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Mango to open digital innovation center in Barcelona

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...

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Omnichannel commerce company Hero announces new executive hires

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...

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Nike awards six products made from its footwear waste

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...

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Three fashion careers of the future

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...

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Video: United Fashion at Berlin Fashion Week

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.

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Premium Young Talents

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,...

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Video: Fashioning the Future with Artificial Intelligence

Take a look inside Alibaba’s pilot FashionAI concept store. Source: Alibaba Group, YouTube.

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The 3 top fashion innovations at CES 2017

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...

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Fashion industry gears up for wearable technology

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...