Vogue Business

June 7, 2022

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A spate of recent partnerships are illustrating how NFTs can more closely integrate with physical goods. Well into fashion’s NFT boom, physical clothing is getting a digital twin.

What They Think

February 14, 2022

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With many of us barely beginning to understand what is meant by Industry 4.0, we’re now moving on to Industry 5.0! Acceleration is certainly a factor in today’s business and industrial environment. In this article, we define both Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0, and provide examples of how the textiles and apparel industry in North America can accelerate along with the market trends.

Behind The Seams

February 14, 2022

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With many of us barely beginning to understand what is meant by Industry 4.0, we’re now moving on to Industry 5.0! Acceleration is certainly a factor in today’s business and industrial environment. In this article, we define both Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0, and provide examples of how the textiles and apparel industry in North America can accelerate along with the market trends.

Fashion United UK

December 7, 2021

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Fashion technology company PlatformE had announced the acquisition of Cambridge-based Catalyst AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) company complete with machine learning tools to optimise fashion supply chains.

UK Tech News

December 2, 2021

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Fashion technology scaleup PlatformE has acquired Cambridge, UK-based machine learning company Catalyst AI for an undisclosed sum.

Veredict

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Fast fashion, the lovechild of capitalism and ephemeral trends, has a big problem. Every year, millions of tons of discarded clothing end up in landfill. There, it spews harmful emissions for hundreds of years as it decomposes.

SupplyChain

December 17, 2021

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After acquiring Catalyst AI, fashion tech company PlatformE can help brands end wasteful mass production & enter into an era of sustainable manufacturing

Fibre2Fashion

September 7, 2021

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As fashion week approaches, Platform E, the next generation technology company that has enabled collections to be created and shopped digitally, is urging all global fashion houses, and the wider industry to re-think their approach to the seasonal fashion weeks, in the wake of the world environmental crisis and the urgent consumer cry for brands to act sustainably.

Sourcing Journal

October 26, 2021

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As fashion companies scramble to optimize operations, reduce inventory risk, be more sustainable, boost working capital and cut costs, they might be wise to take a cue from the classic film “The Graduate” and listen to one word; just one word—upstream. In the recent Sourcing Summit panel “Orchestrating E-Fashion in Manufacturing,” Brad Ballentine, CEO of…

Sourcing Journal

June 12, 2021

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Apparel and footwear manufacturers and brands have been tested during Covid-19, but one of the positives to come from the pandemic is an openness to embracing technology and new production models.

Sourcing Journal

July 10, 2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic could create further polarization in the fashion supply chain, with some brands taking initiative to lessen their overall impact and others unfortunately opting for business as usual. Still, not all companies have a strict definition of what sustainability means to them, and that has been holding sustainability efforts back.

Sourcing Journal

July 7, 2020

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While the concept of “virtual fashion” may have been a novelty at best in recent years with very few useful real-life applications, the hype behind around the concept has set the market value from anywhere from $75 billion to $150 billion, according to Karinna Nobbs, retail strategist and founder of Hot:Second, an experimental circular economy fashion popup launched last year.

Sourcing Journal

June 22, 2021

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The fashion supply chain has typically relied on a push model of production, as retailers ask factories to mass manufacture merchandise before there is definite demand. But there are significant opportunities for companies if they can more closely align production to actual market needs. On-demand can be more sustainable—from both a business and environmental standpoint—since…

WWD

December 6, 2021

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The fashion technology outfit co-founded by José Neves plans to use AI to improve made-to-order fashion supply chain.

The Interline

October 18, 2021

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As well as offering a way to control overproduction, on-demand manufacturing could be the tool fashion needs to welcome empowered consumers and the creator economy into what has historically been a closed loop.

Business of Fashion

June 2, 2021

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By flipping traditional mass production models into innovative customer-centric solutions, Platforme is empowering brands with the technology to solve inventory excess.

Vogue Business

January 4, 2022

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Digital influencers, virtual real estate and VIP access will be breakout themes, as stores, personalisation and AR continue evolving.

The Interline

March 24, 2022

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Turnkey access to manufacturing, materials, and distribution on tap could redistribute power from brands to creators. How major cultural shift is meeting a tech-driven transformation to up-end fashion.

Bloomberg

December 9, 2021

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The likes of Gucci, Balenciaga, and Burberry are spinning up fashion and accessories that you'll never even wear

Textile Today

December 1, 2019

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The fashion industry worldwide is immensely overburdened with overstock, throwaway clothes, single-use plastics ending up in landfills or released micro particles-dyes and chemicals polluting the marine system and putting the lives of living creations at risk.

ITProPortal

November 28, 2019

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How technology helps reduce the roughly $180 million of clothing which goes into landfill annually.

Vogue España

July 21, 2020

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Producir solo lo que previamente se ha vendido solo tiene beneficios. Se trata de un ‘win-win’ en el que ganan los consumidores, las empresas y el planeta

Fast Company

November 12, 2018

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On the heels of his company’s recent IPO, Farfetch CEO José Neves talks about personalizing fashion, the industry’s problem with waste, and the unexpected benefits of a global recession.

WIRED

July 12, 2017

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Buddhism, exercise and following your passion are among Neves's tips for fellow entrepreneurs

The Next Web

September 7, 2021

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The Tech5 talent search is back again. We scoured, measured, and assessed scaleups from all corners of the continent to bring you the top 100 for 2021. Based on performance, growth, and potential, these companies have proven they have what it takes to join the exclusive Tech5 community. And just what does that mean?

Forbes

April 13, 2020

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As lockdown moves into its fourth week for much of Europe, with the US, Australasia and much of Asia following suit, how is isolation affecting the fashion industry’s design and manufacturing teams? What problem-solving solutions are being deployed? What will the impact be on the next fashion collections?

Harvard Business Review

January 28, 2022

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Traditional luxury goods companies have treated digital as a channel. But they’re now starting to treat it as a marketplace in its own right, thanks largely to Blockchain technology, which has delivered the Non-Fungible Token. Today, the key ingredients of luxury – rarity, exclusivity, and cost — can also apply to virtual products, as companies like Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci have realized.