Amanda Cosco

Electric Runway (eBook, ePUB)

How Emerging Technologies are Transforming the $3 Trillion Fashion Industry Around the World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How technology is transforming the $3 trillion fashion industry

From color-changing dresses to leather grown in labs, the fashions of the future are exciting, eccentric, and positively electric.

Drawing from her decade of experience as a journalist at the front lines of the fashion industry, Amanda Cosco's Electric Runway: How Emerging Technologies are Transforming the $3 Trillion Fashion Industry Around the World delivers key insights on how the shift to digital is dramatically reshaping the dynamics of the global fashion landscape. Pulling from more than 100 interviews with CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, designers, and innovators, this book provides an up-close look at the transformation of apparel, retail, manufacturing, and consumer experiences.

Cosco covers how technologies such as the smartphone, the Internet of Things, Automation, Spatial Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology are changing the way we design, manufacture, and shop for clothing. Readers will better grasp:

• How to understand emerging technology through the lens of fashion
• How to separate passing tech trends from seismic shifts in the industry
• How to harness abstract concepts like AGI and understand how technological transformations impact the business of fashion

Electric Runway: How Emerging Technologies are Transforming the $3 Trillion Fashion Industry Around the World is a must-read for any fashion enthusiast or industry professional seeking expert perspective on the cultural, social, and global implications of new technologies on one of our oldest trades.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 349
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781394267095
• Artikelnr.: 75313480

Autorenporträt

AMANDA COSCO started Electric Runway in 2016 and has reported from the front lines of every stage of the fashion supply chain. Her work has been featured in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Adweek, and other notable publications. She was named a 2023 Emerging Leader by The Peak.

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Note vii
Preface ix
Introduction xix
Chapter 1: The Smartphone 1
Chapter 2: The Internet of Things (IoT) 35
Chapter 3: Automation 67
Chapter 4: Spatial Computing 95
Chapter 5: Web 3.0 127
Chapter 6: Artificial Intelligence 157
Chapter 7: Biotechnology 187
Conclusion 203
Notes 211
About the Author 239
Index 241