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Fashion: News, Trends & Industry

A Guide for Fashion, Fashion Branding & Communication, and Digital Fashion Innovation

News, Trend & Industry Sources

It is important to stay up to date with the fashion industry. Market research reports, newspapers, trend forecasting publications and industry news sources are all essential tools for understanding industry developments and staying informed about fashion news and retail information.

Trend Forecasters

Trend forecasting databases are industry-standard tools, compiled by researchers who travel the world looking for new design practices and emerging trends.

Recommended News & Trend Publications

Business of Fashion

Business of Fashion (BoF) is a daily news resource for fashion creatives, executives and entrepreneurs, providing information about industry developments, emerging designers, global brands and a point of view on the fashion business.

BoF also produces a regular podcast featuring interviews with fashion insiders, and a careers platform with fashion job listings, careers guide and related articles. The BoF Education section provides a platform for online learning, including a fashion A-Z for designers, fashion history and introductory business information for new designers, including how to write a business plan.

Students can upgrade their basic account to professional-level account for free here  – which includes unlimited access to articles and features –  so long as you register with your AUB email address. 

Industry Podcasts

Market Reports & Data

Market reports provide crucial data for compiling trend forecasts or assignments about developments in the fashion markets.

Fashion Industry News

News about the fashion industry appears regularly in newspapers and online. Use this information to stay up-to-date and for data and factual reportage that can be used in your assignments.