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Pricing and consumer perception: Why fast-fashion brands launch premium ranges

Inside Retail

The value of luxury and premium fashion goods is often in their design, storytelling and product quality. But recently, fast-fashion brands including Zara, H&M, Mango, Urban Outfitters and Topshop have been testing limited-run premium collections in addition to their regular and frequent product drops.

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Ultra-fast fashion is undermining efforts to make the industry more sustainable

Inside Retail

Since the 1990s, fast fashion has enabled everyday people to buy the latest catwalk trends. Now, just when the fashion industry should be waking up and breaking free of this vicious cycle, it’s heading in the opposite direction. We’re on a downward spiral, from fast fashion to ultra-fast fashion.

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Designer Ena Pelly on why collaboration is the fashion industry’s “secret sauce”

Inside Retail

Collaboration has long been at the heart of the fashion industry – with creative forces frequently teaming up to design something new and generate further brand heat. Collaborations allow fashion brands to offer a limited-edition and exclusive product offering to their dedicated consumers – with the opportunity to attract some new ones. “It

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J Crew’s catalogue proves that print is still king in the fashion industry

Inside Retail

J Crew’s catalogue has long been a coveted fashion reference to timeless style and now the brand is ready to capitalise on its own lore. An Instagram account called “lostjcrew” has amassed nearly 82,000 followers posting photos exclusively from J Crew catalogues produced between 1983 and 1997.

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How social commerce platform Smthgood is reinventing eco-fashion in Asia

Inside Retail

The intersection of technology and sustainability is redefining the fashion landscape in Asia, and one of the leaders of this movement is Smthgood, a marketplace with a mission. Smthgood is a social commerce platform that combines user-generated lookbooks with a fashion marketplace that is focused on conscious fashion brands.

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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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Why slow fashion brands are closing hard and fast in the cost-of-trading crisis

Inside Retail

It’s no secret that the cost-of-living crisis and the cost-of-trading crisis are crippling the retail industry with both consumers and businesses feeling the crunch. Slipper specialist Monte, fashion label Arnsdorf and blanket manufacturer Seljak Brand have all announced that they are closing down in the last few months.

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