Reasons to Read

The Coresight Research Retail Innovators series examines how key players and startups are disrupting different retail sectors.

In this report, we focus on five technology innovators in the apparel market:

• 3DLOOK, which provides personalization solutions to solve retailer’s problems related to apparel fit
• Obsess, an augmented and virtual reality software platform for experiential shopping.
• Bold Metrics, a fit technology company that uses artificial intelligence to provide data insights
• Unmade, an operating platform that connects fashion and sportswear brands directly to production
• Myant, which uses textile computing to help people manage health conditions through smart clothing

We discuss these industry players in the context of changing consumer demand in the apparel sector, including the influence of e-commerce and a heightened emphasis on remote and virtual services, as well as sustainability.

We provide company profiles and consider the following key topics for each innovator, covering e-commerce and physical retail:

• How the company has disrupted the market
• Brick-and-mortar presence—including growth strategies and omnichannel ecosystems
• Landscape, tailwinds and headwinds
• Impact on traditional players

Click here to read the previous report in our Retail Innovators series, which looks at companies disrupting the real estate investment trusts (REITs) sector.