Fossil Group is pushing its high-tech capabilities to 11. The company announced today from CES® 2017 that it will double its wearables production to an unmatched 300 new products and add new brands in 2017. The new connected products will span an assortment of Fossil brands: Armani Exchange entered the …
NICHE: JEWELRY TO ACCESSORIZE TECH WEARABLES
As the jewelry industry looks for the next thing, accessories for wearables are a growing niche to watch. Metal charms that slide onto or cover Fitbits, Apple Watch straps and other trackers and watches add a touch of differentiation and fashion. Items from Bytten, Funktional Accessories and more started with …
Item of the Day: Mira Smart Jewelry
One of the best things about post New Year’s is the start of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This year, the interest in wearables is dominating headlines. One of those stealing the show is Mira, a woman-designed collection that takes inspiration from the fashion world and applies …
Fossil Group to Launch More Than 100 Wearables This Year
Las Vegas—Coinciding with the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here, Fossil Group announced it plans to introduce more than 100 connected devicese in 2016. Among the newest smartwatch launches is the Q54 Pilot, at the 2016, available in retail stores in this spring with a retail of $175 to 215. …
3Plus Launches New Smartwatch and Connected Wearables at CES 2016
Ontario, CA–Ahead of next month’s CES 2016 tech show, new wearables are being introduced. The latest is from 3Plus, a developer and manufacturer of smart wearable devices. 3Plus introduces four new connected products: from basic activity trackers to advanced smartwatches, the new 3Plus wearables not only track and record daily …
Study: 2016–A Boom Year for Health, Fitness Wearables
Arlington, VA–Of the 74% of online America adults who are likely to purchase health and fitness technology in the next 12 months, one in three (35%) plan to buy a smartwatch, according to the latest research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) The study, …
Fossil to Acquire Wearable Tech Innovator Misfit
Richardson, TX– Only weeks after introducing its first smartwatch collection, Fossil Group, Inc. announced Thursday that it plans to buy Misfit Inc. an innovator in wearable technology and stylish connected devices, for $260 million in cash and bank debt. The acquisition will enable Fossil to expand its offering of fashionable …
Surveys: Wearables Boom Ahead (Thanks to Boomers?)
New York—Two recent surveys found Americans are increasingly fond of smart wearables, such as smartwatches. In fact, the wearable technology is emerging into the mainstream, not just geeky early adopters. According to eMarketer, “The next several years will continue to see double-digit growth in the number of Americans using wearable …
FashioNXT 2015 Examines What’s Next in Fashion Tech
Portland, OR–FashioNXT 2015 plans to continue to be the leading showcase of “future of fashion,”as it takes its fashion technology programs to the next level, in cooperation with the industry leaders such as Intel, Nike, Google and Manufacture New York. The event opens today through Saturday in a tent situated …
Item of the Day: Helix Cuff
Look around you at the people on the street, biking, driving or commuting. As omnipresent as their mobile phones are, so go the head phones. No wonder Ashley Chloe, developers of the Helix Cuff, a digital wearable, reported today that they had surpassed their Kickstarter “stretch goal” of $250,000. In …
Item of the Day: Garmin Vivofit
There are watches that tell time and watches that tell you when it’s time to move. While Apple and Google have usurped the smartwatch category with their marketing power and might, it actually is thanks to Garmin, a longtime creator of fitness apps and technology, that perfected fitness trackers years …
Everpurse Announces Partnership with Kate Spade
Chicago–Everpurse, the fashion-tech startup that developed a line of handbags with embedded smartphone chargers, has recently announced a licensing partnership with Kate Spade New York. The terms of the deal are undisclosed. The announcement comes as more fashion brands are adding technology to their wearables products. This is a somewhat …
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2014 ended with a good news/bad news sort of holiday season. Sure sales were up and mostly in line with forecasts. Online sales picked up again, too. But for the first time, online shopping became the most preferred means at holiday. According to The NPD Group, Inc.’s post-holiday survey, 25% …
Basel Bombshell for Apple? TAG Heuer, Gucci Announce Luxury Smartwatches
Basel, Switzerland—The 18K gold, $10,000 plus Apple Watch won’t be the only luxury smartwatch to vie for affluent consumers. Today, at BaselWorld, the largest watch trade show in the world, TAG Heuer and Gucci both announced they partnered with tech companies to produce smartwatches. Although no retail prices were revealed …
Item of the Day: VanDerWaals
Light up your life! What if you didn’t have to change your handbag to coordinate with every outfit? What if you could just change the color of your handbag without having to remove any contents? And what if you could also could charge your hand-held devices at the same time? …
Item of the Day: MIJLO
Apple may be stealing all the wearables limelight today, but wearables are showing up in plenty of other accessories categories—namely small leathergoods. Dutch-based product innovator MIJLO has taken some clean designed, sleek, quality leathergoods and infused them with high tech advantages. The company’s Where’s Wallet? integrates sensor technology that tracks the …
The Apple Watch: A Game Changer in Timepieces?
San Francisco–“I’ve been wanting to do this since I was 5 years old,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook today as he unveiled more details about the tech company’s smartwatch, in a highly choreographed presentation here. Among the details revealed ahead of a April 24 launch in the United States, United …
“Wearables” Market Could Reach $80 Billion by 2020: Report
Basingstoke, England—The market for “wearables”—technology that’s wearable—could amount to a $80 billion business by 2020, especially if there’s a fashionable interpretation. In its new report “The World in 2020—A technology Vision,” Juniper Research argues that invisible wearables (i.e. wearables indistinguishable from non-smart technology) are likely to see significant adoption before …
Item of the Day: Guess Connect
While apparel and accessories retailers finished their shopping today at AccessoriesTheShow at the Javits Center, on the other side of the nation, a widening range of retailers stopped into the annual CES show in Las Vegas, searching for the latest tech gadgets and accessories. Among the purveyors is Guess Watches, …
Item of the Day: Swarovski Shine
Leave it to Swarovski, the legendary crystal supplier, to come up with yet another way to make accessories shine. This time, at CES in Las Vegas this week, Swarovski will unveil Swarovski Shine, the new collection that combines style with function to create a fashionable activity and sleep tracking device …
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