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Category: FashionTech
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SML’s InfuseRFID wins 2026 SEAL award
FashionTech this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID technology, which embeds wash-resistant RFID tags at the raw material or early assembly; and Coats Digital, a provider of manufacturing software to the apparel industry, has appointed Himanshu…
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Simkhai is building an AI storefront for shoppers who don’t know what to search
Simkhai is launching a separate AI-powered storefront, Simkhai.ai, built on Swap’s agentic commerce platform.
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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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AI, Virtual Try-On & Digital Fashion, ASOS Redesigning online fashion speed AI, and more.
AI, Virtual Try-On & Digital Fashion Tools this week: ASOS is deploying Microsoft’s cloud and AI stack across its value chain to compress operational timelines and; and AWS has published a generative AI playbook for retail, consolidating…
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Textile Recycling & Circular Fashion, REWIND PET Process Validated, and more.
Textile Recycling & Circular Fashion this week: A consortium of Axens, Jeplan, and Ifpen has validated the REWIND PET chemical recycling process for textiles at a; and The circular fashion ecosystem is consolidating around long-term…
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Digital Product Passports & RFID, SML s InfuseRFID wins 2026 SEAL award, and more.
Digital Product Passports & RFID Compliance this week: SML Group’s InfuseRFID technology, which embeds durable RFID tags into garments before wet processing, has won a; and The EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP) mandate, enacted via the…
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Light-activated gel could impact wearables, soft robotics, and more
FashionTech this week: MIT engineers have developed a soft, flexible gel that becomes 400 times more conductive when exposed to light; and MIT faculty and alumni received American Physical Society honors for 2025-26.
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Roundup: Smart Textiles & Wearable Technology, Smart Clothing Technology 2026, and more.
Smart Textiles & Wearable Technology this week: The smart clothing market in 2026 is not a unified field but a collection of five distinct competitive arenas; and A conference hosted by NC State’s Fashion and Textile Business Excellence…