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Category: Fashion News
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Circular Fashion and Textile Recycling, REWIND PET Process Validated, and more.
Circular Fashion and Textile Recycling this week: A consortium led by Axens, Jeplan, and Ifpen has validated the REWIND PET chemical recycling process for textiles at; and Vinted’s €8B secondary valuation and reported position as the UK’s…
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AI and Data-Driven Fashion Retail, AI-Driven Apparel Image Retrieval, and more.
AI and Data-Driven Fashion Retail this week: This matters for FashionTech because it gives a concrete current signal to track: Integrated impact of image; and PatSnap’s 2026 analysis of apparel size recommendation patents reveals a shift…
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Digital Product Passports and RFID, SML s InfuseRFID wins 2026 SEAL award, and more.
Digital Product Passports and RFID Compliance this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID technology, an embedded RFID tag designed to survive garment washing and dyeing, has won a; and RAIN RFID adoption is shifting from operational efficiency to…
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Product Launches, Collaborations &, How Nike Made Its, and more.
Product Launches, Collaborations & Marketing Campaigns this week: Nike’s X2 World Cup collection represents a strategic escalation in football’s fashion crossover, moving beyond; and Satisfy and Adidas have launched their first…
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Fashion Retail Economics: Tariffs, Chaos confusion Strait Hormuz, and more.
Fashion Retail Economics: Tariffs, Costs & Margins this week: Geopolitical instability in the Strait of Hormuz has halted commercial shipping for three days, creating a legal and; and The 2025 US tariff regime triggered abrupt…
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Major Brand Acquisitions & Strategy, Buying Marc Jacobs Details WHP G-III s 925M, and more.
Major Brand Acquisitions & Strategy Shifts this week: WHP Global and G-III Apparel Group have agreed to acquire Marc Jacobs from LVMH for approximately $925 million; and Everlane, a brand built on ‘radical transparency,’ is reportedly…
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SML’s InfuseRFID wins 2026 SEAL award
FashionTech this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID embedded tag has received the 2026 SEAL Sustainable Product Award; and Tunisian knitwear manufacturer Tunicotex Group implemented Coats Digital’s FastReactPlan, replacing manual.
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Professional Techniques and Workflows, Lookbook Photoshoot Mastery Step-by-Step, and more.
Professional Techniques and Workflows for Photographers this week: A commercial photography workflow guide outlines a standardized production process for lookbook shoots, emphasizing; and Raised Media Co.
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Accessories & New Product Categories, Fashion Briefing profitable brand, and more.
Accessories & New Product Categories this week: A wave of fashion and lifestyle brands, from luggage maker Monos to denim label Wrangler, are launching eyewear; and 100Hands, a luxury shirtmaker founded in Amsterdam with production in…
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Business, Legal, and Ethical Aspects, 5 Reasons Why Ethical, and more.
Business, Legal, and Ethical Aspects of Fashion Photography this week: A retouching vendor’s promotional article positions ‘ethical body retouching’ as a 2025 industry standard, framing; and Photographer Oliver Minnett is offering a paid…