As highlighted in the State of Fashion 2024 and 2026 reports from McKinsey and The Business of Fashion, volatility in fashion demand and shorter trend lifecycles are pushing brands to compress product development timelines more than ever before. Fast fashion …
McKinsey’s recent State of Fashion reporting notes that suppliers are under pressure to digitize, automate, and compress lead times across development and production. For many pattern rooms still running “classic” 2D CAD such as TUKAcad, that pressure shows up as …
As of the latest State of Fashion reports by McKinsey, digital product creation and generative AI are among the top technology priorities for fashion executives trying to protect margin while shortening development cycles. At the same time, physics-based garment tools …
As of the latest State of Fashion report, apparel executives are bracing for weaker industry conditions and are prioritizing margin protection through leaner inventory and higher product responsiveness rather than pure volume growth. This pressure coincides with research that positions …
As of 2025, McKinsey’s State of Fashion analysis shows that brands investing in digital product creation and 3D workflows are using them not only for design efficiency, but increasingly as front-end commercial tools in B2B selling and assortments. Business of …