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How the Fashion Industry Can Pave the Way for a Sustainable Future

Retail TouchPoints

In recent decades, fast fashion became incredibly popular due to its cost efficiency, both for manufacturers and consumers. In tandem with this, there is a goal to employ zero-emission vehicles when shipping apparel across various regions, with a duty to track, quantify and publicly declare emissions output.

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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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The Global Reach and Sustainable Impact of Green RFID Technology

Retail TouchPoints

For example, 60% of customers say they would be willing to pay more for a product with sustainable packaging, so it is paramount that businesses stay with the times and account for these shifting consumer preferences. One industry with a particularly negative environmental impact is the retail industry.

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How Shein and Temu are driving up the cost of air freight

Inside Retail

The rapid rise of fast-fashion e-commerce retailers such as Shein and Temu is upending the global air cargo industry, as they increasingly vie for limited air-cargo space to woo consumers with rapid transit times, more than ten industry sources said. That equates to around 108 Boeing 777 freighters a day, the consultancy said.

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SHEIN’s Head of Strategy on Setting (and Achieving) Firmer ESG Goals

Retail TouchPoints

Despite the controversies, the fast-fashion brand has been named one of Gen Z’s favorite brands and one of the fashion industry’s most popular brands. SHEIN’s incredible reach, amplified through influencers, and its focus on creating on-trend items at an extremely rapid pace can be thanked for that.

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Mobile Ecommerce Success Calls for the ‘Instagramification’ of the App Experience

Retail TouchPoints

The fast fashion company saw the highest year-over-year growth in downloads of any retailer’s app globally, and also drove the most sessions. Well, we know that shipping is still an issue like it was last year. Mobile Retailing Requires a ‘Mindset Shift’. It was the second-most downloaded shopping app in the U.S.,

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Analysis: What the crackdown on sustainability claims means for retail

Inside Retail

Sustainability has become a top priority for investors and consumers concerned about the looming climate crisis – and the fashion industry, one of the leading creators of global emissions, is increasingly focused on portraying its green cred.

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