{"id":74707,"date":"2019-01-10T21:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T21:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=430362"},"modified":"2019-01-10T21:31:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T21:31:13","slug":"the-future-of-fashion-and-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/10\/the-future-of-fashion-and-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of fashion and retail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/europe\/features\/the-secret-to-brand-and-retail-success-treat-every-customer-like-a-vip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-85752 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-future-of-fashion-and-retail.jpg\" alt=\"Gifts with personalised tags\" width=\"2272\" height=\"1260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/europe\/features\/the-secret-to-brand-and-retail-success-treat-every-customer-like-a-vip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The secret to brand and retail success? Treat every customer like a VIP<\/a><br \/><\/strong>We all like feeling special. When our needs are met, when our voices are heard, and when we\u2019re being paid attention to, we feel positive. These are the feelings retailers and brands must invoke in customers, if they wish to remain competitive.This theme of treating every individual as VIP is a prevalent trend in the retail industry, and applies across all brands, especially in the luxury sector. We\u2019ve worked closely with various partners, brands, and retailers to discuss their most important insights, and have shared them below. Whether you\u2019re a retailer or a brand, we\u2019re all in this together \u2013 transformation is an evolving journey, not an end goal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/europe\/features\/the-secret-to-brand-and-retail-success-treat-every-customer-like-a-vip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-in\/story\/wolford-consumer-goods-azure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-86172 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-future-of-fashion-and-retail.png\" alt=\"Wolford HQ\" width=\"1200\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-in\/story\/wolford-consumer-goods-azure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital glamour: Wolford uses Azure and AI to deliver luxury online service<\/a><br \/><\/strong>Founded in the Austrian city of Bregenz in 1950, Wolford is the global market leader for luxury legwear and bodywear. Over its 68-year history, the company has established a strong reputation for delivering both high-end products and customer service. To deliver the same high standard of service online as its customers have come to expect in its boutiques, the company used Microsoft Azure Bot Service, Cognitive Services, and Bot Framework to develop an AI-powered chatbot. Wolford online shoppers now get instant answers to questions around the clock and receive personalized \u201cStyle Me\u201d product recommendations, while the company lives up to its reputation for exceptional service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-in\/story\/wolford-consumer-goods-azure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/inculture\/people-who-inspire\/natasha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-86184 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-future-of-fashion-and-retail-1.png\" alt=\"Natasha Franck, CEO of EON, standing on a street in New York City\" width=\"1284\" height=\"706\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/inculture\/people-who-inspire\/natasha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Building a sustainable fashion ecosystem: Meet Natasha Franck<\/a><br \/><\/strong>Natasha Franck isn\u2019t as interested in fashion as she is in trash. In the early days of her company EON, it was almost an obsession: \u201cI read everything I could about waste and possible solutions to this global epidemic.\u201d After learning that the fashion industry is one of the largest industrial polluters, Natasha became determined to do something about it. \u201cIn fashion, where there are 150 billion articles of clothing made every year, and 90% of these textiles are ending up in a landfill\u2014the consumption of resources and production of waste is never-ending.\u201d says Natasha. \u201cAnd when burning trash is still the main means of disposal, we\u2019re left with some serious air quality concerns worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/inculture\/people-who-inspire\/natasha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The secret to brand and retail success? Treat every customer like a VIPWe all like feeling special. When our needs are met, when our voices are heard, and when we\u2019re being paid attention to, we feel positive. These are the feelings retailers and brands must invoke in customers, if they wish to remain competitive.This theme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50,172],"class_list":["post-74707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-recent-news","tag-retail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}