For many fashion, apparel, footwear, and retail brands, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software is already the foundation of the business. It manages sourcing, tech packs, supplier workflows, compliance, approvals, prototyping, and the core product creation process. PLM creates structure, governance, and consistency across development teams, and for most organizations, it remains the operational backbone of the business. So the question comes up often: if I already have P

By Anne A. Wong , Chief Revenue Officer at Trasix I recently sat down with Eline L , a merchandising leader I’ve known and respected for many years. She has worked across global brands and regional teams, managing complex European markets and balancing the realities of strategy, execution, and coordination across multiple stakeholders. Her perspective is both strategic and practical. She understands what merchandising leaders are responsible for, and she understands how the w

The Business of Fashion State of Fashion 2026 report outlines a clear direction for the industry. AI and automation are becoming embedded across core functions, shifting from isolated initiatives to part of everyday operations. The scale of investment reflects this shift. According to the report, 92% of fashion executives plan to increase spending on AI, signaling broad alignment on its importance. At the same time, adoption maturity remains low. Only a small portion of org

Fashion teams manage two streams of work in parallel: creative exploration and product planning. Both are critical, and both move quickly. Historically, these streams have lived in separate tools, owned by different teams, and connected through manual handoffs. The Raspberry AI × Trasix integration is designed to change how those streams connect in practice. It allows AI-generated design concepts created in Raspberry AI to move directly into Trasix, where teams plan assort

NRF 2026 highlighted how retail leaders are adapting to growing complexity across planning, merchandising, and go-to-market execution. Conversations focused on reducing fragmentation, embedding AI into daily workflows, and improving alignment across teams. The event reinforced how connected systems, human judgment, and operational clarity are shaping the next phase of retail execution.

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