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From bikinis on a kitchen bench to global resort wear brand, Bydee boomed 700pc

Inside Retail

Scaling a small business Founded in 2013, the first iteration of Bydee was a purely product-focused passion project, “I was making all the swim and bralettes myself.” In her last year of school, Hairis started selling her handmade side hustle to her friends.

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Gap, DoorDash, NBCU Execs Weigh in on the State of the Consumer

Retail TouchPoints

Immediate Access Its not only the product innovation cycle that has sped up consumers also expect to find and get those products fast. We are part of fast fashion because of the price that we offer, but certainly a low price doesn’t equal poor ethics or poor sustainability. DoorDash and CVS can attest to this reality.

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Analysis: Why does Shein continue to escape scrutiny?

Inside Retail

The Chinese fast fashion giant may be one of the most downloaded fashion apps around the world, but it continues to maintain a low corporate profile. Ask any consumer to name a fast fashion retailer and they probably think of H&M, Zara or Gap. Fast fashion, but slow deliveries. Inclusive fashion.

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Asos ties exec pay to new environmental goals

Inside Retail

Online fashion retailer Asos set out plans to cut its environmental impact and improve worker rights on Thursday, tying its success in cutting waste and carbon levels to future management pay.

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Short-Form Video and UGC are Reshaping the Realm of Influencer Marketing

Retail TouchPoints

TikTok and Instagram are volume platforms, they’re like the fast fashion of social media,” Dulay explained. Influencer marketing isn’t what it was in 2013 or 2014, where you gave someone a product and they sold it for you,” Dulay said. But don’t count YouTube out. Know what your goal is.

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In The Style on verge of administration

Retail Gazette

In The Style is edging towards insolvency less than two years after the online fashion retailer was forced into a fire sale to a family office investor. TS Recovery is being lined up to act as administrator to the business which was founded by Adam Frisby in 2013, Sky News reported.

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Shein hires ex-PLT buying director as first ever chief product officer

Retail Gazette

In her new role, she will also help the Chinese-based fashion giant, which employs 40 people in its London office, grow a Manchester-based team of around 15 staff by the start of next year. Dunne’s appointment comes as Shein’s UK business made a pre-tax profit of £12.2m