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Industry Insights

CFDA’s Industry Insights provides our members and designers with relevant, practical information to operate their businesses more effectively, while also helping them to gain valuable insights and develop strategy for growth.

Panel discussions, lectures, and workshops address topics including, but not limited to: branding, communications, e-commerce, entering international markets, domestic, and international trademarks, marketing, PR, social media, seeking investment, employment law, and more.

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Marketing
A guide that combines deep research and hands-on strategy to shape collaborations that resonate culturally and commercially.

Anatomy of a Collaboration: The Exec's Formula for Cultural Impact
Marketing

Fashion Forward | Marketing & Retail

The executives discuss practices for prioritizing healthy financial strategies while aligning marketing efforts with business goals.
Finance

Fashion Retail... Currently: How To Get Paid

Susan Scafidi of the Fashion Law Institute on how designers can get timely payments from retailers.
Supply Chain

Recent & Proposed Legislation Impacting the Textile and Fashion Industries

Policy brief and webinar featuring Senator Jeremy Cooney
Marketing

Value vs. Values

In an era defined by conscious consumerism, how should brands communicate what they stand for…and do customers even care?
Operations

CFDA x Fashionphile on The Endurance Of Luxury 

The panel discussion featured Sarah Davis of Fashionphile, Cynthia Power of Molte Volte, Saad Amer of Justice Environment, and Tiffany Briseno of Everyday Lords. CFDA's Sacha Brown moderated the conversation.
Sustainability

Good Talks: Unwinding Wool

The Theory and CFDA-hosted discussion highlighted emphasized that sustainability goes beyond materials and processes; it requires focusing on awareness, compassion, and accountability.
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