LiveWorx 2019: The WhichPLM Report
Ben Hanson has recently returned from the PTC Liveworx 2019 event in Boston, where he moderated the retail track. This is his exclusive report.
IoT (Internet of Things)
The WhichPLM team has been following the ‘hype versus reality’ of the IoT (Internet of Things) for the last few years. There’s been increasing noise coming from global technology giants – the likes of Cisco, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, and Samsung and a host of other leading technology businesses – who have been making predictions around the IoT. Although many of these predictions have fallen short of their target delivery times, we still believe that the Fashion industry has arrived at a point in time where smart sensors, software apps, PLM & E-PLM software, and a multitude of hardware systems are now ready to interconnect, helping to generate the automation and collection of smart data required to digitally transform our businesses.
All industries around the globe, including Fashion, are waiting for Retail IoT to make real quantifiable impact that can be quickly translated into positive ROI (Return On Investment) for business, and equally a positive return for consumers.
Fashion IoT (or Apparel IoT), in the case of the fashion supply-chain, offers the chance to integrate the hundreds of processes and solutions that can be typically found in a retailer, brand, agent or manufacturer’s eco-system, and that will in the future collaborate, deployed at relatively low costs.
Creating Frictionless Commerce for the Sci-Fi Shopper
In today’s guest post, Darin Archer, CMO at Elastic Path, explores today’s ‘sci-fi shoppers’. Elastic Path has launched a new report on this topic, drawing on data from over 1,000 consumers and 300 B2C brand marketing professionals, entitled “The Sci-Fi Shopper: How to Future Proof Your Brand for the New Customer”.
The Future of NFC in Retail Technology
In his first guest post for WhichPLM, David Rogers, Marketing Manager for Blue Bite, unpacks the benefits of near-field communication in fashion. Blue Bite’s patented platform empowers creators to build dynamic digital experiences and channel them through physical items using technologies like NFC, QR and geofencing.
Risk, Resilience & Reward: Cyber Security in a Changed World
Originally running in our 6th Edition Report, ex-Editor, reporter and contributor to WhichPLM, Ben Hanson, discusses cyber security. This piece accompanies a dedicated IoT series from Ben, all of which you can find in our 6th Edition.
Connected Consumers: IoT in Retail
Originally running in our 6th Edition Report, ex-Editor, reporter and contributor to WhichPLM, Ben Hanson, discusses the Internet of Things in Retail. This piece accompanies a dedicated IoT series from Ben, all of which you can find in our 6th Edition. Very few people would argue that the Internet has irreversibly changed retail. E-commerce is […]
Conversations: Chris Roselli, THE.LAND
Earlier this month, Chris Roselli, CEO, THE.LAND took some time out to chat with our Editor about his newest endeavour. An expert in user environments, Chris shared his views on multiple aspects of our current digital landscape, with particular reference to influencers, social media, consumer experiences and last month’s CES event. He and Lydia spoke […]
Understanding Brand Health takes an Array of Things
Shoshana Burgett, Director of Corporate Strategy for X-Rite Pantone, shares her second piece with WhichPLM today, in which she discusses the AoT (Array of Things) as it relates to the consumer packaged goods and retail, footwear and apparel (RFA) industries. Shoshana is responsible for leading X-Rite Pantone’s Voice of the Customer (VOC) initiative across all industries, […]
A Year In Review: Retail Tech
In her last piece for WhichPLM for this year, Elizabeth Shobert, Director of Marketing & Digital Strategy for StyleSage, shares the company’s recap for 2017, and takes a look into the collaboration necessary for next year.
Download The WhichPLM Report: 6th Edition (The IoT issue)
We are delighted to offer our community the opportunity to download WhichPLM’s ‘6th Edition’ Report free of charge! Available in PDF format or in print, our 2016 publication contains features on PLM and the Internet of Things (including an exclusive interview with IoT inventor, Kevin Ashton), detailed profiles of key players in the PLM and IoT sectors, […]
WTiN Report: Inaugural Textile 4.0 Conference provides digital vision
WhichPLM’s own Mark Harrop has recently returned from his role as keynote speaker at WTiN’s first Textile 4.0 conference. Here, Tansy Fall, Editor of Industry Digitalisation for the World Textile Information Network, reviews the conference, which took place in Amsterdam from 25-26 October 2017. The programme explored the potential impact of Industry 4.0 and IoT […]