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Dressing for the Future: How NetSuite and AI Are Transforming the Apparel Industry
By Chris Millet - Director, NetSuite practice | May 19, 2026
The apparel industry runs on agility: the ability to read a trend, move product, and pivot before the season turns. But in today’s environment, where supply chains span continents, consumer expectations shift at the speed of social media and margins are perpetually under pressure, agility alone is no longer enough.
Using AI, Taelor Affords a Perfectly Fit Fashion-Rental Experience to Its Customers
Looking around the fashion-rental space, Anya Cheng noticed a heavy focus on women’s apparel. With a career that includes working in social-media commerce for platforms on Facebook and Instagram, in addition to a position with Target, during which Cheng led the retailer’s digital transformation through development of its mobile-tablet application, she used these experiences to develop Taelor.
Gap Acquires Drapr for 3D-Fitting Technology
Gap Inc., which includes a collection of purpose-led lifestyle brands, has acquired Drapr, the e-commerce startup and online application, which aids customers and retailers during the process of searching for clothes that fit.
CaaStle, Dress The Population Give Customers a New Way to Rent Formalwear
CaaStle is giving customers access to Dress The Population’s formalwear collection by partnering with the e-commerce website and launching Borrow.
Poshmark Announces Continued Expansion With India Presence and New Leaders
Poshmark, Inc. will soon be available to consumers in India as the leading social marketplace continues to expand throughout the world.
Indochino’s Klarna Partnership Paves the Way for Younger Demographic
Indochino has released a case study showing that Klarna’s Pay in 4 option has been a success for the global leader in custom apparel.
Square to Acquire Afterpay, Accelerate Growth With BNPL and Other Channels
Square, Inc., and Afterpay Limited recently announced that Square would acquire Afterpay through a scheme implementation deed.
Ambercycle and Avery Dennison Work Together to Close the Supply-Chain Loop
The end of life for clothing often leads to the landfill, creating an enormous fashion-waste problem for the industry.
Express Introduces Community Commerce Program for Style Experts
Express Community Commerce is a first-of-its-kind social commerce experience for fashion enthusiasts to style, inspire and earn commission.
Klarna Acquires APPRL, Expands Reach to Global Consumers
Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments and shopping service, has announced the acquisition of APPRL, a SaaS platform that allows content creators and retailers to work together frictionlessly to bring immersive and informative shoppable content to global consumers.
Fashion Tech Works Launches With Resources for Apparel Businesses
In the heart of the downtown Los Angeles Fashion District, at the New Mart building, Fashion Tech Works affords a new space for cultivating creativity blended with innovation. The fashion-focused space serves as a digital design center, content studio, event space and coworking site for designers and brands large and small.
Lenzing Makes Strides in Fiber Identification Within Its E-Branding Service
Known for its commitment to sustainable-fiber cultivation, Lenzing has announced the expansion of its identification capabilities within the company’s E-Branding Service.
Archive Resale Uses a Brand-Centered Approach to Redefine Digital Resale
While sites that cater to consumers who want to bid adieu to their old clothing in exchange for a bit of cash have dominated the online resale space, Archive Resale has introduced a model that benefits both brands and sellers. Founded in 2020 by vintage-clothing enthusiast, Google alum and now Archive Resale Chief Executive Officer Emily Gittins and Ryan Rowe, the company’s chief technology officer who is a design, data and user-experience expert, the platform is quickly gaining traction to fill a void in the market.
LG, thredUP Give Clothes a ‘Second Life’ in new Partnership
Resale-as-a-Service platform thredUP Inc. and LG Electronics USA have partnered to help give clothes a second chance and reduce consumers’ fashion footprint.
Tukatech-Sowtex Partnership Affords Digital Design-and-Development Platform
Fashion-technology firms Tukatech and Sowtex have joined together on a collaboration, which will yield a 3D visualizer and design-lab solution that will reduce the time devoted to sampling processes. Launched July 8 throughout Asia, this digital platform allows all supply-chain members to work together through real data.
Thr3efold Launches With a Mission to Cultivate a Responsible Fashion Industry
Ethical fashion manufacturing is at the core of Jessica Kelly’s Thr3efold software-as-a-service business-to-business platform, which affords access to responsible supply-chain partners and invaluable guidance for apparel and soft-accessory brands.
