Why pursue research in Fashion Business and Technology
Drive innovation in fashion
As a postgraduate researcher in Fashion Business and Technology at Manchester, you’ll contribute to research that addresses the challenges and opportunities of one of the world’s fastest-evolving industries – from sustainable fashion business models and smart wearables to supply chain systems and consumer behaviour.
You’ll work across themes such as apparel engineering, ethical consumption and digital fashion marketing, supported by advanced technologies, including 3D body scanners, eye-tracking systems and specialist textile laboratories. Your research could help shape the future of fashion, from AI-enabled retail to biomedical textiles and smart e-textile wearables.
Delve into groundbreaking research
Discover next-generation fashion research
At Manchester, you’ll explore breakthroughs in areas including:
- Global fashion supply chains
- Fast fashion and retail strategy
- Sustainability and ethics
- Consumer behaviour and insight
- Digital marketing technologies
- Emerging fashion business models
- Design and production innovation.
Our interdisciplinary research explores how fashion retail, production and consumption are evolving in response to global challenges. We examine emerging business models, collaborative design, digital platforms and globalisation — all within the broader context of ethics, innovation and sustainable growth.
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