SUSTAINABLE
Moving Fashion Into the Next Generation of Sustainable Production
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | October 3, 2025
California Apparel News asked apparel sustainability experts: How are companies blending nature with technological tools to advance sustainable progress in fashion?
Fashion-Tech Startup StyleScan Aims to Disrupt Fashion Photography
After two years in development, the Los Angeles–headquartered fashion-technology startup StyleScan will officially emerge from stealth mode and make a debut in the business-to-business market, said Larissa Posner, the company’s founder.
Digital-Commerce Gains Through Passport and Whatnot Funding
For two California digital-commerce companies, the year is ending with venture-capital funding.
IBM to Partner With Port of L.A. to Thwart Cybersecurity Threats
Taking steps to improve its response to cybersecurity threats to the supply chain, the Port of Los Angeles announced that the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved the International Business Machines Corporation as the designer and operator of the port’s Cyber Resilience Center.
Tukatech Unveils On Demand 3D Services
The Los Angeles–headquartered fashion-technology company Tukatech has been rolling out services that help designers create garments virtually on a 3D platform. On Dec. 15, Tukatech announced that its TUKAcenter locations and its web-services portal, TUKAweb, will offer services to create 3D garments on demand, with Tukatech staff helping designers create clothes virtually.
After Being Acquired, Wynd Finesses Fulfillment Model
The up-and-coming New York City–based logistics-solutions company Wynd said that it has developed a logistics model that seeks to ease last-mile concerns not only for customers but for the businesses sending goods.
Financial-Technology Company Afterpay Reports Robust Holiday Business
Afterpay, the financial-technology company that provides an online platform for buy now, pay later layaway plans, reported one of its best performances in November, the traditional beginning of retail business for the winter holidays, according to a statement from the Australian-founded company that runs a San Francisco office.
Industry Focus: Technology—How Apparel-Technology Companies Could Reset the COVID-19 ‘Time Machine’
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.
Salesforce to Acquire Communications Platform Slack
Salesforce, the prominent customer-relationship-management platform, announced Dec. 1 that it had acquired Slack Technologies Inc.
Scanatic 360 Body Scanner Unveiled in Stockholm and Chicago Area
The Scanatic 360 Body Scanner device recently made a debut that spanned the globe.
Tony Hsieh, Former Zappos CEO, 46
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.
For the Holiday Shopping Season, eBay Invests in Small Businesses With Grants
As part of its Up & Running small-business-accelerator initiative, eBay announced the launch of its Up & Running Grants program to provide aid that will help sellers from the holiday selling season into 2021.
Google Unveils Plex Digital Banking Service
Technology company Google recently announced a digital banking service called Plex, which it will officially introduce in 2021.
Epson Unveils Printer for Direct-to-Consumer Biz
The direct-to-consumer business has skyrocketed in the past few years, and, in response to this boom, the Los Alamitos, Calif.–headquartered Epson has sought to support this segment of the apparel market with new technology.
3DLook Pumps Up Digital Body Measuring Technology
After winning a fashion-technology prize in 2019 from the luxury conglomerate LVMH, the parent company of Louis Vuitton, 3DLook, headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., intends to take its digital body-measuring technology a step further.
Zendesk Takes Customer Relations to Social Media
As digital commerce has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, analysts have forecasted that doing business online will become even more important during the 2020 holiday season.
