Technology is obviously
important to all industries. Let’s take a moment to learn about a few of the
aspects relevant to our industry. Below you will find a few fashion tech
resources of possible interest.
Learn more about fashion technology issues here on Apparel Search.
New York Fashion Tech Lab: The NY Fashion Tech Lab is a 12-week program during which early stage innovative companies targeting the fashion industry with their technologies work closely with New York’s leading fashion brands and retailers. Through a competitive process, 8-10 companies will be selected by the Lab’s fashion/retail partners to participate in one-on-one meetings, panel discussions, industry specific workshops, and office hours with funders, resource partners and industry experts. This process provides each Lab company with access to relevant user groups within fashion/retailers for product feedback and potential deployment of proofs-of-concept. At the conclusion of the program, each of the Lab companies will present at a Tech Runway Day, where fashion retail executives, investors, and press will be in attendance.
A
global infrastructure for fashion technology entrepreneurs. A
professional-training system in Silicon Valley for the exploding market of
fashion tech talents. Learn more at their website.
Business of
Fashion: the Business of Fashion website helps you explore the latest
intelligence, insights and analysis on the global fashion-tech space. The
Business of Fashion has gained a global following as an essential daily resource
for fashion creatives, executives and entrepreneurs in over 200 countries. It is
frequently described as “indispensable,” “required reading” and “an addiction.”
Founded in 2007 by Imran Amed, a fashion business advisor, writer and digital
entrepreneur, The Business of Fashion began as a project of passion, aiming to
fill the void for an informed, analytical and opinionated point of view on the
fashion business. The website has grown to leverage a network of savvy writers
and fashion insiders in style capitals around the world, delivering fashion
business intelligence on emerging designers, disruptive technologies and global
brands that are making their mark on the industry at a time of unprecedented
change. Portion of their site is dedicated to
fashion-tech.
News
Articles of interest:
What
the tech world doesn’t understand about fashion? (Racked February
2015)
Four
Ways Technology May Change the Way You Shop (Inc September
2015)
You
may want to also read more about fashion
tech for retailers here on our blog.
If you know any other products or services that help members of the apparel industry you are welcome to add your recommendations in the comment section of this post.
If you know any other products or services that help members of the apparel industry you are welcome to add your recommendations in the comment section of this post.
You
may also want to visit the fashion
tag of Techcrunch. Techcrunch is a technology website and has
a nice section for fashion tech issues and products.
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