by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Oct 26, 2018 | Fashion+Tech Updates
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ) — part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — recently hosted its 2018 IPR Symposium on the role of social media in the fight against counterfeits. The participants discussed strategies for brands and retailers...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Oct 18, 2018 | Fashion+Tech Updates
By FIA Founder Kenya Wiley The #MeToo movement has raised awareness around blatant forms of sexual assault and harassment. But as Katie Couric and Kara Swisher discussed in an episode of Recode Decode, it’s the “subtle sexism that’s marginalizing and dismissive and...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Oct 2, 2018 | Fashion+Tech Updates
As requested by popular demand, FIA will continue our StartupRise educational sessions this fall for a limited time only. Many of you have recently reached out about business brainstorming for your brands and startups — whether it’s responding to entities...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Oct 2, 2018 | Fashion+Tech Updates
FIA is celebrating Latinx Heritage Month with LOOMIA CEO Janett Liriano. Janett’s accomplishments as CEO of LOOMIA include setting up an exclusive supply chain, scaling LOOMIA’s patented core technologies for large scale manufacturing and launching a successful and...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Sep 26, 2018 | Fashion+Tech Updates
As lawmakers move forward on developing federal privacy legislation, executives from Amazon, Apple, Google and Twitter appeared before a Senate panel to discuss what a federal data privacy bill should look like. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R-SD)...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Sep 25, 2018 | Fashion+Tech Updates
By FIA Founder Kenya Wiley The United Nations General Assembly is officially back in session, as its new president — MarĂa Fernanda Espinosa — calls for equality, inclusion and justice for all. Citizens around the world are fed up with widespread sexism and racism...
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