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4 Changes We’ll See In The Future

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Fashion has always been known to push the envelope. With new trends and ideas, fashion has an eye towards the future. The fashion industry will see huge amounts of innovation in coming years as new technology and changing customer trends and demands will transform the industry. 

Here are four changes to expect in the future of fashion: 

1 . Data-Driven

It used to be that consumers wore whatever designers created. Those days are over, and fashion brands now use data to understand customer preferences, monitor their shopping behavior and create products that meet their needs. The future of fashion is data-driven: by leveraging data on consumer trends, brands can create pieces consumers are most likely to purchase. 

Many stores and brands, including Miu Miu and Stitch Fix, use data to predict the rise and fall of trends. Predictive analytics consider everything from climate to color preferences, social media trends and political movements. The benefits of using data in fashion are numerous: from only producing pieces consumers will actually wear to reducing waste and connecting the right consumers with pieces they will enjoy. Data also helps brands run more efficiently, giving them room to innovate and balance supply and demand. 

Fashion forecasting has long been an artform, but with the growth of data analytics, it now becomes more of a science. That data extends to algorithms. Amazon is developing a machine learning program to automatically assess if an item is “stylish” or not. Google is testing user-driven AI fashion design that uses algorithms to create new pieces and styles. Data of all kinds will soon be sewn into every aspect of fashion. 

2 . Sustainable

Fashion has long been one of the biggest contributors to waste and climate change, largely because of its unsustainable and non-eco-friendly production methods. But the tides are changing, and brands are moving towards more sustainable fabrics and manufacturing methods. 

Fast fashion, which was popular for its ability to quickly and inexpensively reproduce runway looks, is in decline in favor of slow fashion—pieces that are more eco-friendly and designed to be longer lasting. Nearly 50% of fast fashion retailers have reported a recent decrease in customer purchases as consumers look for brands that take a stand for the environment. 

Research shows that 88% of consumers want brands to help them be more environmentally friendly. Even with its strides, fashion has a long way to go. Fashion production releases 10% of the world’s carbon emissions, more than international flights and maritime shipping combined. A number of sustainable fashion brands are growing, and their innovative practices are becoming more commonplace among retailers. British design company Vin + Omi harvests its own crops to make clothing from horseradish plants and chestnuts. It also features clothing items made from recycled paint containers. Levi’s recently unveiled a new collection of denim that uses 96% less water to create—a major win for clothing that notoriously requires a lot of water to produce. 

Shopping for pre-owned items is also on the rise. The

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The Fashion Award winners of 2020 share their hopes for the future of the fashion industry

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Samuel Ross 

Founder of the Black Lives Matter Financial Aid Scheme, Ross pledged £10,000 to those on the frontline supporting the BLM movement and gave grants of £25,000 to Black-owned businesses.

“Next year we need less talk—more action and change.”

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Priya Ahluwalia 

A pioneer of sustainable fashion and telling the stories of those who make her clothes, Ahluwalia is an agent for change who uses her platform to raise awareness about the Black community.

“2020 has been such a turbulent year, the importance of community has been imperative to me both personally and professionally. The community I built between my peers through the height of the BLM protests is unbreakable and I was able to get through everyday because of it.”

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Lindsay Peoples Wagner and Sandrine Charles 

Founders of the Black in Fashion Council—editors, models, stylists, creatives, and industry stakeholders who aim to bring diversity, inclusion, and accountability to the fashion industry.

“While this year has been incredibly tough, we want to make sure that people of colour are being supported and uplifted. The Black in Fashion Council community has meant so much to people who have been pleading with the industry for inclusivity, making people feel less alone and creating a lane for real hope and systemic change. And that means everything to us. We’ve made strides, but the work has only just begun.”

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Aurora James 

James has brought change to the fashion industry through her campaign to promote Black-owned businesses, calling on retailers to dedicate 15% of their shelf space to Black-owned brands.

“I couldn’t have done any of my work this year without the strong friends and family who create my communities… We must carry this movement on whether it’s through hard policy work, corporate restructuring or even spending power, which creates economic equality for marginalised people and small businesses. The fashion industry has approached change with an optic lens for far too long. My goal with The 15% Pledge is to dig deeper.”

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The Future Of Grocery Shopping And The Need For Automation

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Consider how people in ancient Rome shopped for food — it’s not much different from how people shop today. Certainly, there were no frozen-food sections back then, but similar to today, people went to nearby markets and handpicked their fruits, vegetables, meats, and breads. Maybe the supply chain wasn’t as complex, but the experience was close to the same. But now, after 2,000 years, grocery shopping finally seems to be in for a drastic change.

Current Trends In The Grocery World

It is interesting to note the mix of recent trends in the grocery world — some have occurred repeatedly over time (the plagues and pandemics that caused shortages of foods and increased demands) while others are very new.

