon Instagram will make it possible for people to take photos from their...

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A plant-based leather producer just secured 60 million dollars in funding

The next leather jacket you buy could soon be made from mushrooms. Leather alternatives, particularly plant-based, have largely been the subject of laboratory studies rather than large-scale producers of apparel. This may now change, as mycelium technology company, Ecovative, secured 60 million dollars in a funding round to grow materials,...

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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....

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Gucci partners with Zepeto to personalise avatars and virtual world

As the worlds of fashion and gaming inch ever closer together, Gucci has announced a partnership with Zepeto, the app and social media platform to personalize avatars and create virtual worlds. Zepeto allows users to turn selfies into 3-D animated avatars, which can then ‘meet’ other user’s characters on the ‘Zepeto Street’— virtual world for...

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Brands to increase digital advertising spend in 2021

The year 2020 will be regarded as a blip by many, but not by the media industry. Despite the grim realities of a global economy that will be the worst since the Great Depression, advertising weathered the storm relatively well and will end up at declining by “only” 5.8 percent on an underlying basis according to GroupM, WPP’s media buying...

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Will buyers be traveling for fashion week?

It is surreal to think the next fashion cycle is but a mere three weeks away. As New York fashion week leads the international calendar on 14 September, the latest update from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) informs some NYFW designers will stage physical shows, albeit limited to audiences of 50 persons. London, Milan and...

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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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Podcast: The Digitalisation of Everything, with Barry McGeough from Google

As Director of Strategic Partnerships within Google's Advanced Tech department, Barry McGeough knows what he's talking about when it comes to new technology. We spent some time discussing the myriad of technologies that are coming over the next few years and how this will shape the landscape for retail, footwear, and apparel in the future....

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The future is here: The 3D virtual fashion show

On Friday, fashion tech company Bigthinx, will livestream a fully digital 3D virtual fashion show. Together with Fashinnovation, Bigthinx is taking fashion virtual, meaning models and garments are created using 3D digital design techniques, then rendered and animated, all based on actual product designs and correct measurements. Back in May,...