Heritage Nike Styles Receive 3M-Technology Scotchlite and Thinsulate Treatment
MANUFACTURING
Following a chance meeting during Milan Design Week in 2019, athletic brand Nike was impressed with 3M's artistic capabilities that it is able to blend with product practicality.
Informa Markets Fashion Heads Into 2021 With Hybrid On-site/Digital Schedule
MAGIC in 2021
On Dec. 3, Informa Markets Fashion announced its 2021 schedule of digital events and on-location expositions.
ATS Post-Election Summit Affords Connections and Conversation on Future of Apparel
Trade Shows
Moving forward with its latest virtual event, Apparel Textile Sourcing hosted its Post-Election Summit and Sourcing Show to connect buyers, sellers, brands, manufacturers, retailers and factories to discuss the future of the industry in a post-election, post-COVID-19 world. Over the course of five days, Nov. 16–20, ATS connected professionals within the industry through buyer-and-seller matchmaking and interactive booths that enabled attendees to shop ready-to-order apparel, textiles and accessories.
In Eco Category, Aura7 Activewear Is Focused on Sustainability, Local Manufacturing
Eco-Active Energy
Approaching her new eco-activewear line Aura7 Activewear in the same manner as she lives her life, Franciska Bray-Mezey believes that performing good works will yield positive results. As an Orange County, Calif., yoga instructor and lifelong enthusiast of the discipline who has served the local community for 10 years, she began offering complimentary classes online to help her clients cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. After launching Aura7 Activewear in Orange County, Calif., in August, Bray-Mezey remains optimistic for the brand.
Industry Focus: Technology—How Apparel-Technology Companies Could Reset the COVID-19 ‘Time Machine’
Technology
As consumers adapted to a new way of life with most of their shopping conducted through e-commerce, businesses that viewed this method of selling as uncharted territory learned quickly in order to survive. With almost nine months of COVID-19 under its belt, the apparel industry is rebooting, and, while the most-basic technologies have kept businesses relevant during this time, they will again have to adopt advanced methods of creating and selling apparel to remain agile, reduce waste and accommodate a changed, post-pandemic consumer.
Walking the Line Between Necessity and Creativity
Textiles
The world we know is undergoing a necessary transformation, speeding up toward more-responsible consumption. Faced with this new economic and ethical crisis, we must think about tomorrow’s fashions, which we are no longer compelled to endlessly reinvent.
New CFMB Criterion From Textile Exchange Outlines Environmental Impact
Textiles
The sustainable-fiber-and-materials-sourcing nonprofit Textile Exchange announced Dec. 2 that it is introducing a new criterion to its Corporate Fibers & Materials Benchmark that will afford greater insight regarding the impact on biodiversity caused by apparel companies.
Digital Commerce Grows in a Black Friday Marked by Change
Holiday-Season Retail
The official holiday-shopping season began the day after Thanksgiving with Black Friday on Nov. 27 and continued into Cyber Monday on Nov. 30, with e-commerce experiencing strong gains as retailers and consumers continue to experience challenges.
Promenade 2035 To Offer More Retail in Woodland Hills
News
A unanimous Los Angeles City Council vote recently gave a green light for final plans of Promenade 2035, a more-than-$1-billion mixed-use project that is scheduled to be constructed on the site of the now-shuttered Promenade retail center in Los Angeles’ Woodland Hills neighborhood.
Impact Fashion Unveils Virtual Holiday Party
SUSTAINABILITY
Since 2015, Impact Fashion has provided a forum for sustainable, ethical and vegan brands. For its 2020 Holiday Pop-up shop and party, it’s going virtual.
‘Discover the SDGs’ Virtual Event to Support Decade of Action
SUSTAINABILITY
Showing its support for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Conscious Fashion Campaign launched its virtual event and exhibition “Discover the Sustainable Development Goals—To Power the Decade of Action” on Dec. 1. The event will run until Dec. 30.
Salesforce to Acquire Communications Platform Slack
TECHNOLOGY
Salesforce, the prominent customer-relationship-management platform, announced Dec. 1 that it had acquired Slack Technologies Inc.
Chef Ben Ford Unveils Doorstep Market
RETAIL
Star chef Ben Ford recently unveiled e-market Doorstep Market.
Scanatic 360 Body Scanner Unveiled in Stockholm and Chicago Area
3D BODY SCANNING
The Scanatic 360 Body Scanner device recently made a debut that spanned the globe.
Tony Hsieh, Former Zappos CEO, 46
OBITUARY
Tony Hsieh, the celebrated entrepreneur who built the online shoe retailer Zappos.com into a $1 billion footwear-and-clothing company and spearheaded a revitalization of downtown Las Vegas, died Nov. 27.
Faherty to Abbot Kinney
RETAIL
Faherty, a beach lifestyle brand, recently opened a shop at 1338 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Will the COVID Surge Affect Black Friday?
Holiday 2020
COVID-19 cases have surged in Los Angeles County, putting the area’s residents and businesses on edge just before Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday-shopping season.
Coterie Names Courtney Bradarich VP of Events
TRADE EVENTS
The contemporary womenswear trade show Coterie announced the appointment of Courtney Bradarich as its new vice president of events. Coterie is part of the Informa Markets Fashion portfolio.
Nicholas Mayfield Introduces E-commerce, as Second Coachella Collaboration Launches
FASHION
Prior to the most-important shopping season of the year, designer Nicholas Mayfield announced his entrance into e-commerce with a new website and a fresh Coachella collaboration celebrating the festival's 20-year anniversary.
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