The Future of Fashion: Will Technology Dress Us for Success?
June 21, 2018
Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham
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The buzz: “… experts encourage retailers to focus on enhancing their existing platforms and to shift their mindsets to customer behaviour” (https://medium.com). From social showrooming to crowdsourcing, smart curation to sustainable fashion, the fashion industry is evolving fast and technology plays a key role in how we dress to be seen. Some exciting trends: IoT sensors and beacons recognize shoppers and make personalized offers. Virtual reality allows shoppers to try on items online and receive virtual style guide advice enabled by machine learning. The experts speak. Dr. Timo Sandritter, LDJ Productions: “… vision with action can change the world” (Nelson Mandela). Andrew Miller, Keytree: “… once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes” (Albert Einstein). Peter Akbar, SAP: “Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics” (Coco Chanel). Join us for The Future of Fashion: Will Technology Dress Us for Success?
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Bonnie D. Graham
Bonnie D. Graham produced and hosted her first live talk radio show in 1998 on AM1240–WGBB, Long Island, NY’s oldest terrestrial radio station. A few years later, she moved from terrestrial to Internet radio with her author interview show, “Up Close and Personal.” In 2011, working at the enterprise software leader SAP, she developed the concept for a weekly live global business thought leadership roundtable series on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel – and launched “Coffee Break with Game-Changers” on October 5, 2011. Over the next nine years, Bonnie D. created, produced and hosted 46 additional SAP series on the Business Channel, attracting millions of listeners around the world. Since becoming an independent broadcaster in 2019, she has developed and hosted live radio and podcast series on the Business Channel for eight additional organizations, as well as her own weekly series, “Read My Lips: Cool Conversations with Creatives with akaRadioRed,” on the Empowerment Channel. In 2023, her live-streaming “Technology Revolution: The Future of Now” series was ranked No. 6 on FeedSpot’s Top 70 Technology Podcasts to Listen to in 2023. What powers Bonnie D.’s passion for radio? She “loves speaking with smart people!”
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