Olivia Wilde in Junk Food Basquiat T-shirt

Olivia Wilde was photographed wearing Junk Food yesterday in NYC! The actress sported her Basquiat T-shirt while enjoying the holiday weekend with her family (www.junkfoodclothing.com). 

Cheryl Burke Wearing Suki + Solaine and carrying cinda b

Cheryl Burke was photographed wearing Suki + Solaine and carrying cinda b today in Los Angeles! The I Can Do That star looked polished as she left a meeting in her Reva Midi Dress ($120, www.sukiandsolaine.com) while accessorizing with the Medium London Tote in Mod Tortoise from the b luxe collection ($119, www.cindab.com).

Preia Narendra New USA Senior Director Public Relation Miu Miu

Luxury fashion brand Miu Miu USA has announced the appointment of Preia Narendra as Senior Director Public Relations. She moves from 3.1 Phillip Lim having served as Press Director. 

Fashion Industry Big Data

Information is critical for successful fashion retailers.  So, how do we find the helpful data?  Here are a few big data resources that assist the apparel industry.

EDITD is the market leader in real-time analytics of pricing, assortment and deep product metrics for apparel professionals.

WGSN, launched its own first big-data offering, Instock.  WGSN INstock interprets the e-commerce catalogues of major retailers and brands across the UK, North America and Australia to enable fast, confident trading decisions for commercial teams.  WGSN claims its dataset has more than a million products and 11 million SKUs each day from more than 10,000 global online brands and retailers. Instock, essentially a retail analytics service.   With over 12,000 global brands and retailers, 400 product categories, WGSN INstock’s highly intuitive search filter lets you focus in on the market that matters to you, right now. Product is ranked by newest first, or you can sort alphabetically or by price.

You may find the following resources to also be helpful for your research:

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Fashion Industry Statistics

Fashion Industry Data

If you know additional resources, please let us know.