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Experts weigh in on Forever 21’s future amidst layoffs and store closures

Inside Retail

At its height, Forever 21 operated more than 500 locations in the US and at least 800 worldwide. However, after several years of diminishing sales in an increasingly competitive fast-fashion market, rumors have been spreading about Forever 21 declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time.

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Kevin Tulip’s retail story: From tagging tees to leading Primark in the US

Inside Retail

Then I had the chance to be on the shop floor and work the checkouts, and I still remember the buzz and excitement of an afternoon on the sales floor, chatting with customers about finding a different size and trying to locate it in the stockroom,” Tulip told Inside Retail ’s Amie Larter for the video series Retail Transformers.

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Inside Urban Revivo’s strategic leap into the European fashion scene

Inside Retail

Covent Garden, one of Londons most vibrant and fashionable commercial centres, is where many leading international and emerging fashion brands are located. It provides the perfect setting for Urban Revivo to engage with the cutting edge of Londons fashion scene. The London store, for example, carries just 800 SKUs.

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Resale joins retail: Singapore’s growing appetite for secondhand fashion

Inside Retail

Integrating resale into malls meets shoppers where they already are, making circular fashion convenient and enjoyable. A direct challenge to throwaway culture: Fast-fashion brands dominate Singapores malls, pushing cheap, disposable clothing. The normalisation of circular fashion in Asia is a team effort.

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H&M’s New SoHo Location Features Secondhand Shop-in-Shop

Retail TouchPoints

Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

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How Shein is winning the fast-fashion war by putting consumers in charge

Inside Retail

With Zara-owner Inditex and H&M set to disclose their most recent sales results, investors will be focused on one major question: how are the two fast-fashion pioneers responding to the current market leader, Shein? Shein accounted for nearly one-fifth of the global fast-fashion market in 2022, outpacing Zara and H&M.

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Really, Truly Fake: The RealReal ‘Opens’ Counterfeit Handbag Store on Canal Street

Retail TouchPoints

So what are these faux handbags doing in a RealReal retail store located on NYC’s Canal Street, a notorious knockoff hub? Rival resale platform Ebay spotlighted the difference between real and fake with its own Canal Street store in November 2023 , stocking the location with authenticated sneakers and streetwear.