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Poshmark Comes to Canada
In Episode 115 of the Electric Runway Podcast, FashionTech Journalist Amanda Cosco welcomes Poshmark back to the show. This time, we're speaking with Maria Morales, the Director of International Expansion. She's here to tell us about Poshmark’s venture into Canada.…
Collision Conference Toronto Round-Up
Last week, Toronto was overtaken with tech. More than 25 thousand participants from 125 countries ascended on the city for Collision Conference, North America’s fastest-growing technology conference. For its Toronto debut, the conference’s communication team celebrated a number of wins, including…
What Else can Your Clothing do for you?
Our guest today is Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, a designer, researcher, and professor, as well as the founder of Interwoven Design Group. Interwoven is a New York-based innovative design studio specialized in wearable technology and textiles. Pailes-Friedman shares her experience working with…
Not Your Father’s Hemp
Although hemp was one of the first plants to be spun into a useable fiber 10,000 years ago, it was made illegal to grow without a permit in the USA in 1970 under the Controlled Substances Act. Now with legalization…
Fashion-First Smart Glasses
Our guest today on the Electric Runway podcast is Alexander Ingram, the Head of Communications and PR for North. North is a Canadian startup that wants to sell you your first pair of smart glasses. Their fashion-first approach to facial…
Understanding Investment from a VC Perspective
Soha Yasrebi is an electrical engineer-turned Venture Capitalist for Omers Ventures, as well as a member of New York Fashion Tech Lab’s expert network. In today's episode of the Electric Runway podcast, she shares with us the trends in the marketplace she's keeping an eye on as they pertain to changing consumer behaviour. She also provides insight into what she's learned sitting in the investor's chair.
Shopping with Robots with Steve Martell
Steve Martell is the VP of Creative Technology at Current Studios, an award-winning agency focused on connecting digital and physical experiences that push the boundaries of technology. Current Studios has done work with well-known consumer brands and retailers, including Walmart,…
Designing the Future of Fashion with Anouk Wipprecht
Anouk Wipprecht is an internationally recognized fashion tech designer known for fusing couture fashion with robotics and artificial intelligence to create garments that move, breathe, and react to the environment around them. Anouk has produced innovative work in collaboration with…
