 In This Issue
December 2011 |
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| Gearing Up for 2012 |
| 12/01/2011 |
| Author: Jordan K. Speer |
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| Event Report: |
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| Gerber Focuses on Innovation to Drive New Solutions |
| 11/07/2011 |
| Nearly 200 industry executives from a variety of leading brands and attended ideation2011, Gerber Technology’s 13th annual software conference. |
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| Innovation and Growth Take Center Stage at Apparel's Executive Forum |
| 11/07/2011 |
| What do Shakespeare and Mick Jagger have in common? Both were quoted at this year’s Apparel Executive Forum, held last month in San Antonio. |
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| Sourcing Maturity: Finding the Path to Sourcing and PLM Integration Excellence |
| 11/22/2011 |
| Author: Janet Suleski & Lucie Draper |
| In an environment where lead time, cost management, product quality, and access to raw materials force sourcing organizations into tough decisions sometimes at odds with the goals of consumer-centricity, sourcing maturity and alignment with product lifecycle management activities play an increasingly important role in balancing the tradeoffs that must be made.
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| Why Continuous, Integrated Planning is All The Fashion |
| 11/21/2011 |
| Today’s savvy apparel brands and retailers recognize the need for a technology-based holistic planning approach that allows for continuous re-planning within the season in order to capitalize on consumer buying patterns in the here and now.
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| OUTLOOK 2012 |
| 11/17/2011 |
| Author: Jordan K. Speer |
| In wrapping up 2011 and looking forward to — or perhaps bracing for — 2012, Apparel turned to its esteemed Editorial Advisory Board, along with a few other industry executives, to gain the perspective of their views on the coming year. Specifically, we asked about challenges and opportunities, the role technology will play and expectations for the year vs. the past 12 months. Here’s what they had to say.
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Why Some Social Media Consumers are Better than Others
5/1/2013
The rise of social media as a way to interact and market to consumers is crystal clear but retailers can struggle with how to properly engage with these channels. This L.E.K. Executive Insights report delves into five distinct social media audience segments and how retailers can nurture positive relationships with them.
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5 Ways to Use Cloud Technology to Meet Customer Demand
4/30/2013
Cloud-based technology provides a vehicle for making rapid changes as economic and business conditions shift. Apparel retailers, brands and manufacturers can leverage the technology to be more agile in meeting demand while controlling costs. Download Now.
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