  • Demand: Recent health and safety concerns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are causing families to eat more meals at home. This is in turn boosting overall demand at grocery stores, both in-store and online. U.S.-based grocers have seen a 10% increase in year-over-year demand, and grocers that were not well prepared to handle the increased volume are now scrambling to prepare their supply chains for the future.
  • Urbanization: Populations migrating to metropolitan areas is another trend that is not new but has accelerated in recent years. As a result, grocers are bringing more stores closer to consumers but with less shopping space. These smaller store formats require the supply chain to deliver goods more frequently and in smaller quantities to be more reactive to replenishment needs. This trend will continue even through COVID-19 has caused a momentary pause in some cities.
  • Tracking: Food safety has always been a concern. However, since 2011 tracking and regulating the food supply chain has become more focused to meet standards set in the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) in the United States and other, often more stringent regulations, in other countries.
  • Health and Safety: Consumer purchasing behaviors have historically revolved around three attributes: quality, assortment, and price. And while they remain important to the consumer, health and safety is the new priority, and grocers have had to adapt their offerings and operations to support it.
  • E-Commerce: The latest trend is the boom to e-Commerce grocery shopping. Digital sales accounted for 1–3% of total grocery sales pre-COVID-19. Within a matter of weeks, digital volumes have been fast-tracked and now account for approximately 10% of total grocery sales in 2020. Very few grocers were equipped to handle the low levels of e-Commerce orders before, but everybody is challenged by the high levels now.

Upcoming Changes To The Customer Experience

The grocery customer experience will undergo a significant transformation. Some of the areas that will change:

  • In-Store Experience: The in-store experience at grocery stores has remained largely unchanged for many years. Other verticals such as general merchandise and apparel have already faced the need to make big adjustments and found ways to
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Give the ultimate holiday gift this year: a hopeful future

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Holidays are about spending time with the people most precious to us. Unfortunately, in the middle of a pandemic, one of the most important ways to show that we care is by staying apart.

Perhaps nobody is feeling this loss more acutely than older Americans.

Seniors – especially seniors of color – are at highest risk of severe illness or death due to COVID-19. About 8 out of 10 deaths in the United States have been people over age 65.

Long-term care facilities have been hit especially hard. Out of nearly 270,000 deaths in the United States, around 100,000 of those lost have been long-term care residents or staff members.

Many facilities have closed their doors to visitors and ended group activities to prevent coronavirus from spreading. These lockdowns help protect people’s physical health, but they can take a mental toll. One in four older adults has reported that they’ve suffered from anxiety or depression during the pandemic.

My own mom is 94, and she lives in a senior living community in Michigan. During last spring’s lockdown, she asked me if this was what the rest of her life would look like. I didn’t know how to respond.

As we’re heading into a new year and new Congress, it’s important to keep the specific needs of older Americans in mind.

The most important thing we can do for seniors – and everyone else – is to finally get this pandemic under control. The incoming Biden administration is bringing together a team of public health experts to do just that. It will ramp up testing and contact tracing, use the Defense Production Act to ensure that health care providers and frontline workers have enough personal protective equipment, provide clear and consistent guidance to families and communities, and ensure that vaccines are safe, effective and equitably distributed as soon as possible.

In the meantime, far too many Americans have lost their jobs – and with it their employer-provided health care. This includes many people over age 50, who often struggle to find affordable health insurance options that meet their needs.

We can help make sure this population has health coverage by passing my Medicare at 50 Act. It would give people the option to buy into Medicare early. This would lower their costs, fortify the existing Medicare program and strengthen the health insurance marketplace by including a younger and healthier population.

As ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, I’m also laser-focused on food security. Our neighbors are going hungry – we’ve all seen the photos of cars lining up for hours at food banks, which are struggling to meet demand.

One of the most important steps we can take right now is to boost food assistance. Increasing SNAP benefits by at least 15% would provide an additional $25 per month per person as our country faces a true hunger crisis.

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The Best Clothing You Can Wear Now And For Future Travels

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With people pushing their travel wardrobe to the back of their closet, it begs the question: why don’t people want to wear their travel clothing any day of the week?

The top priority with travel-friendly items is the specific fabrics that make them well-suited for a trip or life on the road. Merino wool is lightweight but works great for insulation. Cotton and linen breathe well in those hot, dry climates. Silk is light and airy, making it a perfectly packable accessory. And while you’ll find plenty of travel clothes that focus on fabric and don’t consider fun colors, patterns or styles, here are ten things you’ll want to wear right now—all of which are ideal for travel in the future, too.

Obermeyer

Obermeyer makes outerwear with personality. You can find the classic black and gray color combinations, but they embrace a range of other gorgeous hues and patterns that will breathe life into what you wear. What’s more, they incorporate useful technology into their products for ultimate functionality. For something cozy as temperatures drop, both men and women will appreciate the Boulder Fleece, and their Jacqueline and Caldera Down Hybrid jackets will get you winter ready.

