Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Digital fast fashion retailer Shein has acquired UK women’s retailer Missguided from Frasers Group. fast fashion brand Forever 21 ; those two brands recently announced plans for a co-branded line of men’s and women’s apparel that will be sold exclusively on Shein.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2022

Before the rise of cheap mass-produced apparel, clothing was typically made with higher quality materials, often by hand, and items lasted significantly longer. In recent decades, fast fashion became incredibly popular due to its cost efficiency, both for manufacturers and consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2023

thanks to on-trend discount offerings enabled by its real-time fast fashion model. Shein tested the marketplace waters first in Brazil, beginning last month, and now plans to launch it in the U.S. Shein has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the U.S. before rolling out to other global markets. ”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Consumers are also pushing for brands to step away from “fast fashion” trends and promote sustainability in both product development and manufacturing, making efforts to reduce or offset their carbon footprints. Fortunately, this has also provided a breeding ground for serious innovation and imagination.

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Inside Retail

MAY 21, 2024

Fast Retailing, the parent company of Japan apparel retailer Uniqlo , has announced the locations for 11 new stores in the US, on its way to a target of 20 openings in North America this year, which in turn is the first instalment on its plan to reach 200 stores in 2027. The 11 openings so far announced are all in malls.

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Retail Dive

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The fast-fashion e-retailer says that brick-and-mortar apparel sales will increasingly be under pressure as younger consumers buy more online.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2024

From acquiring an engagement ring to buying a wedding dress, few life events are as rife with retail opportunities as planning and hosting a wedding. In 2019, that number was US$28,000, reports The Knot, a global technology company that provides content, tools, products and services for couples planning weddings. It has it all.”

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Moda Re, a garment re-use and recycling charity, plans to double the volume of clothing it handles at its sorting centre in Barcelona to 40,000 metric tonnes per year. The expansion is part of efforts to tackle Europe’s clothing waste problem, with less than a quarter of the continent’s 5.2 million tonnes of clothing waste.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Accessibility Moved into the Mainstream The fight for inclusion by people with disabilities saw some key victories in 2023, as retailers and brands began to recognize the buying power of this sector: Market Reports World has forecast an annual CAGR of 5.74% for adaptive apparel from now through 2030. Adam Blair 5.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

We predict retailers in the fast-fashion apparel and footwear sectors within consumer discretionary goods could face significant headwinds over the next few months. Wesfarmers, one of Australia’s largest employers, recently announced plans to renew its portfolio, which include optimising its store network following a 2.9

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Sydney-based brand distributor True Alliance this week revealed that it is bringing iconic American apparel brand Gap back to Australia as an online-only offer. In 2020, the San Francisco-based brand announced plans to close 225 stores worldwide by 2024. But it’s not only the fashion trends that have changed since Gap’s heyday.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act (or Fashion Act) would apply to global apparel and footwear retailers and manufacturers with annual revenues of more than US$100 million that do business in New York. All of this information would need to be accessible to consumers online or in written form.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2021

While this kind of transformation is tougher for products that can’t be digitized, the concept of a “sharing economy” for items like apparel and furniture is taking hold alongside that of recommerce, all of which feeds into the push toward circularity. It’s the thrill of the hunt,” said Ruben. Retail has become fairly sterile.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2023

International apparel brand Lululemon has partnered with Australian environmental startup Samsara Eco, as part of an initiative to tackle textile waste. The multi-year collaboration will see Lululemon harness Samsara Eco’s circularity technology to create new recycled nylon plastics and polyester from apparel waste.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2023

Last year’s must-have dress, yesterday’s flares and countless other Western castoffs are strangling the Global South, prompting calls for fast fashion to pay the price for rampant overproduction. Fashion reparations? Noi said the money could fund a recycling plant.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. In the 2000s the internet met fast fashion, and a slew of new competitors began to emerge.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 28, 2022

In what the Stockholm-headquartered multinational fast-fashion retailer described as a “strong recovery” H&M increased its net profit nearly seven-fold to US$1.5 Announcing the results, Helmersson revealed a plan for H&M to double its group sales by 2030 as well as halving its carbon emissions. “We billion. “We

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JUNE 3, 2024

Yet, many apparel retailers find themselves grappling with a myriad of challenges that hinder their growth and efficiency. From inventory management woes to order processing bottlenecks, the complexities of running a fashion business can often feel overwhelming. Here are some of the key challenges faced by apparel retailers today.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2023

Williams shared plans to expand its Adelaide workshop following the launch of its ‘Crafted in Australia’ collection. Finally, and potentially most impactful, the Digital Product Passport will be required for all apparel by 2026, meaning that brands wishing to sell into the EU will be required to have complete traceability of their goods.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 26, 2021

IR: There has been a lot of criticism of fast fashion brands lately in terms of their lack of sustainability credentials. What are your thoughts on the evolution of the fast fashion industry? IR: What are some of Nasty Gal’s other plans for the coming 12-18 months?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Shein, the Chinese fast-fashion giant, is by no means a leader when it comes to sustainability. While no brands claim zero stock, making apparel that closely matches needs is a path to keeping unwanted products out of landfill. But it can also optimise future production by feeding aggregated customer data back to apparel makers.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Apparel chain Country Road has teamed up with its largest supplier to turn offcuts and faulty garments from its own production runs into new sweatshirts, sweatpants and t-shirts made out of 30 per cent recycled cotton fibres. IR: Do you plan to use offcuts in your other collections in future?

