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From the website of the corner shop to its showcase, Instagram, WhatsApp groups or Facebook ads. The interaction points between the client and the brand have changed radically since the arrival of the Internet.

Competence more than efficiency of the processes or climate change, in the decision-making of managers of large companies there are factors that weight more than others, according to the report CEO’s curbed confidence spell caution by PwC.

In production, in supply, in distribution, in the final delivery or in the contact with the client. Technology has transformed all the points in the value chain, according to the 2019 consumer products outlook report by Deloitte.

The report Top 10 Global Consumer Trends, prepared annually by Euromonitor Consulting, underlines, as well, that consumers now are wiser and more self-sufficient.

The convention, which will be held on February 5 at Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC), will count on the participation of executives from companies of the sector like Inditex, Mango, Tendam, Desigual and Tous, as well as experts from consultancies like Deloitte or EY.

The biggest fashion distribution companies have barely touched this segment, where small companies must face another challenge: confronting the topic of the low profitability of this business.

Micro-trends, opinion makers, mid seasons or omnichannelity. Bruno Rodríguez Martínez, partner at Deloitte analyses what are the aspects fashion will have to face in the future.

Patricia Fernández Mesa, partner responsible for fashion and luxury in EY consultancy, goes over the changes that consumers experienced, now more connected with emotion rather than quality or price.

Ralph Lauren and Forever 21 bid farewell on the last Global Powers of Retailing ranking, prepared by Deloitte consulting. The US brands that continue in the list are Tapestry, Gap, Nike, L Brands and Tiffany.

Cósima Ramírez takes a #Selfie for Mds. The businesswoman is linked to the world of fashion since she was born. Her mother, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, is one of the most renowned Spanish designers.

The leading researcher of Spanish think tank Real Instituto Elcano explains the political, economic and trade situation Latin America is going through.

The Moody’s analysts are optimistic but careful about the future of retail.

The North American company of sportive wear and material is under investigation by the European Commission to determine if the country conferred it advantages to pay less taxes.

According to the report Expecting the unexpected written by HSBC bank, the downturn the luxury sector will undergo in 2019 will have a smaller impact on the sector conglomerates.

Alfred Vernís, Sustainability Academic Director at Inditex, will be responsible of the closure of the upcoming edition of the congress, which will be held on 5 February in Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC).

Throughout the next twelve months, the fashion industry will have to look for the model with which it will face the future. New markets, new values, new distribution and, mainly, new clients, will all determine the industry of fashion around the world.

From Dogi to Nextil, from Grupo Cortefiel to Tendam or from Michael Kors to Capri. These were some of the fashion companies whose names have changed throughout 2018. The objective? Adapt to new times and update identities.

From Hollywood to Spain, 2018 will go down in history as the year in which women raised their voices. The exposure of victims and harassers with first and last popular names has exposed the dirt of sectors such as cinema or fashion.

Until now, fashion titans have been trying out circularity with small lines and collections. However, in 2018, they have set it at their strategies’ core. Political and social pressures have put the sector under the spotlight.

The boom of ecommerce has changed the rules of logistics. Traditional storages are no longer of use to escalate the management of individualised and personalised shipping in record time. The logistics of the future are based in robots, artificial intelligence and augmented reality.

The world’s capital of lifestyle and casual reclaims itself, too, as a luxury mecca. Groups like Coach and Michael Kors (reconverted into Tapestry and Capri, respectively) advance by force of their check book to threaten the reign of Paris. En grade, monsier Arnault.

The marketing professor at EAE Business School points out that fashion has been made banal, entering a spiral of low prices and informal style.

The high-end fashion sector continues to enlarge its valuation in base to the multiple of 12.2 in 2017 and to ten times its ebitda in 2016, according to the report The Luxury and Cosmetics Financial Factbook 2018.

The Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities headed by Alberto Bonisoli has announced the creation of a task force to study how to make of fashion an Italian cultural heritage.

In an environment of digitalisation and irruption of technologies, data analysis will be a lifesaver for fashion companies according to the report Geek meets chic: four actions to jump-start advanced analytics in apparel, by Mckinsey. 360 View and a new calendar: the keys of big data in fashion

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