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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Reasons To Be Cautious On Luxury (1)
I have always been interested in the luxury sector's business model, but also from its social and psychological perspective. Here,…
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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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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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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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Apparel Brands Report 2021
A few weeks ago, I was guest speaker during RBC exclusive expert call. Richard Chamberlain and myself discussed about supply…
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My New Book! FASHION GOES TECH
by Alfonso Segura I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my second book: Fashion Goes Tech: How Technology is empowering…
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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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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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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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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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Coronavirus, the biggest challenge to face
The aim of The Fashion Retailer blog has been to provide an updated overview of the creative and scientific approach…
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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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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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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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What if sustainability starts in your closet?
Reviewing a list of hot topics and trends from 2015 onwards, fashion technology and sustainability are amongst the most popular ones. As…
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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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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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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…
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Strategic Acquisitions: Amazon vs Walmart
M&A is one of the main strategic options for companies that want to ensure their success in a very competitive…
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Sports and Fashion in the ironman era
Sports, Fashion and Society: A sociological approach Sport is as old as humanity. Cave paintings have been found in the Lascaux caves in…
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Capsule Collection in Fashion
From Capsule Wardrobe to Capsule Collection What is a Capsule Collection? According to Wikipedia, Capsule wardrobe is a term coined…
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Fast Fashion, the art of liquidity
by Alfonso Segura The Fashion disruption Polish-born sociologist Zigmunt Bauman described our modern life as “liquid modernity“, where change is occurring…
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The Fashion Retail Long Tail
by Alfonso Segura Growth evolution: Dinosarus and aliens in Fashion Industry Long Tail The chart above shows the Compound Annual…