Reasons To Be Cautious On Luxury (2)
Do you know how much a Rolex was in 2010? This is the second part of the report – RBC Luxury…
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Retail Zoom: Middle East
Despite the overall boost in e-commerce driven by Covid, retail companies are returning to a focus on growth based on…
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Sustainable Fashion case study: SHEIN. 2
Continuing with previous examples of sustainable initiatives, Shein established in 2021, a 629,150 sq. ft. Innovation Center, a destination for…
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Sustainable Fashion case study: SHEIN. 1
I hope you enjoyed the holidays! Vacations are a good time for reading, staying updated, or continuing our education. In…
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Fashion Retail: Supply Chain Trends
by Alfonso Segura It is a pleasure to publish my latest contribution in the RBC Capital Markets Expert Call, a…
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Apparel Industry General Update – Q1 2023
This is a very interesting article from RBC Capital Markets about the current status of the apparel industry in relation…
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Fashion Goes Tech: The Rubik Model and Patagonia
Part II of Supply Chain in Fashion by Alfonso Segura The Rubik Model Today, retail is not only about the…
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Fashion Goes Tech: Supply Chain
by Alfonso Segura This article is the continuation of Planning in Fashion, where design meets operations, described in Fashion Goes Tech. According…
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Fashion Goes Tech: Digital Transformation in Fashion (4) – part 2/2
by Alfonso Segura It seems Covid-19 pandemic is ending but uncertainty is the new norm and adapting to it is…
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Fashion Goes Tech: Digital Transformation in Fashion (4) – part 1/2
by Alfonso Segura Following with Fashion business strategy and operations insights from Fashion Goes Tech, my latest book on how…
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Fashion Goes Tech: Digitization in Retail (3)
A few months ago, TFR commented about the merchandise lifecycle and how retailers, specially apparel ones, deal with stock managament.…
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A guide for potential double digit long-term growth in a mature environment
Pau Almar is an expert in fashion and apparel retailing that has held several senior management positions in Mango and…
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Why nobody speaks about Inditex growth levers? (part 1)
The Fashion Retailer has not accepted promotional or guest post since it was created in 2017. If it mentions fashion…
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Fashion Goes Tech: Digitization in Retail (2)
by Alfonso Segura The Merchandise Life Cycle In Fashion, products tend to have a short product lifecycle due to fast…
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Fashion Goes Tech: Digitalization in retail (1)
by Alfonso Segura When I published Fashion Goes Tech, retail was suffering the worst crisis ever: covid-19. Empty streets, no…
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Walmart: How to Survive Disruption in Retail
In Strategic Acquisitions: Amazon vs Walmart (2017), I described how both retail giants were investing in digital capabilities in order…
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How to deal with Planning Volatility in Fashion: New Marketing Merchandise Calendar
As described in Fashion Goes Tech, my latest book, retail hasn’t changed much in the last century but, over the…
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How Cool is Sustainability in Fashion
FASHION SUSTAINABILITY IS THE NEW COOL Last week, during a talk with investors, suppliers and retailers, I was asked if…
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Retail, culture and brands ethics
When I was 16 years old, I didn’t know what to study at university. I spent some time soul-searching about…
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2021: Fashion Industry Diagnosis and Action Plan
I recently wrote a post published in Fibre2Fashion with the following title “2021: Fashion Retail Diagnosis and Action Plan“. This…
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Who said Streetwear is dead
I enjoy analyzing patterns of motivation, connecting the dots that will impact on new trends. Where are we coming from?…
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Influencer Brands
Digital era, the long tail, streetwear, social media, pure players, business platforms, influencers, liquid design… these are some of the…
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Urban Fashion Deserts?
Dollar Stores, Urban Deserts, Sustainability and Black Lives Matter I’ve been following Dollar Stores (Retail store that sells general merchandise, such…
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The Future of Stores (1/2)
Nowadays, we are living the “Retail Apocalypse volume 2” (phenomenon that started around 2010 in USA) and this won’t be…
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Coronavirus and Fashion (2/2)
by Alfonso Segura This article is the continuation of Coronavirus and Fashion (1/2), an overview of the short term strategy…
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Tackling Fashion Industry’s Waste Problem
As mentioned in Fashion Retail Safari, New Retail is about new processes, new analytical capabilities, innovation, technology, new store formats,…
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Coronavirus and Fashion (1/2)
TFR latest post was a sociological perspective on Coronavirus, a virus that has the potential to destabilize the pillars of…
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From product to experience
A few months ago, TFR commented on how a few companies are redefining the way we shop. I meant the…
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Fashion Technology Platforms
Platforms or conglomerates business models excel at optimizing resources and reduce financial risks (everything impact on financials such as over-stocking,…
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Co-Design: Innovation at the intersection
Last week, I met a friend that works at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), a well-known design education center in…
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Redefining the way we shop and consume
Looking back to the latest retail news regarding sustainability and Fashion as a Service, and putting together the pieces of…
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Fashion Retail Safari on Amazon
Proud to announce my first publication: FASHION RETAIL SAFARI, a personally curated selection on industry trends, insights and conversations with…
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New Retail: Curated Fashion Boutiques
Last March, I described how fashion retail will change its store format strategy. As an example, I explained how grocery…
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Inditex 2018 Financial Results (2)
Following last post about Inditex 2018 financial results, the aim of this post is understanding the leading fashion retailer performance…
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Resale Fashion
The Resale Fashion business should be considered in relation to the landscape of Fashion as a Service (FaaS), or how…
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Fashion as a Service (2)
Continuing Fashion as a Service – subscription boxes model previous post, the following article comments on rental clothing. Millennials are prioritizing experiences…
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Fashion as a Service (1)
Fashion as a Service (1/2) – Fashion Subscribtion Model Last month, I brought my DVD collection to a recycling drop…
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Mass-market fashion retailers
Extending the review of luxury organizations, niche players from the long tail in fashion and sustainable brands, it´s time to…
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Luxury and Fashion Corporations
by Alfonso Segura The Fashion Luxury Industry, like other industries, has seen the rise of big corporations such as LVMH or…
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Circular Economy in Fashion
Millennials are driving companies to sustainable practices even if their business model is based on volume, low margins. New generations demand…
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The Fashion Pyramid of brands
by Alfonso Segura Many fashion retailers define their strategy starting from their value proposition and key positioning levers (assortment, price,…
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The future of fashion store formats
The future of Fashion Retail – New concept stores: finding inspiration in the Grocery industry In my previous job as strategy…
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Nike, the new high-end fashion brand
The fashion industry nature stresses the balance sheet, very sensitive between days of payment (days of payables) and collection period…
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Apparel Sourcing Trends
Global volatility is the new normal and companies in all industries have to adapt and track external factors such as…
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Fashion Lab, the creativity Mecca
When I decided to start this blog, a couple of years ago, the main objective was to link art and…
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Headquarters, cities and talent
Headquarters relocation and global competition for talent In The New Fashion Retail Paradigm, I introduced the latest trends impacting the…
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Fashion politics
Politics comes from the word Polis (City in Greek), that means “affairs of the cities”. Historically, we can consider three…
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Amazon Fashion: The Omnichannel Fashion Retail Revolution is on
Deep analysis of Amazon Fashion Business: performance insights and challenges to compete in the apparel industry When Amazon started selling…
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Innovative Customer Experience in NYC
Best customer experience in retail Customer Experience matters and today more than ever before. But many companies are too big…
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The New Fashion Retail Paradigm
While reading the latest Monocle´s report on Global Retail: Let´s talk shops, I decided it was the right time to…