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From Storefronts to Storytelling: The Future of Multi-Brand Retail
From Storefronts to Storytelling: The Future of Multi-Brand Retail

Multi-brand retail is moving from assortment-driven models towards curated, story-led experiences shaped by culture and technology. Consumers want meaning, personalisation, and ethical clarity. AI, ...

The Rise of AI Shopping Assistants: Fashion’s Smartest Stylists
The Rise of AI Shopping Assistants: Fashion’s Smartest Stylists

AI shopping assistants are transforming fashion retail by offering personalised, conversational, and data-driven styling support. They boost conversion, reduce decision time, and enhance customer...

Couture Chatbots: AI Tailors Personalised Experiences in Online Fashion
Couture Chatbots: AI Tailors Personalised Experiences in Online Fashion

AI chatbots are reshaping fashion ecommerce by offering instant, personalised assistance that simplifies product discovery. Retailers benefit through higher engagement, improved conversions, and...

Europe’s Fashion Industry: Mergers and Acquisitions Highlights 2025
Europe’s Fashion Industry: Mergers and Acquisitions Highlights 2025

Europe’s fashion sector saw intense consolidation as brands, retailers and machinery makers sought scale, efficiency and stronger supply chains. Deals expanded digital reach, bolstered premium and...

US Retail M&A Surge: Brand Consolidation and Growth Strategies
US Retail M&A Surge: Brand Consolidation and Growth Strategies

Retail M&A in 2025 is showing rising consolidation as companies seek scale, digital strength and broader brand portfolios. Heritage labels gain fresh momentum through licensing-led expansion....

How Retail is Adapting to Circular Fashion
How Retail is Adapting to Circular Fashion

Retail is adapting to circular fashion through EU-led regulation, new technologies, and rising consumer pressure. Brands shift towards resale, repair, and recyclable materials while redesigning...

UAE: A Fashion Capital in the Making
UAE: A Fashion Capital in the Making

The UAE is evolving as a luxury fashion powerhouse led by innovation, sustainability, and cultural expression. With a $1.27 billion market and rising digital engagement, it redefines global luxury...

The Timeless Story of Bloomingdale’s: How a Hoop Skirt Shop Became America’s Most Iconic Department Store
The Timeless Story of Bloomingdale’s: How a Hoop Skirt Shop Became America’s Most Iconic Department Store

Bloomingdale’s began in 1861 as a hoop skirt shop and evolved into America’s most iconic department store. Blending heritage with innovation, it transformed shopping into an experience. Its...

Community Brands: Weaving Fashion and People Together
Community Brands: Weaving Fashion and People Together

Community brands in fashion prioritise people over products, creating belonging and shared purpose. They build trust through authentic engagement, peer recommendations, and values-driven...

Tech-Tailored Shopping: Impact of Digital Tools and Techniques on Clothing Retail Consumers
Tech-Tailored Shopping: Impact of Digital Tools and Techniques on Clothing Retail Consumers

Digital tools are reshaping fashion retail, blending online research with in-store purchases and empowering shoppers through mobile, AR, and social media. User-generated content builds trust, while...

The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
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Fanny Vermandel
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
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Rahul Mehta
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
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Gabi Seligsohn
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
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Pradip Mehta
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
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Abhay Gupta
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
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Anurag Batra
Why do I ask if India can afford to miss the bus again? Because whether we like it or not, whether...
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Rahul Mehta
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
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Bill D’Arienzo
Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
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Aseem Prakash
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
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Arun Sirdeshmukh