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Organic Cotton vs. Recycled Cotton
What is organic cotton?
Certified organic cotton is cotton fiber that has been grown without pesticides and fertilizers, through a process that preserves biodiversity, biological cycles and soil well-being. The...
Fashion leaders predict what the customer wants
We began the previous article by stating, "To ensure sales and to achieve planned profitability, it is no longer enough for today's fashion brands to be on the cutting...
Data analysis and speed to capture the fashion consumer
In order to guarantee sales and achieve planned profitability, it is no longer enough for today's fashion brands to be on the cutting edge. In seconds, from anywhere in...
Denim reloaded: reinventing the industry to update a fashion classic
I share with you the excellent article by Silvia Riera in Modaes that is part of the Dossier: Denim, the raw material that defines the product; in which I...
Sustainable fashion, the most desired by young consumers
"Sustainability will evolve from a menu of marketing-focused initiatives to an integral part of the planning system where circular economic principles are linked to the entire fashion value chain....
Global reorganization of fashion sourcing
Below I share with you Silvia Riera's article on the commercial war between the US and China and its effects on the fashion sector, published in the Premium section...
Fashion and robotics, a successful relationship
Robotics can help fashion companies drive business efficiencies in their warehouses, stores and factories. In the 1990s, fashion's relationship with robots was a fantasy. Today, the industry's interaction with...
The trap of fashion discounts
"The increase in permanent markdowns in fashion retail continues to expand. Driven by the perception that this offers a solution to difficulties such as overstocking and slow sales growth,...
Artificial intelligence leads quality inspection into the digital age
This is the third and last article in the series, based on the detailed report The State of Quality Inspections in the Global Supply Chain: 2018 Edition by Sourcing...
Quality Inspections from the Middle Ages
To establish a measure of the current state of quality inspections, industry professionals surveyed in the report referenced in the previous post - Quality in Global Fashion Supply -...
Quality in Global Fashion Supply
"In an environment where brands and fashion retailers are cornered by customers' demand to constantly drop prices, by sudden shifts in customers' preferences and by the pressure to create...
Time, the ultimate resource of fashion
A new global and digital customer has changed the rules of the market with their desire to immediately buy the garment they have just seen on social networks or...
Customized Fashion is Intelligent Provisioning
E-commerce platforms know full well that generating a better consumer experience through customization optimizes the customer loyalty ratio and creates a much more fluid purchase process, allowing customers a...
E-commerce customizes fashion, sourcing responds
I ended the previous post with this query:
Will personalization (and the necessary automation-robotization to achieve it) mean that fashion production will be relocated to developed countries?
Absolutely! I have no...
Artificial intelligence and mixed reality in fashion: concepts that are beginning to take shape
Allow me to share with you this very interesting article from INFOBAE: Artificial intelligence and mixed reality in fashion: concepts that are beginning to take shape, in which I...
Personalized fashion supply
For today's consumer the personalization of fashion items, clothing, accessories and footwear will become increasingly important. Companies store data and through their subsequent analysis they will create stories and...
