Credit: Ron Lach from Pexels A new study reveals that labeling clothes with a breakdown of the cost of an item per wear (CPW) can shift consumers away from fast fashion towards higher quality, longer lasting clothing. Cost per wear, calculated by dividing the price by how long the item is likely to last, can…
Using the novel top-down prompting strategy and expert guidance, ChatGPT can become a valuable tool for fashion trend prediction, especially for fashion students and small brands. Credit: Yoon Kyung Lee / Pusan National University Fashion trend forecasting helps companies predict which clothes will be popular in upcoming seasons. Traditionally, this has relied on experts’ intuition,…
Credit: Min An from Pexels According to a doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa, appealing to personal well-being is a more effective way to reduce clothing consumption than invoking environmental concerns. Essi Vesterinen’s research in marketing reveals that extending the lifespan of clothes is linked to better subjective well-being and a more positive body…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many Americans choose food based on cost and nutrition, but personal values, such as animal welfare and environmental concerns, also shape what ends up on our plates. Now, researchers at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and the University of Nottingham…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Physicist Albert Einstein famously posited that if he only had an hour to crack a daunting problem, he’d devote 55 minutes to understanding it and only five minutes to crafting a solution. Einstein believed that the most difficult aspect of problem-solving was gaining a comprehensive grasp of the challenge to be…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Algorithm-based digital platforms like Uber Eats have revolutionized the food delivery industry over the past decade. But the surcharge for consumer convenience has its own cost, according to new research published in the Journal of Canadian Labour Studies. According to the researchers, the industry’s rapid growth is based on two fundamentals:…
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has laid off around 500 employees from its data annotation team, according to a report by Business Insider. The move, communicated late on Friday evening, affects workers who were responsible for training the company’s generative AI chatbot, Grok. xAI lays off 500 data annotation staff As per the report,…
Researchers at the University of Bonn provided study participants with feedback on the CO2 emissions of their menu choices. Credit: Photo: Lisa-Marie Mayer Can small changes in the design of food delivery apps encourage people to choose more climate-friendly meals? Researchers at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) at the University of Bonn…
NVIDIA CEO believes US tech companies will survive tariffs In an interview with USA TODAY, Jensen Huang, CEO of the world’s most valuable company NVIDIA, discussed President Trump’s tariffs and manufacturing. Nvidia (NVDA) is slated to report its second-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, Aug. 27, roughly two weeks after the company agreed to…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Traditional fast-fashion companies such as Zara and H&M rely on quick production cycles to keep up with consumer demand. A new business model supercharging that approach, called “ultra-fresh fashion,” offers clothing collections on an almost daily basis and is revolutionizing the fashion industry. New research from Cornell SC Johnson College of…