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: 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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Fashion Retail Outlook: Expert Call with Alfonso Segura x RBC Capital Markets (part 2)
This is the second part of my latest call with Richard Chamberlain, Head of Consumer Discretionary research at RBC Capital…
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A few words with Vadim Rogovskiy, 3DLOOK CEO
Vadim Rogovskiy is CEO and co-founder of 3DLOOK, the global leader in AI-first mobile body measuring and fit solutions. Vadim…
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“Amazon and the growth of omnichannel retailing” with RBC x Miya Knights
RBC hosted a very interesting and insightful call last week with Retail Expert Miya Knights, to discuss Amazon and the…
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A few words with Jérôme Cabanès, Director at Centric Software
I met Jérôme 8 years ago, when PLM solutions were not a usual piece in the fashion retail tech ecosystem.…
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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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A few words with Maria Makarova, Co-Founder and Strategy Director of GFAIVE
TFR: What is GFAIVE? Maria Makarova: At its core, GFAIVE is a company focused on simplifying the life of fashion…
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The Fashion Retailer Tech Ecosystem is growing
by Alfonso Segura The Fashion Retailer‘s collaborations and network is growing! Since the blog was founded in 2017, we met,…
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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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Digital Fashion Platforms: Zara meets Netflix
Last week, Brooke Roberts-Islam wrote “Zara Meets Netflix” (Forbes). In others words, a business model based on “speed-to-market (fast-fashion), customer…
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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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A few words with Rene Fang, CEO of iStaging
A few words with Rene Fang, iStaging CEO Rene Fang (RF) is the Chief Executive Officer of iStaging Corp. Previously,…
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A few words with Tony Pinville and Célia Poncelin, Heuritech´s founder and CMO
Two years ago, TFR included Heuritech as one of the AI startups that were taking the world of fashion by…
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A few words with Shivang Desai and Chandralika Hazarika, founders of Bigthinx
A few words with Shivang Desai and Chandralika Hazarika, founders of Bigthinx Shivang Desai (SD) is Bigthinx CEO/CTO. Indian. 34…
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A few words with The Upside Founder and CEO
Lauryn Vaughn was born in small town British Columbia and eventually moved to Calgary with her mom, who was a…
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A few words with VIPO Group CEO and Founder
William Bernal is the CEO and founder of VIPO Group, a new company that is changing the way people shop…
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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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COVID-19 Tracker for the Retail Industry
A few months ago, I interviewed AJ Mak, founder of Chain of Demand, a predictive analytics company that empowers the…
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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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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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Body Scanning in Fashion
Last May, the startup 3DLOOK won the third edition of LVMH Innovation awards. The benefits of artificial intelligence and augmented…
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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 Retail Safari @innovatours
Last 25th of October, I was guest speaker at Innovatours at the Movistar Center in Barcelona. The event revolved around…
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Fashion pivots to Technology
A “Tech” exec to replace a “design” exec as Nike CEO… From Design to Technology When I started this blog…
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A few words with Keonn co-founder and CEO
Ramir De Porrata-Doria is based in Barcelona. In 1992 he majored in Telecommunications Engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).…
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A few words with Chain of Demand founder
AJ Mak is 34 years old, raised in Hong Kong and Toronto, studied at Carnegie Mellon University in the US. …
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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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A few words with Nextail Founder and CEO
Joaquin Villalba is the CEO and co-founder of Nextail, a smart platform for retail merchandising. A retail industry veteran, Joaquin…
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Fashion Connect: Bonprix Omnichannel concept
If you think about what retailers are “reinventing” the fashion retail business and also leading the omnichannel era, you will…
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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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A few words with a Retail expert and founder of Wemuse
Iván Abad Iglesias lives in Barcelona with his family, he is 40 years old and has more than 15 years…
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Zozosuit, 3D Sizing and AI to improve customization in Fashion
What if the question “what is your size” doesn´t make sense any more? If people can scan their bodies, their…
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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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Benetton revamps its store format and customer experience
United colors of Benetton renews its store concept with a new flasghip store in Padua, Italy. With a completely revamped hi-tech…
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H&M embraces Fashtech
H&M announced in March 2018, during its quarterly results, a huge problem: $4.3 Billion in unsold clothes. There are many…
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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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A few words with Jungle Scout´s Founder and CEO
A few words with Greg Mercer, CEO and Founder of Jungle Scout: Amazon Product Finder & Research Tool. While writing…
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A few words with LPP´s RFID Expert
A Few words with Alexander Yashin, Operations RFID expert at LPP Alexander Yashin is 31 years old, Russian, master degree…
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Virtual Training: building a Digital Workforce at Walmart
The World is rapidly evolving and the new environment requirements (industry, economy, new business models, analytics, digital platforms, uberization…) oblige…
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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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Nike´s new retail approach: curated stores
Nike recently opened its first new concept store: Nike by Melrose, in Melrose Avenue (LA). The retail approach is brand…
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3D Knitting by Uniqlo
Uniqlo recently presented its latest innovation in manufacturing: 3D Knit. Some weeks ago, I posted 3D knitting or printing in fashion:…
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Retail Game Changers 2018
Every industry has its main players, but also disruptors, innovators, niche players that find a different business model, innovate in…
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Ministry of Supply, Technology Apparel
Fashtech, or Fashion Technology, is a reality. Businesses, enabled by technology, have changed the way fashion retailers design, source, move, stock,…
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The Fashtech Ecosystem
Fashion Technology: Innovation in Fashion Retail The objective of the Fashion 4.0 or Fashtech series was to simply describe what…