Texworld USA Panel Discussions and Presentation Available to Watch Online
August 15, 2014 – Texworld USA 2014 organizers have posted videos of the various panel discussions and presentations held during Texworld USA 2014 last month.
THE WHAT WHERE AND HOW OF GARMENT PRODUCTION – moderated by Dina Dunn, founder of Blink communications company, and featuring Anne Gillespie and Sam Moore, experts in standards and practices in organic and sustainable textile processes.
MADE IN AMERICAS – Moderated by Julie Reiser of the Made in the USA Foundation, and featuring Maker’s Row founder Matthew Burnett and Guatemala and Colombia national trade association representatives Lucia de Sander and Sylvia Reyes.
HOW TO MARKET YOUR FASHION BUSINESS IN TODAY’S CLUTTERED WORLD – featuring a presentation by Melissa Hall, consultant and founder of The Emerging Designer fashion network.
TEXTILES AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION – featuring a presentation by FTC attorney Robert Frisby, who helps to demystify the recent amendments to the Textile Rules, which went into effect in May.
THE FUTURE IS NOW: NEW GAMES & NEW RULES-GAINING MARKET SHARE, the DRIVERS IMPACTING TOMORROW’S APPAREL INDUSTRY – moderated by Manuela Fassbender of New York-based MBF Trend Consulting.
CONSCIOUS CONSUMERISM – led by Maxime Bedat, a pioneer in sustainable, responsibly sourced commerce and co-founder of Zady, among the first online retailers build on the principle that retail and social consciousness can go hand-in-hand.
HIGH-TECH AND FASHION – featuring a presentation by Liz Bacelar, founder and CEO of Decoded Fashion, a leading events series that connects decision-makers in fashion, beauty and retail with emerging and established technology companies.
HOW NOT TO START A FASHION BRAND – featuring a presentation by New Yorker Mercedes Gonzalez, who began her career in the field at a family-owned manufacturing company and now directs the firm Global Purchasing Companies. Ms Gonzalez offered what she considers the five most common, and lethal, mistakes that new designers can make.
For more information on these discussions and presentations, you can read about the three-day Texworld trade show on CASTAYBERT PLLC’s Firm News pages.
