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The Skills Gap is Widening Whether Your Company is Ready or Not
At the rate that technology is changing, today's skills will soon be yesterday's news so companies must…
How Nailing Plus Size Fit Could Help Retailers Turn Things Around
Retailers are busy reorganizing their merchandising teams, revamping their loyalty programs, rejiggering…
Can 3-D Virtual Sampling Save the Apparel Industry?
Samples, it seems, may soon end up on the endangered list if 3D modeling technology continues to improve and…
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How Alvanon Helped Patagonia Revamp Its Denim Line
Patagonia is a pioneer in sustainable fashion, but when the company decided to relaunch its denim collection…
The New Polyester: Eco-Friendly and Beyond Basic
This isn't your parent's polyester - the scratchy fabric of yesteryear with a low-level environmental…
Cents & Sense: Juggling Supply Chain Challenges and Costs
Ask a room full of sourcing professionals about their top concerns, and you'll get a myriad of answers. But…
There’s Less You Know About Apparel Costing Than You Think
Costing might seem like something that should come as common knowledge for apparel companies, but many aren't…
Alvanon’s New Partnership to Make Sizing and Fit Even More Accurate
Alvanon's latest collaboration is helping retailers detect the American consumer sizes.
How Focusing on Target IMUs Could Undermine Margins
In a time when apparel brand and retailers are struggling, companies are leaving money on the table because…
Sustainability Now: Just Do It, Don’t Wait for Consumers to Care
It's easy to get bogged down in numbers, but the pursuit of sustainability can benefit the bottom line.
Why Patagonia Enlisted Alvanon for its Denim Relaunch
It's been little more than a year since Patagonia revealed it had reworked the entire production process of…
Most of the Apparel Industry is Missing Out on a $20 Billion Opportunity
How can shoppers be at fault for not wanting to buy clothes that don't fit?
Op-Ed: New-Skills to Skirt the Old Ways of Retail
One of the systemic challenges for our industry today is that we have a surplus of similar companies…
3-D Technology Can Increase Speed-to-Market, Reduce Company Chaos
Apparel brands beholden to two-year product-development timelines can change their culture.
Op-Ed: Future View, The Consumer at the Center of Everything
It's no secret to retailers and brands that the consumer has taken control of the buying experience when it…