Rebecca Thomson
AnalysisThe AI revolution: the future of retail or the next ‘shiny object’?
AI is making waves in the retail industry – but it is not without its challenges. Retail Week examines how retailers are overcoming the difficulties associated with adopting new technologies.
AnalysisMake, take and waste: How can fashion retailers tackle their old clothes pile-up?
Unwanted clothing is gathering up in toxic waste sites, clogging waterways and smouldering in burn piles across the global south. What are fashion retailers doing about it?
AnalysisAnalysis: Setting a new direction – How Gymshark, Lick and Farmison are evolving DTC
Online-only DTC brands were expected to transform retail a few short years ago, but recent struggles have raised questions about their long-term viability. Does the model have a future?
AnalysisAnalysis: What happened to the retail lab? Walmart, Tesco and Farfetch on the evolution of innovation
Retail labs and accelerators were everywhere a few short years ago. What happened – and are retailers still innovating?
AnalysisFrom captured carbon to lab-grown fur – seven innovators fashioning the future
While fashion retailers work to reduce their environmental impact, a range of biotech pioneers are creating innovative new fabrics that could change how clothing and shoes are made.
AnalysisAnalysis: Could recycling go mainstream in high street fashion?
Clothing retailers are grappling with the realities of operating more sustainably – could recycling reduce fashion’s huge environmental footprint and what needs to happen for that to be possible?