In today’s fast-paced fashion industry, the ability to streamline and manage every stage of product development is essential for small and growing brands. From initial inspiration and design to sourcing

Although it is still in an emerging stage, generative AI presents, like so many other new technologies, the possibility of helping fashion companies become more effective, producing faster and responding

Retail distribution means making the products readily available to the consumers by placing them in stores and other places. In the apparel business, the right retail distribution will determine the

The ultimate goal of fashion buying, and the entire retail business, is to make sales. Retailers generally plan the sales, stocks, purchases and reduction amounts much in advance for a

Assortment planning is the process conducted by the retailer to determine the number and options (style-color) in a line. Key questions that arise in this process include choosing the inventory

The range plan is an important piece in the planning process The range plan covers every aspect of a product’s life cycle including manufacturing, lead times, sizing, quantities, pricing, margins

Open-to-Buy or OTB is an inventory planning strategy that helps retailers accurately work out how much inventory to buy. An OTB plan can start with your revenue goal for the coming months and

In today’s retail business, a mistake in inventory planning can lead to overstocking or understocking, which can cause significant cash flow problems. Against a backdrop of rising costs, declining consumer

If we ask ourselves what traceability means within the fashion industry, the answer would be to know who, when and how each one of the parts that make up a

No doubt. Automated product tagging can drastically support your fashion business. In this blog we address the usage of Artificial Intelligence and visual computing helping fashion companies to forecast with

The fashion industry has been a pioneer in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technology using algorithms to support their recognition engines, design, marketing, and customer care.  This technology has mainly provided

No doubt. Fashion, like everything else, evolves with time. Fashion markets and supply chain are complex open systems that frequently demonstrate high levels of ‘chaos’. Supply chain technology makes processes

Established in 1993, Squalo is the quintessential Mexican surfing brand, known for its range of clothes, shoes and accessories, and with a well-deserved reputation for creative design and innovation. In

Lucas Ritondale looks at how the fashion industry is using technology to deliver high-end Fashion Week style in super quick time The month-long, twice-yearly, four-country Fashion Week ‘system’ has long

Clothing production may have doubled since 2014, but for those involved in the fashion industry, these are still very challenging times. As shown by the seemingly unending list of high

Argentis’ Lucas Ritondale looks at how fashion businesses can use Big Data to accelerate business performance Making up 2% of the world’s GDP, the fashion industry is known for design

For any relative newcomers to the apparel industry, the many and varied stages and processes that need to be undertaken when producing a garment, not to mention the different terminologies

In our last blog, we looked at some of the sustainability challenges currently being faced by the global fashion industry, and highlighted the importance of technology as a means of

For apparel and footwear businesses, the pressure is on to speed-up time to market, with a need to simplify processes and shorten timescales, all while increasing profits. For many such

When it comes to fashion, presentation is everything, even in terms of packaging and labelling. There are no exceptions to this rule, with fashion businesses striving to package and label

With many consumers now au fait with the issue of vanity sizing among fashion retailers, size continuity across not only retailers but countries as well is discussed more than ever

In an increasingly complicated, fast-paced fashion marketplace, increasing numbers of fashion businesses are investing in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to help provide that all-important competitive advantage. With their ability

2020 was always going to be challenging for the fashion industry with increased competition, ever-squeezed margins and political-economic upheaval making for uncertain times. But no one could have predicted just