WGSN is a trend forecasting company that was founded in 1998 in London. It provides trend analysis and forecasting to fashion and design companies through online subscriptions and advisory services. In 2013, it merged with its competitor Stylesight to expand its offerings and library of trend information. It is now owned by Ascential, an international media company.
WGSN is a trend forecasting company that was founded in 1998 in London. It provides trend analysis and forecasting to fashion and design companies through online subscriptions and advisory services. In 2013, it merged with its competitor Stylesight to expand its offerings and library of trend information. It is now owned by Ascential, an international media company.
WGSN is a trend forecasting company that was founded in 1998 in London. It provides trend analysis and forecasting to fashion and design companies through online subscriptions and advisory services. In 2013, it merged with its competitor Stylesight to expand its offerings and library of trend information. It is now owned by Ascential, an international media company.
WGSN is a trend forecasting company that was founded in 1998 in London. It provides trend analysis and forecasting to fashion and design companies through online subscriptions and advisory services. In 2013, it merged with its competitor Stylesight to expand its offerings and library of trend information. It is now owned by Ascential, an international media company.
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It is a trend forecasting company of parent organization
ascential. Founded in 1998 in west London by brothers Julian and Marc Worth. Catriona Macnab, Head of Fashion at WGSN It is a creative trend forecaster and is based at WGSN's office in London. Macnab leads a team which advises fashion and design companies from luxury groups to multi-national stores and specialist brands on what is coming next in areas such as colour, fabric and style. As an online service, the business derives its revenues from six different product subscriptions (WGSN Insight, WGSN Fashion, WGSN Lifestyle & Interiors, WGSN Barometer, WGSN Instock, WGSN Styletrial) A custom advisory business (WGSN Mindset) A global series of events (WGSN Futures) Its trend forecasting service includes what's new and next in apparel, beauty, colour, marketing, retail and wearables. The firm has predicted that the smartphone will be obsolete by 2030. In 2013, WGSN merged with its biggest competitor, Style sight. Like WGSN, Stylesight had a vast library of fashion forecasting, trend information, archival photos, and even sketches and patterns for designers to use. Keeping the WGSN name, the new product has been designed around the technology developed by Stylesight and launched in 2014. In February 2016, Ascential plc, an international media company that includes WGSN in its portfolio, was the subject of an £800m initial public offering. In 2016, WGSN started a global series of summits known as WGSN Futures, with events in New York City, London, São Paulo, Cape Town, Melbourne, Dubai and Hong Kong. The world’s premier online provider of inspiration and product development tools uses cutting-edge technology to define and disseminate trends that influence design. Stylesight searches the world uncovering and presenting concepts that spark ideas. We are your muse and your design partner, bringing inspiration, forecasts and analysis to your desktop. Stylesight’s headquarters are based in New York City, with a trend forecasting atelier in Paris and satellite offices located worldwide. Subscribers include thousands of the world’s leading manufacturers, retailers and designers Stylesight’s technology and content are designed to inspire and confirm your ideas. You will discover millions of images and concepts that illuminate key trends. Stylesight simplifies the product development, design and merchandising process. Stylesight’s vast content will keep you at the forefront of fashion and design. We offer a global reach with a local touch. Our knowledge of international trends ranges from under-the- radar cultural happenings to top destinations, what to see, where to shop and where you need to be. The world’s leading online textile design studio for print, pattern and trend forecasting Patternbank is the go-to location for the print, pattern & trend forecast intelligence. Patternbank sells the finest handcrafted designs from a curated collection of highly skilled textile designers and artists. It creates inspirational print trend reports and provide consultancy to some of the biggest companies in the industry. The Patternbank Studio aims to be the number one online marketplace for the Print, Pattern and Graphics industry. Explore thousands of royalty-free digital patterns and exclusively licensed textile designs from the world's largest online collection of textile designers.