Royal Robbins

Royal Robbins offers a few different collections that work well for either home or travel. The material for their Expedition line is a trifecta of moisture wicking, quick-drying and wrinkle-resistant for men and women. Nothing beats their Spotless Traveler products, like the Traveler Pant or Short Sleeve top. The material is buttery soft and breathable, and HeiQ Stain Away technology helps spills and dirt wash out easily. An added bonus: many of their clothes feature plenty of convenient pockets to stash away your valuables.

Duluth Trading Company

Anyone who travels for business—or anyone who hates wrinkly clothes, for that matter—will want to check out Duluth Trading Company’s Wrinkle Fighter Line. Available for both men and women, the fabric will look neat all day, whether that day is filled with online meetings or a long-haul flight. Underarm gussets make the shirts easy to move around in and pants have handy pockets, all with a sweat-wicking, wrinkle-battling material.

OROS 

This tech brand utilizes NASA aerogel technology in their outwear clothing, so it’s fitting that the products have a sleek and futuristic look to them. The material OROS uses is light and flexible, utilizing SOLARCORE technology—a thermally

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Startups like Papa, which pairs elderly people with ‘grandkids on demand’ to help them with common tasks like grocery shopping, could be the future of healthcare. Here’s an inside look at how it works.

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The gig economy is coming for healthcare.



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Startups like Papa, which provides “grandkids on demand” to seniors, hire mostly young part-time workers as outside contractors to help with chores, troubleshoot technology issues, or just sit and talk with seniors, many of whom have remained isolated during the coronavirus pandemic.

Big technology companies like Uber and Instacart popularized the gig model, but contract workers are nothing new in the world of home healthcare. With the advent of the gig economy, new home care startups have become empowered to introduce more flexibility and cost-savings into the industry by relying on a constantly rotating cast of always-on workers accessible via an app. 

Business Insider spoke with nine Papa Pals, as Papa’s fleet of on-demand grandkids are called, and Papa founder and CEO Andrew Parker to get a sense for what it’s like to work as a gig worker in healthcare during a pandemic.



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Most joined this summer after hearing friends’ positive experiences working with Papa, but others have worked for Papa on and off for years as they finished up school or managed their outside obligations. Business Insider reached out to Pals independently in addition to three conversations with Pals that were facilitated by Papa.

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Here’s the inside look of what it’s like to work as a Papa Pal.

The Pals shared a near-unanimous belief that they were doing good through their work providing companionship on-demand to elderly individuals. Many said they would continue calling or running errands once the pandemic subsides.

Others voiced some concerns with not being able to schedule shifts in advance, an issue Parker said an updated version of the app will address later this year. 

There is also some concern among experts that the gig model won’t be sustainable once the pandemic ends if health plans don’t see enough impact to warrant continued support of this type of care.

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Here’s why women’s money decisions will shape the future for U.S.

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The rising economic power of women in this country is one of the most significant financial shifts of recent decades. The bottom line: Women are generating and managing an increasing amount of wealth in the U.S.

Today, women control more than $10 trillion (about 33%) of total U.S. household financial assets. Meanwhile, an unprecedented amount of assets will shift into the hands of U.S. women over the next three to five years, representing $30 trillion by the end of the decade. Why? Because as men pass away, they will leave control of these assets to their female spouses, who tend to be both younger and to live longer.

This is a wealth transfer of such magnitude that it approaches the annual gross domestic product of the U.S.

“This is a huge transfer of wealth in and of itself but, because women traditionally outlive men, women stand to inherit most of it,” said certified financial planner Marguerita Cheng, CEO of Blue Ocean Global Wealth in Gaithersburg, Maryland. “As more and more women have a say in significant financial decisions, it’s easy to see they’re not adhering to business as usual.”

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Why is this a big deal and why should you care?

If you are a brand-name consumer products company, a financial services company, or are in the business of selling real estate, for example, women will be making the majority of these decisions in the years ahead. So attracting and retaining female customers will be a critical growth imperative for your business. To succeed, business of all types will need to truly understand women’s needs, preferences and behaviors when it comes to spending and managing their money.

Women continue to make more financial decisions on behalf of the household and more women are also turning to the investing decisions. In fact, women are leading the field when it comes to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance investing, according to a recent article in Fortune magazine.

In general, a higher percentage of women are interested in ESG investing than men, says CFP Cathy Curtis, CEO of Curtis Financial Planning in Oakland, California. A Calvert/Investment News study showed that usage of ESG funds are up 25% year over year and the trend of ESG investing is more pronounced in women, with 53% doing so currently.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has spotlighted our financial and health-care systems’ inequities as more disadvantaged and poor people are losing their jobs and lives,” Curtis said. “As a result, where the environment was the main focus of ESG investors, social and governance have become critical and are driving the inflows into ESG products.

