Fashinza Founder Pawan Gupta at Sourcing at Magic | Betsy Zanjani
Betsy Zanjani, Contributing Writer | Thursday, September 1, 2022
Resources in Magic was at the forefront of change at the Las Vegas Convention Center August 7–10, proving that the future is now. “The future is shaping the way our insurance community does business, and with new advances come new challenges,” said Andreu David, vice president of Sourcing at Magic. “This season, we wanted to support and educate new technologies.”
We’ve all experienced how algorithms have connected us to brands, people and issues through our online searches, but understanding how they can work to provide us with invaluable information in the fashion workplace is here.
Among the exhibitors showing how they were:
Robbery works with brands and retailers to analyze what’s selling in specific markets – what prints or colors are trending, what silhouettes are selling – all relevant information to aid in the design process to ensure greater sales. By partnering with factories and suppliers, he can also help with execution. Pawan Gupta, the founder, created his one-stop smart manufacturing platform for fashion brands. “Travel is expensive, so we do the legwork,” he said. “The concept of test and buy, all with lower MOQs, is our strength.”
Ri(SOURCE) provides services for everything from fabric and sampling to shipping and working seamlessly through garment production for its customers. The company specializes in working with new brands, offering full transparency to the client while managing the process.
Coming from a family of origin, the founders of Buy hives call themselves supply chain “aggregators”. Suppliers are carefully vetted to connect with the growing pool of freelance designers, working as production coordinators for a one-time fee.
With the advent of the newest form of product sales, companies have opened the door to direct-to-consumer sales. Blackmagic design has developed the device that allows designers and brands to record, edit and broadcast live for face-to-face sales.
In addition, technology-enhanced fabrics are improving quality and performance with new innovations. IN Eclat Textiles, the fabrics are waterproofed for outerwear. Garrett Bennett, owner of Category Front, was in the show because “with the closing of the Shanghai show, this show has been a godsend,” he said. of GTC Gyeonggi Textile CenterAlso exhibiting was LA’s massive exhibition of sustainable, recycled and organic fabrics, with over 40,000 collections.
