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On-Demand Live Digital Printing Events

Personalization—for both tangible products and merchandise as well as experiences—increasingly drives conversions, sales, and loyalty in today’s marketplace.

How to Make On-Demand Manufacturing Work for Your Clothing Brand

Fast fashion is in demand. That's why clothing manufacturers are looking for ways to make on-demand manufacturing work for their clothing brands. Learn more.
Customization

On-Demand Live Digital Printing Events

Personalization—for both tangible products and merchandise as well as experiences—increasingly drives conversions, sales, and loyalty in today’s marketplace.
Fashion & Culture

How Fashion and Gaming Became a Match Made in Heaven

From mass market to ultra-luxury, brands are getting into video games — quite literally — to engage their existing audience and attract a new one. But how did these seemingly disparate genres become unlikely friends?
Manufacturing

From Offshore to American Made: Onshore Manufacturing

Manufacturing onshore generates jobs, secures the supply chain, and drives economic growth in the US. So why does so much of it still take place overseas?
Sustainability

How Do You Measure a Brand’s Fashion Footprint?

A company’s environmental footprint is the best way to prove sustainability isn't just a buzzword in a press release. But how do you calculate it? Depends on who you ask. And that's not a good thing.
Retail

RL and CreateMe customization collaboration at Wimbledon

Live branded experiences beat online attendance for the first time in a year; Consumer participation in live experiences up to 68% from 4% in 2020
Read the article: Onshore manufacturing has never looked so good
Manufacturing

Onshore Manufacturing Has Never Looked So Good

Offshore manufacturing used to be a no-brainer for nearly every fashion brand. Then the pandemic renewed demand for onshore production. "Made in the USA" isn't just a PR slogan; it makes financial sense now.
Fashion & Culture

How Quarantine Made Making Cool Again

Given an unexpected supply of free time, millions of people started making, remaking, mending, and upcycling clothing during the pandemic. Was it a random side effect of boredom, or will this trend have legs for the long haul?
Retail

Social Media Fueled Fast Fashion. Now It Has to Kill It.

Social media influencers helped fuel the rise of disposable fashion. Now they're making a turn toward sustainability, but is it too late to crush the monster they created?
Fashion & Culture

Fashion 3.0: The Multifunctional Apparel of the Future

Athleisure that tracks your vitals. Virtual reality apparel. And jeans that help you find your way back to your hotel. The future of fashion is here—and it's built for utility.
Manufacturing

5 Key Inventions That Explain the Explosion of Fast Fashion

How did fast fashion happen? It's easy to blame today's trend-chasing culture, but the seeds were planted centuries ago.
Fashion & Culture

We’ve Seen Fashion’s Future—and It’s Size-Inclusive

Gone are the days of afterthought plus-size collections relegated to a dusty corner. Customers are embracing a new guard of brands that view sizing as it should be seen: an all-encompassing spectrum.
Sustainability

10 Sustainable Fashion Ideas

From changing consumer sentiment to the COVID-19 pandemic, sustainability has become top of mind for many fashion players. Here are the most game-changing concepts that have emerged.
Fashion & Culture

Y2K Is Back. Was This Macro-Trend Always in the Cards?

Macro-trends can stick around for years or even decades, and they rarely arrive unannounced. Because of their cyclical nature, they leave clues for eagle-eyed fashion enthusiasts to anticipate the next big thing.
Fashion & Culture

Psych 2020: The Year of the Micro-Trend

Today's fashion trends move at the speed of memes, but COVID-19 hit pause, giving us a unique lens into the social psychology of how micro-trends emerge, evolve, and eventually fade away.
Fashion & Culture

The Fashion Industry Needed to Change—COVID Gave It No Choice

The pandemic made instantaneous, widespread changes to how we do business. For the apparel industry, it highlighted just how sorely a record-scratch moment was needed.
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