TUKATALKS

Joie Rucker, Owner of JDV Consulting, joins Ram Sareen on Tukatalks to discuss how to successfully grow a fashion business, the importance of communication in fashion design, and the need to bring back amazing customer experiences in store and online.

Joie Rucker has been a leader and entrepreneur in the fashion industry for many years and continues to build her ongoing track record of success through deep knowledge and continuous learning. She trained and thrived in large company environments early in her career, working for companies like Levi Strauss & Co. and Guess Jeans. She then graduated to become a successful start-up Founder at Dutch LLC, dba Joie, one of the pioneers of the Contemporary market.  Since selling her shares in the Joie brand, she has gone on to found five additional successful contemporary brands.
She has a proven track record of brand building and is now sharing her expertise with start-ups and existing brands, helping them navigate their paths to success through her coaching service, JDV Consulting.

Tukatalks is the show where fashion industry experts share what NOT to do.

EPISODE LINKS:
Joie Rucker on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joierucker

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Ram Sareen built his fashion technology company, Tukatech, on unlimited training, support, and engineering. Training was not just for the CAD operators who would do their daily work on the software, but also for middle and senior management to know what kind of information they could expect from the software.

Unfortunately, as management at apparel companies changes, their training has been lost and businesses are suffering as a result. This episode of Tukatalks is for fashion business owners who want to recover that training and learn how they can get more return on their investment from the TUKAcad software.

Contact [email protected] to start a consultation with a Tukatech specialist.

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In this unique episode of Tukatalks, Ram Sareen shares some of his personal health journey, his philosophy when starting Tukatech, and why he believes that family owned businesses are more resilient than public companies. Toward the end, Sareen shares clips submitted by Tukatech employees sharing how they have grown during their time with the company.

Ram Sareen started his fashion technology company, Tukatech, after a short-lived early retirement. At age 45, he'd had a cardiac arrest on a dentist's chair due to excessive anesthesia. He was declared dead, but was miraculously revived. With this second chance came a new perspective on life, people, and the reality that one day we all will leave this world. He decided to leave corporate America and retire early.

Just a few months into retirement, Sareen became restless from boredom. He knew he needed more than a life of leisure. He wanted to create something that made a difference, and thus Tukatech was born.

Sareen started Tukatech as a passion project, and was determined to avoid the common pitfalls of public companies. Tukatech remains a private, family-owned business to this day. This has given Sareen the ability to run his company his way, and to prioritize the development of his team over quarterly profit goals. This decision recently proved to be a wise one.

About 30 years later, in early 2024, Ram Sareen went in for a medical check up before a planned trip to Asia. The doctors discovered multiple blocked arteries in his heart, indicating a looming "silent heart attack," miraculously caught just in time to operate and repair the blockages.

Sareen was not allowed to work during nearly 2 months of recovery. Tukatech, however, continued operating and supporting users from all over the world. Some CEOs like to brag that nothing gets done without them. For Sareen, however, this trial proved that no matter what happens to him, his team is what makes Tukatech resilient.

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Beena Miriam Scheer interviews Paola Cirelli on Tukatalks. In this episode, Paola shares why sustainability must include respect for people, what can be learned from living in an unstable economic climate, and why it's vital for fashion schools to show students the realities of the fashion industry before they graduate.

Tukatalks is the show where fashion industry experts share what NOT to do.

WATCH with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/pOxUii159lI

EPISODE LINKS:
Paola Cirelli website: https://fashiondesignthinking.com/
Maldita Moda Club podcast: https://fashiondesignthinking.com/malditamodaclub

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beena-miriam-scheer-478b3a62/

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How can apparel businesses think about artificial intelligence, when so many have yet to successfully integrate virtual technology into their product development?

If you are still making physical samples after adding 3D to your fashion design process, you need to reevaluate your 3D system and how you use it. Ram Sareen outlines four things every apparel business must look for when considering 3D fashion technology: digital patterns, 3D fit models, digital cloth, and an open system.

EPISODE LINKS:
Why Morphing 3D Fit Models Doesn't Work: https://youtu.be/9zIVIpucvUI?si=447Qpbv2jJ7zA03p
Vizoo: https://www.vizoo3d.com/
Swatchbook: https://www.swatchbook.us/
Sowtex: https://sowtex.com/

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Renée T. Bavineau joins Ram Sareen to discuss why clothes don't fit, and what fashion brands can do to fix it. They cover problems defining the right base size, antiquated grading practice, fitting on mannequins, and more.