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Asos chief executive José Antonio Ramos Calamonte is confident his turnaround plan will see the struggling fashion giant return to profitability in 2025 – despite, it plunging to an almost £300m full-year loss. He plans to do this by a shift “back to fashion” But what exactly does this entail?

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2022

Unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company based in Hong Kong and San Francisco that builds custom jeans for each consumer on demand. Unspun was founded on the notion that we can create fashion on-demand to help eliminate the massive waste issue within the fashion industry,” Walden Lam, CEO and co-founder of Unspun told Inside Retail.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The Range has since started opening Wilko stores and owner Chris Dawson told Retail Gazette earlier this month that he plans to open 40 more next year. Although White has had some successes, such as the launch of John Lewis value range Anyday, some elements of her plan such as its foray into housing has been met with criticism.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In 2021, UK retailer Iceland announced that it planned to become carbon neutral by the end of 2022. Zara, global fast fashion leader, now ships online orders in 100% recycled cardboard boxes manufactured from boxes previously used in-store. However, sustainability does not always work out as expected.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 26, 2023

American Apparel At its height of popularity, American Apparel, which made all of its clothing in the US, was available in more than 20 countries and at over 200 stores. The alleged misconduct , coupled with questions surrounding its advertising methods, sent sales at American Apparel spiralling.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 6, 2023

The apparel industry usually eats retailers for lunch. Spanish retailer Zara has bucked a trend set by other apparel brands by manufacturing close to home. Along with that move Inditex had a plan to close up to 1,200 stores by the end of 2022 and open 450 new stores. These companies include Shein, Boohoo, Fashion Nova and ASOS.

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Retail Geek

MAY 20, 2021

Many categories were wildly up, most notably Apparel which was up 727% vs the same month last year. Um and shop for apparel. [3:41] Um and shop for apparel. [3:41] Apparel had the greatest comp month in the history of apparel since someone like invented the first fur to put on the naked guy. vs Q4 2020, up 39.1%

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Indigo 9 Digital

DECEMBER 14, 2022

While many people still like the treasure hunt aspect of going to a thrift store some find it more convenient to shop for secondhand apparel online. I certainly didn't appreciate how that insight could eventually upend how we look at innovation in retail, the apparel industry, and our environment.” Looking back on that moment.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Extraordinarily inexpensive apparel and you know inexpensive tchotchkes that you probably didn’t know you need but like if you start browsing the side it for a.m. Jason: [2:00] Social shopping exactly and so it’s super interesting and they’re doing really well so they launched an e-commerce site in the u.s. percent so. [31:38]

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 6, 2023

So you know I’m acutely aware that you can’t control timing and, and yet the kind of put yourself out there so that was my plan last year and in doing so what I realized was I’m like I get the most energy and I do my best work when, back in the phase of a company where it’s. [33:22]

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 14, 2025

Shein has moved from its humble beginnings as a small player in the ultra-fast fashion world to a global juggernaut – reshaping the fashion market with rock-bottom prices, a lightning-fast supply chain, and dominant social media presence. Sheins pre-tax profits in the UK doubled from 12.2m in 2024.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Shein has moved from its humble beginnings as a small player in the ultra-fast fashion world has grown to a global juggernaut – reshaping the fashion market with rock-bottom prices, a lightning-fast supply chain, and dominant social media presence. “This group isnt watching Panorama documentaries.”

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I Love Fashion

JUNE 13, 2022

For a more immersive experience, customers can browse the Nikeland showroom to dress their avatars, choosing different shoes, apparel, and accessories. The fast-fashion brand entered the metaverse with free NFT apparel, becoming the first affordable fashion brand to launch a digital collection.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Because again they weren’t dealing with competitive sales my department store experience was the opposite, if you’re in buying wholesale someone else will put the goods on sale and of course today you know 30 years later plus it’s the standard. [7:35] 7:35] And so I decided when I got to Ann Taylor. [7:39]

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But there still is a lot of inventory moving through the system and all that inventory moving through the system is based on what everyone thought the man was three months ago and because, the macros are shifting so fast and you know we’ve gone from all these wants to needs like most of that inventory is still wrong.

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