Spanish brand Mango has announced its plans to open a digital innovation center in Barcelona next year, to accelerate its e-commerce growth and develop omnichannel projects for the upcoming years. While the company hopes to inaugurate the new space, which would also host its new offices, by the beginning of 2019, it is still looking at several...
Nov 8, 2018
London - Leading omnichannel commerce company Hero has announced several executive hires to its leadership team as the company continues to expand in the UK and US. The London and New York-based omnichannel retail company connects online shoppers with in-store associates in real-time - an innovative approach that aims to maximise the customer...
Nov 1, 2018
In February, Nike challenged designers, engineers and scientists around the world to come up with creative responses to two questions: what can be made from footwear material waste? And how can the footwear recycling process be improved? After receiving more than 600 applications from 58 countries, the sportswear giant selected 35 finalists to...
Oct 22, 2018
The fashion industry has changed a lot in the last decade. The omnipresence of smartphones and social media has deeply affected the way people shop for fashion. At the same time, technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality and 3D printing are altering the way our clothes are made, marketed and sold. In addition, consumers are...
Aug 30, 2018
Flanders DC is one of the partners in the European United Fashion project. The goal is to promote entrepreneurial creativity and innovation to enhance business opportunities for European fashion designers. Source: Flanders DC, YouTube.
Jul 19, 2018
The Premium trade show has been continuously promoting the next creative generation in Germany and further afield since 2005. So many designers who are currently helping to shape the world of fashion first had to undergo scrutiny by the Premium organisers. The former include names such as Marina Hoermanseder, Franziska Michael and Julia Seemann,...
Jul 5, 2018
Take a look inside Alibaba’s pilot FashionAI concept store. Source: Alibaba Group, YouTube.
Jul 4, 2018
London - Innovation tech tradefair CES opened its 50th anniversary event in Las Vegas this week. Over 3,800 companies come together to showcase the latest development wearables, health and fitness and virtual reality. FashionUnited rounds up the top three innovations in wearables and fashion tech to be shown at CES 2017. Under Armour Athlete...
Jan 6, 2017
The next new innovation in the fashion industry is undoubtedly wearable technology. And its not just the sportswear giants like Nike and Adidas who are keen to bring new products to consumers but also tech companies themselves, like Apple, Intel and Google, or online conglomerates like Amazon or Net-a-porter, or brands like Fossil and Under...
Jul 16, 2014
