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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Thoughts on Zara
by Alfonso Segura A few months ago, many of us were surprised to see the best CEO of the decade…
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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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Amazon and the Retail outlook x Miya Knights
Latest expert speaker call with Miya Knights and hosted by RBC contained interesting thoughts on how Amazon’s strategy has progressed…
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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 Industry Update Q4 2022
by Alfonso Segura I’ve been following RBC Capital Markets, specially their retail insights, for a while. During my last expert…
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Physical Stores are back: key elements for success
I’m very excited to announce my latest collaboration with Drapers magazine, a leading authority on fashion retailing that has been…
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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 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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“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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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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Inditex Retail Space Turnaround: adapting to omnichannel
by Alfonso Segura According to RBC Capital Markets Insights, European General Retail Apparel space reductions easing. We perceive early signs…
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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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A few words with Bobbie Ttooulis, Marketing Director at GFS
Bobbie Ttooulis (BT) has more than 20 years of experience in senior roles with companies ranging from global market leaders…
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Global is boring, retail goes local
I usually prefer to mention niche players success stories because writing about big players making the right moves is not…
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A few words with Morten Mogelmose, co-founder and CEO of Zliide
While I was writing how technology is impacting the retail business (book to be published in the coming 2-3 months),…
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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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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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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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Why Nike and Amazon are breaking up
As reported by Bloomberg (November 2019), Nike is breaking up with Amazon and will stop selling its apparel and sneakers…
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The Strategy behind Banky´s Merchandising
“The urge to destroy is also a creative urge” as Bakunin said. Consumerism in the liquid era is fast, compulsive…
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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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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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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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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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2019 Top 100 Omnichannel Retailers by Total Retail
Total Retail announced the 2019 top 100 Omnichannel Retailers ranking that reveals the list of publicly traded retailers and brands…
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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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Nordstrom reinvents retail stores
The role of the store is evolving and going beyond sales transactions (See a list of stores with the best…
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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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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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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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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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Bonobos. Fit for every man
Bonobos launches a new extended sizing line to include bigger/taller men, continuing their natural customer-centric business approach focused on better-fitting…
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Amazon Fashion Pop-Up Store
Step by step, Amazon is building its Fashion business with the first “Amazon Fashion” Pop-up Store in Europe. I guess many others…
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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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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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The Fashtech Ecosystem
Fashion Technology: Innovation in Fashion Retail The objective of the Fashion 4.0 or Fashtech series was to simply describe what…
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H&M uses Artificial Intelligence to optimize the assortment
Fashtech, phygital, omnichannel, hybrid retail…I´m sure that sociolinguistics are happy to think about new words to describe Fashion 4.0 and…
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Nike´s Direct Consumer Offense
by Alfonso Segura As I commented in a previous post at fashion retail news, Strategic Acquisitions: Walmart vs Amazon, M&A…
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A few words with a Master in Fashion Operations
When people hear about fashion, they expect a guru or a designer wearing funny clothing. This is part of it,…
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The Customer Journey of a Millennial
Last October, I spent a few days in NYC exploring the retail environment: Mostly new concept stores. I did a…
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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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Amazon opens shop-in-shop inside Kohl´s deparment stores
Everybody is expecting to see pure players going offline with experimental point of sales or pop-up stores. This was the…