Editor's Choice
Three Ways To Get Your Business Into the Metaverse
Jana Rude
Metaverse, or the highly interactive three-dimensional virtual world, has emerged as a hype of 2021-2022. As the metaverse explodes to a multi-trillion-dollar-worth opportunity in the next 5 to 10 years, early comers will be the ones to reap the benefits. This podcast presents the top ways to benefit from this transformation.
Fashion Opportunities in the Metaverse
Nina Marston
As we adapt to an increasingly digitally reliant world, this episode explores how digital innovations, shifts in target demographics, and lifestyle changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, are drawing fashion players to this space and highlights the challenges and opportunities facing fashion players trying to capitalise on the expansion of the metaverse and digital fashion.
Hybrid Working: Impact on Fashion
Natasha Cazin
After a year of working from home as a result of the 2020 pandemic, Hybrid working came into full play by the end of Q4 2021 in the UK, with the return of people to offices on a flexible basis. This episode is part of a series we have recently started, that explores how hybrid working has impacted several industries in Western Europe. This, the first episode in the series, focuses on its impact on fashion. Today, we will focus on how retailers are responding to this recent change in working patterns, in terms of product assortment and distribution, including a shift to buying clothes online.
Experience More In The Next Normal
Caroline Bremner
In this podcast, we take a fresh look at the Experience More megatrend, where real life experiences were put on hold during lockdown, driving consumers online for socialising, shopping and entertainment. Consumers continue to seek enhanced products, using tech like AI or AR for greater personalisation and immersion. The pandemic shone a light on inequalities as seen by Black Lives Matter and the climate emergency, where now consumers expect brands to walk the walk when it comes to their values.
Fashion Friday: Accelerating the Digitalisation of Fashion Brands in Eastern Europe
Euromonitor International
Digitalisation has been a trend for fashion companies in Eastern Europe for the past few years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has forced further developments in the trend. E-commerce has been the primary way for consumers to buy clothing and footwear…
Digital Fatigue Coexisting with Digital Reliance
Gayatri Bhasin Darke
The aftermath of COVID-19 has been characterised by stark tensions and contradictions. These range from social empathy and a sense of community to a “me first” attitude of self-interest; from risk aversion to compulsive behaviour; from cautious…