Driven by the growth of online apparel sales, fashion houses tend to open e-business websites. So as to offer them qualified human resources, Yoox and the business school of the Politecnico di Milano (Mip) are to open the first master's degree in e-fashion, with the support of Giorgio Armani, Diesel, Marni, Valentino, Style.it, the Italian fashion chamber...

At the end of the training, students may become Online Store Managers, Web Marketing Managers,  Brand Communications Managers, Supply Chain Managers, Project Managers...

Sources: Fashion Times September 9th 2008, La Stampa June 23rd 2008

5 European countries convinced of the potential of smart textiles, have begun to design an information system which will be available on Systex website and allow them to map the situation and possible developments, as well as opportunities and specific issues of smart textiles, in particular as regards nanotechnologies and microencapsulation.

Partner countries of Systex:
- BELGIUM (Textiles Department at Ghent University, IMEC - Interuniversitary microelectronics centre in Leuven, Multitel, Anne de Moor)
- FRANCE (CEA, IFTH)
- GERMANY (IHofmann Consulting, Philips Research)
- ITALY (Smartex, Pisa University, INFM - CNR)
- THE NETHERLANDS (Plastic Electronics)

Source: Noticiero Textil September 1st 2008