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Category: Fashion News
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Roundup: Fashion’s digital thread, RFID tags win sustainability award, and more.
Fashion and beauty industry updates this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID technology, which embeds wash-resistant RFID tags at raw material or early assembly stages; and Louis Vuitton has appointed Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu as a brand…
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Roundup: Retail leadership and brand strategies, Target shuffles merchandising leadership, and
Retail leadership and brand strategies this week: Target has restructured its merchandising leadership, promoting three internal veterans to SVP roles; and Southeastern Asset Management, a major shareholder with over 4% of Mattel’s stock…
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Roundup: Supply chain innovations and, Is Amazon Supply Chain, and more.
Supply chain innovations and disruptions this week: Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) is now available to any business, not just marketplace sellers, bundling; and Procter & Gamble is now in full-scale rollout of its Supply Chain 3.
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Roundup: Fashion’s AI & Tariff Tango, Glossy+ finds AI trust gaps, and more.
Business Strategies & Market Dynamics this week: A Glossy+ Research survey of 142 brand and agency professionals finds generative AI is now deeply embedded in; and Geopolitical instability in the Strait of Hormuz has halted commercial…
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Roundup: Fashion & Beauty Event Coverage, Chanel domination anti-Bezos backlash, and more.
Fashion & Beauty Event Coverage this week: The Met Gala red carpet served as a competitive showcase for brand positioning and sourcing strategies; and Beauty conglomerates are aggressively inserting themselves into the Met Gala’s…
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Roundup: Executive Moves & Brand Leadership, Looking Make Fresh Start, and more.
Executive Moves & Brand Leadership Changes this week: A.P.C., the French denim and ready-to-wear label majority-owned by L Catterton since 2023, has appointed its first; and SMCP has appointed Linda Li as President and CEO for North…
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Roundup: Photography’s Hidden Layers, the real hustle behind event shoots, and more.
Photography Gear, Techniques, and History this week: A Stockholm-based event photographer details the operational reality of high-stakes editorial and corporate event; and Funleader has released an updated Black Edition of its Contax G35…
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Roundup: Architectural Design and Building, Peterson Rich Office designs, and more.
Architectural Design and Building Projects this week: Brooklyn architecture firm Peterson Rich Office has completed the design of the Condé Nast Galleries at The; and Parametricism, the architectural style championed by Patrik Schumacher…
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Roundup: Textile Recycling Tech, EU rules force fashion’s circular shift, and more.
Circular Fashion and Textile Recycling Innovations this week: The 2026 enforcement of EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Extended Producer Responsibility; and A partnership between Circulose and China Textile…
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Roundup: Fashion Supply Chain Tech: PLM, Fashion PLM Blog Tech, and more.
Fashion Supply Chain Tech: PLM, Inventory, and ERP this week: A market analysis of fashion technology adoption reveals a stark gap between enterprise-scale integration and; and This matters for Made In USA manufacturing and logistics…