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Report: Brands Strive for Transparency, Held Back by Technology
A recent report highlights how transparent, compliant supply chains benefit all aspects of apparel businesses…
Report: Millions of US Retail Jobs at Risk Due to Automation—Or Are They?
Automation could axe most of the U.S. retail workforce in upcoming years.
<em>Here Come the Robots:</em> Imagining the Footwear Factories of the Future
Try and imagine the footwear factory of the future. What do you see? If it were up to Adidas, it would look…
Walmart’s Latest Innovation Solves the Problem of In-Store Pickup
A Walmart store in Arkansas is testing an automatic pickup machine for online orders.
Adidas Speedfactory Makes Its First Shoe
Adidas’ much-hyped Speedfactory has finally produced its first shoe, in what the brand is calling a…
Op-Ed: Automation Will be Key to Curbing Rising Costs
Today's apparel, textile and footwear executives are facing significant challenges. Competitve pressures are…
Will Sewbots Bring Denim Manufacturing Back to the US?
While the high-end denim manufacturing in Japan and the U.S. is focused on traditional practices, shuttle…
Sewbo Produces World’s First Robotically-Sewn T-Shirt
Sometimes it takes an outsider to finally achieve something that's stumped an industry for decades.
Walmart Slashes Thousands of Jobs Nationwide
Walmart announced an extensive restructuring plan Thursday that eliminates thousands more jobs than…
Op-Ed: Does Automation Threaten Bullish Claims for Apparel Job Creation in Asia?
Over the past couple of months, two major international organizations—and the government of the world's…
ILO Says Robotic Tech to Take 56% of Asian Jobs, Curb Export Growth
The robots are coming and they'll be taking human jobs.
Automation to Reduce Outsourcing in Apparel Manufacturing
In this age of disruption, where holoportation looks poised to render FaceTime outmoded, it's hard to see…
Robots Will Fuel the Need for Always-on Supply Chains
As consumers seek to have their products in hand faster and faster, robots that can be built speedier than…
Robots Will Be Running Apparel Factories by 2026
When SoftWear Automation launched its line of advanced sewing robots, it expected American cut-and-sew…
Deloitte: Technology Could Eliminate 2M Retail Jobs in UK
Automation is already responsible for wiping out 338,000 jobs in the United Kingdom's retail and wholesale…