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Fashion × AI

Fashion Tech’s Next Bottleneck Is the Handoff

The September 15–16 program puts AI, 3D, fit, circularity, and local production in the same rooms. For smaller brands, the useful question is how a tool survives the handoff from concept to accountable product decision.

Sep 4, 2026 · 9 min read

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Business Retail

Resale as a Brand Strategy, Not a Side Project

Branded resale links product identity, trade-in, inspection, service, data, and new-product relationships; a storefront alone is not a strategy.

Sep 2, 2026 · 6 min read

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Business Retail

Should an Independent Brand Launch a Resale Program?

Resale can extend a product relationship, but only after a brand can identify, acquire, inspect, describe, price, service, and trace every used unit responsibly.

Sep 2, 2026 · 7 min read