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With influencer marketing sector expected to hit $44 billion this year, The Business of Fashion is looking deeper at this rapidly changing industry with a special package on the stakes it’s facing today.
Influencer marketing is bigger than ever, but it’s also become more complex as the number of creators multiplies, consumers grow more resistant to blatant ads, platforms like Substack gain traction and new tools for tracking performance appear. Fashion brands need to update their strategies.
After a year of experimentation and noise, 2026 marks a pivot for fashion marketers toward slower advertising, more thoughtful creative risks and human connection, as brands recalibrate how to entertain, engage and earn trust in an age of AI and consumer exhaustion.
Haley Crawford is Marketing Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers the marketing and public relations industries.
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