 Stands for Worth Global Style Network.

 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.