What I saw, heard and learned at day 2 & 3 of Toronto Fashion Week bit.ly/2MTk08S

Disruption already happening for #retailers upcoming #BlackFriday and the all important Q4. Currency devaluation + hedging will soften the #TariffsHurt impact on US consumer prices. Ultimately may encourage factories to move to Vietnam, Bangladesh? #supplychain #margins

Are you interested in joining the Fashion Industry? Canadian Apparel Federation is hosting a Career Fair & Expo with @CityofToronto next Tuesday. Sep 25. Speakers include Kim Newport BRAVE Leather Wuxly @KOLLARCLOTHING Brands For Canada register: apparelfashioncareerexpo.com

Tonight, Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on a new and modern trade agreement, called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (#USMCA). Read the statement: bit.ly/2y277yY

Looking for details of #NAFTA deal reached. The newly named USMC Agreement puts America first at least with the new name.

Sneak peek Launchpad spectacular 30,000 sf facility opens Nov 1. Creative facilities collaboration space & mentoring for #textiles #fashion #art #media #entrepreneurs. CEO Tim Jones says “12 years in the making, a whole new approach to creative content business development”

Head spinning fun: learn how visual perceptions work at #MuseumOfIllusions opening tomorrow in #Toronto Concept from #Zagreb now in 14 other cities worldwide

According to documents, Bowring Canada and Bombay & Co., Inc., along with parent company Fluid Brands Inc., have obtained protection from creditors under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. thestar.com/business/2018/…

Preview of #ss19 body positive swimwear from Calgary specialty retailer Swimco and new luxe sandals from @ECCOshoes. Now we just have to get through winter! Thanks for the treats Brill Communications #givewithbrill Metropolitan Hotels J. Lohr

Heard of #SmootHawley the 1930s tariff act? It has distorted textile, apparel & footwear trade for decades. Here's how #ColumbiaSportswear adapted for all its brands: A Winter-Coat Heavyweight Gives Trump’s Trade War the Cold Shoulder nyti.ms/2zxFtf1

Bright lights by the lake now until Dec 30 at Aurora Winter Festival Toronto bring the kids and bundle up so you can check out all the scenes and do some skating.

Speaking of #winter #festivals here's one in #London sans the cold and with fake snow covered pine trees. We all need an escape from the news. Watch their nostalgic animation video: The Winter Forest at Broadgate London broadgate.co.uk/winter

Unexpected brand positioning: earlier today whistle blower Christopher Wylie claimed Cambridge Analytica Weaponised Fashion Brands #BoFVOICES The Business of Fashion bit.ly/2BHEUk2

Smart hire by H&M that same Christopher Wylie Christopher Wylie 🏳️‍🌈 #is their new director of intelligence. He is working on using #AI to make fashion more #sustainable by 'predictive merchandising' to reduce waste, maintain profitability and reduce carbon footprint

Shopping for nostalgia at local high street retailers who have something to offer you can't find online: face to face human connection to your community

Instead of Amazon, I'm going to try and buy this at a bricks and mortar retailer...if I can find one which has a copy

Thank you Vanessa Friedman for questioning simplistic claims. I also dared ask when digging deep for an upcoming #TrendsMagazine article: "The fashion industry is full of intricate, sometimes impossible-to-trace supply chains, and the data is too sparse to come up with a number"

Interesting the first to pledge millions to rebuild #NotreDame are French families behind global #fashion companies #louisvuitton #YSL #LOreal #history #culturematters lnkd.in/eGaTX5T