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Analysis and advice on how technology is disrupting fashion and creating new opportunities.

Explainer: How Fashion Brands Should Prepare for Mandatory Digital Product Passports

The deadline for every fashion item sold in the EU to have its own digital identity is inching closer. Brands need to get ready.

Explainer: How Fashion Brands Should Prepare for Mandatory Digital Product Passports

The deadline for every fashion item sold in the EU to have its own digital identity is inching closer. Brands need to get ready.

Opinion: How to Prepare Your Fashion Company For AI in 90 Days

AI won’t replace fashion leadership, but leaders who use AI will replace those who don’t, writes Ari Bloom.

Opinion: How to Prepare Your Fashion Company For AI in 90 Days

AI won’t replace fashion leadership, but leaders who use AI will replace those who don’t, writes Ari Bloom.

TikTok’s New US Algorithm

The app’s new US owners are ‘retraining’ its recommendation algorithm, raising concerns about new biases, while social media companies are facing a landmark trial claiming they’re addictive by design.

TikTok’s New US Algorithm

The app’s new US owners are ‘retraining’ its recommendation algorithm, raising concerns about new biases, while social media companies are facing a landmark trial claiming they’re addictive by design.

How Integrated Technology Is Reshaping Retail Operations

Retail software solution Lightspeed gathered industry leaders in New York City in January 2026 to examine how fragmented technology systems are becoming a competitive liability amid mounting operational pressures.

How Integrated Technology Is Reshaping Retail Operations

Retail software solution Lightspeed gathered industry leaders in New York City in January 2026 to examine how fragmented technology systems are becoming a competitive liability amid mounting operational pressures.

AI Just Had Its Big Shopping Breakthrough. Is Fashion Ready?

The arrival of direct checkout in AI search engines like ChatGPT is being called the biggest innovation in online shopping in over a decade. BoF breaks down how brands and retailers are getting ready for the disruption.

AI Just Had Its Big Shopping Breakthrough. Is Fashion Ready?

The arrival of direct checkout in AI search engines like ChatGPT is being called the biggest innovation in online shopping in over a decade. BoF breaks down how brands and retailers are getting ready for the disruption.

AI Is Shaking Up Fashion’s Workforce

Brands need to prepare as AI transforms a number of the industry's existing roles, and creates new ones, according to the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.

AI Is Shaking Up Fashion’s Workforce

Brands need to prepare as AI transforms a number of the industry's existing roles, and creates new ones, according to the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.

The Tech Trends That Will Change Fashion in 2026

A growing AI backlash, the advance of autonomous agents and new laws banning children and some teenagers from social media are just a sample of what this year has in store for fashion’s intersection with technology.

The Tech Trends That Will Change Fashion in 2026

A growing AI backlash, the advance of autonomous agents and new laws banning children and some teenagers from social media are just a sample of what this year has in store for fashion’s intersection with technology.

The Best of BoF 2025: Technology

Artificial intelligence made its presence felt across the industry, influencing how consumers shop, how brands create content and how fashion businesses operate behind the scenes.

The Best of BoF 2025: Technology

Artificial intelligence made its presence felt across the industry, influencing how consumers shop, how brands create content and how fashion businesses operate behind the scenes.

Generative AI Is Revolutionising Virtual Try-On. Will Shoppers Use It?

Open-sourced large language models have made it easier to create realistic images of online shoppers in outfits before they buy them. The next challenge is getting people to actually use the technology.

Generative AI Is Revolutionising Virtual Try-On. Will Shoppers Use It?

Open-sourced large language models have made it easier to create realistic images of online shoppers in outfits before they buy them. The next challenge is getting people to actually use the technology.

Fashion Needs a New Growth Playbook

Companies will need to unlock new efficiencies to drive growth, as levers brands long relied on such as scale and low-cost sourcing are no longer sufficient, says the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.

Fashion Needs a New Growth Playbook

Companies will need to unlock new efficiencies to drive growth, as levers brands long relied on such as scale and low-cost sourcing are no longer sufficient, says the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.

AI’s Transformation of Online Shopping Is Just Getting Started

A rapidly growing share of consumers is using AI to find and buy products. Brands need to be ready, says the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.

AI’s Transformation of Online Shopping Is Just Getting Started

A rapidly growing share of consumers is using AI to find and buy products. Brands need to be ready, says the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.

Privacy Is Smart Glasses’ Next Big Threat

Analysts warn that privacy concerns and a wave of new rivals could limit the growth of EssilorLuxottica’s Ray-Ban Meta eyewear, which delivered its first meaningful revenue boost this year.

Privacy Is Smart Glasses’ Next Big Threat

Analysts warn that privacy concerns and a wave of new rivals could limit the growth of EssilorLuxottica’s Ray-Ban Meta eyewear, which delivered its first meaningful revenue boost this year.

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