Retail and consumer specialist, Director of Fashion Intelligence, WGSN, Views are my own not my employer's.
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Serious Gap in investment model for accelerating circular fashion innovation according to investors panel #CFS2020VR with no clear solution on near horizon for how startups will access cash to prove commercialisation at scale, cost too big for VCs, collaborative funding needed
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Consumers are conscious of the need to reduce plastic, but who should drive sustainable behaviours? The majority look to their government, but in some countries greater responsibility is attributed to brands/retailers. Talking about #sustainability at #cfs2020vr @cfsbylablaco
Have attended some panels #CFS2020VR @cfsbylablaco #CircularEconomy this weekend I’ve been a VR sceptic for a long time from a retail and brand innovation perspective. But this summit proved to me it’s potential for networking, now I just have to work out virtual note taking..
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Interesting that @hm says it will pay suppliers in Bangladesh for cancelled #apparel orders. But it has ‘paused’ new orders for the foreseeable future. #fashion #textiles ecotextile.com/2020033025891…
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To my brand and retail friends who value sustainability: how you treat your supply chain partners right now will determine your ability to be "sustainable" potentially forever. Treat them terribly and you can never be "sustainable"
In Madrid today with@morillas talking to brands and retailers about @wgsn Future Consumer 2021 #consumerprofiling #futureofretail
Kering’s boss Francois Pinault lambasted asset managers for siloing the teams that measure companies performance when it came to ESG metrics and financial metrics #cpfs19. The two he said should be evaluated together
Kering’s CEO said a key target of any industry coalition would be to convince capital market’s top 10 asset managers to accept different performance metrics beyond quarterly sales allowing sector to invest for longer term change #cpfs19 #rewritingfashion p
Kering’s Chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault called for a coalition of fashion’s biggest brands and retailers to agree key objectives and drive collective change to stem its negative impact on the environment @ #CPHFS19 #rewritingfashion
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Following Karren Brady's exit from Arcadia Group parent company yesterday, we explore the many challenges and issues facing #fashion #retailers.
Listen to our latest #retail #podcast ft. @shoptactics, @hopefashionuk x @Hallshops
Out Now - theretailexchange.co.uk/
Capacity a gripe at #NRF19 guaranteeing session access can mean missing the prior session. Doesn’t take a data analyst to do the value math
Don’t miss @wgsn @Cannes_Lions we’re sharing on the future consumer, Gen Z & @CarlaBuzasi will sit down with @henryshandle from @glossier
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Ikea is ditching single-use plastic by 2020 f-st.co/mY21IQu
Love at first swipe: would you shop the Love Island look live? @WGSN Insight's retail editor @laurasaunter on why brands are tapping into the watch now buy now phenomenon theguardian.com/fashion/2018…
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Selective curation of health & beauty brands at Carrefour hypermarket in Barcelona.
Neil Clifford @kurtgeiger muses on sneaker biz which is 65% of all his men’s sales and 23% of women’s. Will it last? Yes and no he says. Men’s is at its peak -women’s has more. 2019 Maybe peak #sneakers #retail Sebastian Manes @Selfridges says it’s here to stay it’s a lifestyle
Watch this space on @Selfridges community and place-maker strategies Anne Pitcher described its first efforts as “This is the tip of the iceberg for us. We are just at the beginning of where our brand creates a neighbourhood where people want to be.”#retail #retailexperience