Practical intelligence for the people who run fashion businesses.
Reports, articles, events, and tools built for operations directors, product leads, and compliance officers at fashion and lifestyle brands. No fluff. No vendor pitches. Work you can use on Monday.
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Reports and articles
Long-form intelligence on the topics that actually move a fashion business: tariff exposure, DPP readiness, supplier qualification, technology selection. Written by people who have done the work, not by analysts who cover the sector from a distance.
Browse intelligence →Small-group events
Deliberately small. Senior operators, real conversations, and working tools shown on screen. Not a conference. Not a trade show.
See FBO26 →Compliance infrastructure
Working platforms for the regulatory shifts that are reshaping the industry. Tariff classification. Digital Product Passports. Built by operators, used by brands.
See the platforms →Latest intelligence
Reports and feature articles published in the last few weeks. The full archive is in the Intelligence section.
Changing Fashion Consumption Patterns
How social media, ultra-fast fashion, and shifting consumer psychology have changed buying behaviour over 15 years. What the lessons from this acceleration mean for the industry.
Core Coverage
- 15-year consumption trend analysis
- Social media influence on purchasing
- Ultra-fast fashion psychology
- Future implications for brands and retailers
The Half-Decoupling: Why Moving Out of China Has Not Meant Moving On
Why moving fashion sourcing out of China has not delivered the responsiveness brands moved for, and what growth-stage sourcing teams need to do before AW27.
Core Coverage
- OECD value-added analysis: Vietnam 44%, Cambodia 45%, Mexico 27%, Turkey 24%
- UFLPA, EU Forced Labour Regulation, DPP and EPR perimeter analysis
- Section 122 tariffs after the February 2026 SCOTUS ruling
- Operational decisions before the AW26, AW27 and SS27 cycles
Next: FBO26
October 2026. London. A full day on the operational decisions that shape how fashion and lifestyle brands run.
- Compliance, tariff exposure, and regulatory readiness
- Supply chain visibility and costing
- Product data and Digital Product Passports
- Technology selection for operations teams
"It was a really interesting and great day that led to discussions amongst the team of how to improve processes further."
Kate Henning, ME+EM - from our February 2026 event
The platforms
Working products built by Fashion Business Collective. Each one solves a specific compliance or operational problem that brands cannot ignore.
suretariff.com
Deterministic HTS classification for UK and US importers. Every result returns a code, a confidence score, and the reasoning behind it. Wave 2 beta now open.
suretariff.com →id.codes
GS1-compliant QR codes and hosted DPP pages. Built for the EU regulation timeline and the GS1 Sunrise 2027 deadline. Live and onboarding brands now.
id.codes →Industry data
Live transparency data drawn from the FBC platform network. In development for launch later in 2026.
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