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How Small Brands Are Learning to Love AI

Startups are starting to use the technology for everything from retail planning to inventory management, while mostly keeping it away from the creative parts of their business.
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Brands that generate less than $100 million in annual sales are slowly embracing AI to avoid falling behind competitors. (BoF Team)

Generative AI is fashion’s biggest opportunity — and its most divisive.

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Further Reading

Fashion’s Other AI Revolution

Even as AI marketing grabs headlines, agents powered by the technology are transforming fashion's back-office jobs at a moment when corporations are laying off staff to be leaner and more efficient.

How Brands Are Navigating the AI Ad Dilemma

While some fashion labels are starting to experiment with using AI-generated imagery in campaigns, others are taking a firm stance against it. Both approaches reveal how brands are evolving their creative identities and who they are trying to reach.

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Malique Morris
Malique Morris

Malique Morris is Senior E-Commerce Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. He is based in New York and covers digital-native brands and shifts in the online shopping industry.

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