“As women inherit more wealth from their parents and spouses and sometimes make the investment decisions for the first time in their lives, I predict more money will flow into ESG

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Global Electronic PC Accessories Market Size 2020, Share, Growth, Industry Analysis and Future Demand, Top Key Players and Forecast 2026

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This is what newly elected GOP women had to say about the future of their party

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In the wake of a record number of Republican women winning seats in Congress, two of the newly elected lawmakers, Rep. Nancy Mace and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, stressed the importance of building representation in the Republican Party to serve as a check on their Democratic counterparts.



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Mace, who flipped a South Carolina House seat red, said her party had more women running this year, adding that this trend needs to persist if Republicans want to continue to diversify. She later admitted that Democrats have previously done a better job recruiting women to run.

“We really reflect the faces of America,” Mace told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” about the incoming Republican freshman class. “The diversity and the inclusion that we have in the Republican Party. That is our future. And if we don’t get on board with recruiting the right people — minorities, women, veterans, et. cetera, then we’re going to lose in the future.”

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Malliotakis, who also flipped a House seat red in New York, called the GOP a “big tent party,” and credited the victories to the work of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, No. 3 Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, and Rep. Elise Stefanik. The New York Republican, who is the daughter of a Cuban refugee and Greek immigrant, noted that many of her soon-to-be colleagues share similar backgrounds to hers.

Malliotakis said she believes one of the reasons so many GOP women were motivated to run was, “seeing the Democratic women being elected in 2018 that don’t necessarily reflect our values, particularly those who are, you know, self described socialists.”

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As the daughter of a Cuban refugee, Malliotakis hopes to “be a part of the discussion and the debate and provide a counter view.”

Malliotakis has said she would like to build a “Freedom Squad” to counter the Democratic “Squad” — the four progressive women of color, who include Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, reelected in November.

When asked about the “Freedom Squad,” on Sunday, Malliotakis said a group of newly elected Republican members of Congress, including a number of immigrants and children of refugees like herself, will “serve as a counterbalance to the values” of the other squad.

“I mean what we stand for are freedom, liberty, we love this nation, we want to see it prevail, we want to see it remain the land of opportunity, what is in essence, attracted millions of immigrants from around the world to pursue that American dream. We don’t believe we should be dismantling the economy, we don’t believe we should be destroying free market principles, we don’t believe in Green New Deal, we don’t believe in packing the courts, I think

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Nancy Mace and Nicole Malliotakis: This is what newly elected GOP women had to say about the future of their party

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Mace, who flipped a South Carolina House seat red, said her party had more women running this year, adding that this trend needs to persist if Republicans want to continue to diversify. She later admitted that Democrats have previously done a better job recruiting women to run.

“We really reflect the faces of America,” Mace told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” about the incoming Republican freshman class. “The diversity and the inclusion that we have in the Republican Party. That is our future. And if we don’t get on board with recruiting the right people — minorities, women, veterans, et. cetera, then we’re going to lose in the future.”

Malliotakis, who also flipped a House seat red in New York, called the GOP a “big tent party,” and credited the victories to the work of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, No. 3 Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, and Rep. Elise Stefanik. The New York Republican, who is the daughter of a Cuban refugee and Greek immigrant, noted that many of her soon-to-be colleagues share similar backgrounds to hers.

Malliotakis said she believes one of the reasons so many GOP women were motivated to run was, “seeing the Democratic women being elected in 2018 that don’t necessarily reflect our values, particularly those who are, you know, self described socialists.”

As the daughter of a Cuban refugee, Malliotakis hopes to “be a part of the discussion and the debate and provide a counter view.”

Malliotakis has said she would like to build a “Freedom Squad” to counter the Democratic “Squad” — the four progressive women of color, who include Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, reelected in November.

When asked about the “Freedom Squad,” on Sunday, Malliotakis said a group of newly elected Republican members of Congress, including a number of immigrants and children of refugees like herself, will “serve as a counterbalance to the values” of the other squad.

“I mean what we stand for are freedom, liberty, we love this nation, we want to see it prevail, we want to see it remain the land of opportunity, what is in essence, attracted millions of immigrants from around the world to pursue that American dream. We don’t believe we should be dismantling the economy, we don’t believe we should be destroying free market principles, we don’t believe in Green New Deal, we don’t believe in packing the courts, I think there’s just a stark contrast between what we’re offering and what people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are offering, and that’s something that needs to be debated in Washington,” Milliotakis said, adding that she hopes to provide that balance to Ocasio-Cortez in New York as well.

Asked whether she believes Joe Biden is President-elect, Mace, who stressed the importance of working across the aisle, answered, “Well, everything — I mean, in that direction, he is the President-Elect. That’s where it’s headed. I do believe that we have got

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