Renée is a retail veteran who has dedicated her career to fit and sizing. In 2004, she founded Raise The Bar RTB LLC where she partners and strategizes with brands to implement innovative business models that are efficient, inclusive and sustainable.

EPISODE LINKS:
What the Fit 1.0: https://www.therobinreport.com/what-the-fit-1-0/
Dare to FIT: https://www.therobinreport.com/dare-to-fit/

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In response to Stefano Aldighieri's Open Letter to Gap, Inc. Ram Sareen and Sal Minicucci began reminiscing about the iconic American brand, and in particular the Gap 1969 jeans designed by Adriano Goldschmied, launched in 1999. Along with Jae Chung -- a denim finishings expert who happened to be visiting the Tukatech office --  Ram and Sal discuss what made these jeans so special, and why denim in general is such an enticing artistic medium.

EPISODE LINKS:
Open Letter to Gap, Inc. by Stefano Aldighieri (published with permission to the Tukatech website): https://tukatech.com/open-letter-to-gap-inc/

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Adriano Goldschmied, the 'Godfather of Denim' joins Ram Sareen to share his secret to creating must-have denim brands, why denim is such a creative medium, and how to get the right people to buy your product.

Adriano Goldschmied earned his 'Godfather' title from working for nearly 50 years in the denim industry. In his long career he has pioneered many new techniques and styles which are still popular today, but the most notable contribution is revolutionizing how the world looks and wears this amazing fabric, denim.

Since setting up the groundbreaking King’s Shop in Cortina D’Ampezzo in the early 1970s, he hasn’t stopped creating and pushing the boundaries. He has created some of the most successful and recognizable denim brands in the world, including Goldie, A Gold E, Diesel, Replay, Gap 1969, AG Adriano Goldschmied and GoldSign.  Some of his most notable achievements include the invention of the stonewash technique, the experimentation and use of Tencel fibers, creating unprecedented super stretch denim and most importantly, starting the conversation and implementation of sustainable methods in the denim industry as early as the 1990s. Currently a member of the CFDA, Adriano is as busy and innovative as ever.

Adriano founded House of Gold with his partner, Vincenzo Marrocco in 2014.  Today House of Gold is a specializing in designing, manufacturing and distributing premium denim-inspired fabrics.  This venture has allowed Adriano to keep pushing sustainability in the denim world, while at the same time remaining at the forefront of innovation, starting from the fiber itself all the way to the finishings.

EPISODE LINKS:
With the Relaunch of Daily Blue, the Godfather of Denim Will Never Retire: https://www.apparelnews.net/news/2023/jan/05/relaunch-daily-blue-godfather-denim-will-never-ret/
Adriano Goldschmied Resurrects Daily Blue: https://sourcingjournal.com/denim/denim-brands/adriano-goldschmied-revives-daily-blue-brand-japanese-denim-tencel-390313/
The Godfather of Denim, Adriano Goldschmied, Takes a Page From History to Launch His New Brand: https://wwd.com/fashion-news/denim/adriano-goldschmied-daily-blue-sustainable-denim-los-angeles-made-1235453098/

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Prof. Dr. Gerrit Heinemann is Professor of Business Administration, Management and Commerce as well as founder and head of the eWeb Research Center at Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences.  He is one of the most distinguished retail experts in the German-speaking world. Heinemann has 20 years of commercial experience, in every position from apprentice to CEO of a European retail group, and is now one of the leading e-commerce researchers.

In addition to more than 400 specialist articles, he has written 25 books specializing on the most relevant retail topics, including Intelligent Retail, E-commerce, Online and Multi-channel Trade, Digitization, and Future of Trade.

Prof. Dr. Gerrit Heinemann joins Ram Sareen on Tukatalks to discuss the present challenges of retail, how new manufacturing models can support better retail practices, and the role fit plays in return rates.

EPISODE LINKS:
Intelligent Retail on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.be/-/en/Gerrit-Heinemann/dp/3658383151

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Alison A. Nieder joins Ram Sareen to discuss journalism in the fashion industry, the best and worst of apparel business practices, and the future of manufacturing while balancing automation and human input.

Alison is co-founder of creative content agency Interesting Monster Media. She has more than 25 years experience in the apparel industry, including covering all aspects of apparel design, production and marketing as the executive editor of California Apparel News.

Before shifting to journalism, Alison worked in the apparel industry in California and New York. Alison holds a bachelor of science degree in textiles and clothing with an emphasis in advertising from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in journalism from New York University.

EPISODE LINKS:
Reach Alison at [email protected]

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