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Digitally printed fabric with disperse dye inks from Kothari Info Tech Ltd Tansy Fall, Editor at World Textile Information Network (a great resource for news and analysis in the textile and nonwovens industries), shares her first exclusive piece with WhichPLM. She discusses digitalisation, paying particular attention to printing, fabrics and inks. Tansy studied at […]

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Marketing & PLM

4th April 2017 Lydia Mageean

In their second guest article for WhichPLM, Manner Solutions explores the value of PLM and its impact on marketing and customer engagement. Michael S. Robinson shares his first-hand experiences as a Marketing and Communications professional where PLM knowledge helped influence marketing strategy, execution, and performance measurements. He also imparts his accounts of when the lack of […]

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WhichPLM’s 7th Edition PLM User and Project Team Survey

3rd April 2017 Lydia Mageean

For six years, WhichPLM has provided the industry with market intelligence, vendor listings, the results of an extensive PLM customer survey, and exclusive features all within our Annual Reviews. In September 2017 WhichPLM will publish our ‘7th Edition’.

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Update: WhichPLM on Tour

31st March 2017 Lydia Mageean

Earlier this year, we shared our plan for WhichPLM’s Tour. As part of a new series our CEO, Mark Harrop, has been shooting off around the globe to visit many of the world’s leading retailers, brands, and technology solution vendors. He will be speaking at events and touring headquarters throughout the year to share and […]

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The Personal Touch

30th March 2017 Lydia Mageean

In her first exclusive guest blog for WhichPLM, Elizabeth Shobert, Director Marketing & Digital Strategy for StyleSage, explores the rise in personalisation using real-world examples. Elizabeth speaks with both the consumer and retailer in mind, and discusses personalisation from a price and product perspective, as well as an experience. StyleSage is a retail analytics company […]

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Texprocess: the international hotspot for the clothing industry

22nd March 2017 Lydia Mageean

In today’s guest post, the organisers behind the renowned Texprocess event give us a sneak peak into what we can expect this year, including the Digital Textile Micro Factory – an entire product demonstration process, from design through digital printing, to fabrication – and the ‘Living in Space’ experience.

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Can we manufacture time?

14th March 2017 Debbie McKeegan

In her latest piece for WhichPLM (and her first for this year), resident digital printing Expert, Debbie McKeegan, explores the concept of ‘time’: “the most valuable commodity in our modern lives”.

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Let’s 3D Print Fashion

8th March 2017 Yotam Solomon

In his latest, exclusive piece for WhichPLM, resident expert Yotam Solomon discusses the rise in 3D printing, and the myriad possibilities that come with it. He discusses seamless clothing, custom fit, mass scale fashion 3D manufacturing, and designing in 3D to comply with sustainable standards. Yotam shares how the industry is learning that fibres and […]

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The Retail Revolution

6th March 2017 Lydia Mageean

Lucy Royle shares her fourth exclusive article with WhichPLM here, exploring how brands and designers can adapt to keep up with pace. In her first instalment in this series she explored ‘The Pencil Revolution’ and the transformative ways of working for designers in our industry; in the second piece, she delved into the world of 3D and what […]

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Mobile Customer Engagement in the Physical World; Beyond the App-based Economy

2nd March 2017 Lydia Mageean

In this latest piece from Christos Symeou, Founder of Blupath Ltd, he shares his vision for the future of mobile engagement. He discusses the embedding of a digital experience onto a physical object, accessible through the native capabilities of a phone.This, he argues, negates the challenge brands face in getting an individual to install their […]