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E-Commerce in Germany: What characterises online shoppers?

Germany experienced a record year in 2019 in terms of e-commerce, with multichannel retailers recording a particularly substantial increase in sales. As the fifth-largest e-commerce market in the world and the second-largest in Europe, Germany is attractive for foreign players. However, the German market has local and regional requirements that...

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How Chinese digitisation is changing the apparel manufacturing game

Technologically, manufacturing has advanced rapidly in China over the last few years. The country has said goodbye to low-cost production and is now betting on high-tech. This development is desired, politically, and funded by the state with large sums of money. Javier Garcia, president Asia Pacific of French fashion technology company Lectra,...

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Six retail design trends changing the shopper experience

In times of digitisation, brick and mortar stores take on a new role: The experience moves into the centre of its raison d'être. What impact does this have on the design of new stores? What must the shops of the future do to lure customers from their sofas and into the city for shopping? We have asked the most renowned retail architects and...

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Eurocis Düsseldorf: How and why brick and mortar retail must go digital

How can brick and mortar stores benefit from digitisation? This was the dominating question at the Eurocis trade fair for retail technology in Düsseldorf, which took place in February. More than ever, new solutions focus on the benefits for customers and retail. Implementation is the new motto In recent years, IT fairs such as Eurocis tended to...

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Faster fashion: how digitisation will radically change the fashion industry

The fashion industry is working on digitising its supply chain. Why this is so important was at the heart of Assyst’s Fashion Forum 2018 in Munich that took place at the beginning of the month. Normally, long development times and hoping for the best According to the motto "Digital is Wow,“ the Human Solutions Group / Assyst had extended an...

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Fashiontech Berlin: listening is key

On 4th July 2018, #Fashiontech Berlin took place for the eighth time in the German capital. Since 2015, guests have been meeting at the conference to discuss the latest developments at the interface of fashion and technology. Especially for retailers, the importance of digitisation is not to be underestimated, but it is precisely them who are...