Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

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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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2021

Consumers bought less clothing during the pandemic, that we know for sure, but we also saw that many people tried secondhand for the first time ,” said Karen Clark, VP of Marketing Communications at ThredUP in an interview with Retail TouchPoint s. Growing Sustainability Concerns Favor Resale Over Fast Fashion.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

Fast fashion brand H&M recently launched Loooptopia, a Roblox game focused on creating, trading and recycling digital fashion items. Another aspect to Loooptopia which stands out from other fashion games in Roblox is the ability to recycle digital fashion items. Learning new habits.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Traditionally, consumers bought them to get the benefit of wearing a near-enough copy of a luxury item they desired without having to sell a kidney to pay for it. Many shoppers, particularly younger consumers, see buying dupes as markers of frugal cool, and revel in their ability to find a bargain that has the look and feel of the real thing.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2025

High-profile brands like Dion Lee and Mosaic Brands closed their doors, and IMGs departure from Australian Fashion Week disrupted the sector. Rising operational costs, increased global competition, and shifting consumer behaviours are among the contributing factors. Supports sustainability by reducing freight and consumables.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2025

economy may not have officially entered a recession, but consumers are nonetheless navigating rising prices, dwindling savings and a near-constant stream of financial anxiety. Now, with the onset of widespread global tariffs, consumer confidence has hit its second-lowest point since 1952. are up 10% since February.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

The deal may eventually include Shein shop-in-shops at some of Forever 21’s 540 brick-and-mortar stores, which are heavily concentrated in malls, as well as offering consumers the ability to return Shein items at Forever 21 locations. has accused China of committing genocide and using forced labor in its repression of Muslim Uyghurs.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 16, 2021

Sana’s success and how it’s using offcuts to make fast fashion more sustainable. As the consumer has access to endless information and content, the notion and impact of fast fashion and its effect on both the environment and labourers is common knowledge. Inside Retail : How did you come up with the idea for St.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

She led a brand refresh for the fast fashion retailer, focusing on younger consumers with a social-media-first approach to customer engagement. Co-founder Thomas Vellios will continue as Chairman of the Five Below board and work with the executive team to drive the retailers strategic priorities.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Additionally, Amazon’s Prime membership offers customers value-added services, such as exclusive deals and fast, free delivery options, which traditional retailers struggle to match. Shein: Dominating the fast-fashion market Shein has become a major player in Australian fashion, particularly among younger consumers.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Fast fashion, or making and selling cheap clothes with a short lifespan, is “highly unsustainable”, the Commission said in July. ” “The way fashion is produced and consumed needs to change – this is an undeniable truth,” H&M said.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

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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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Frasers Group has warned the Budget has “spooked” consumer confidence as it prepares for its tax bill to rise £50m next year from changes to employers’ National Insurance contributions. The retail giant’s CFO Chris Wootton noted that consumer sentiment has “definitely weakened pre- and post-Budget”. “It’s

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Underlying impacts The partnership between Reliance Retail and Shein represents a significant shift in India’s fashion landscape, with several key implications for both businesses and consumers. The company estimates the fast fashion segment to reach $50 billion by FY31.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2021

We conducted in-depth interviews with 21 women who buy “fast fashion” – “on-trend” clothing made and sold at very low cost – to find out how much they think about the conditions of the workers who make their clothes, and and what effort they take to avoid slave-free clothing. Out of sight, out of mind. Who is responsible?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2025

Between the tariff tug-of-war, flailing markets, insanely high egg prices and general twitchiness (as one strategist put it), consumers have gotten a bit hard to nail down lately. Here’s what some of the leading minds in retail say consumers need now. One thing is clear its not AI.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

There was a time, not too long ago, when it took a lot of convincing to get consumers to consider secondhand. Now, both consumers and the retailers that serve them are quite willingly jumping on the resale bandwagon, driving an already hot sector toward even further growth. Retailers and Brands Take the Baton.

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Retail Dive

JULY 12, 2021

fast-fashion market, environmental sustainability concerns could drive consumers away from fast-fashion brands. As the e-commerce site leads the U.S.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2023

Last November, international fashion resale platform Vestiare Collective shocked the apparel industry by banning the trade of ‘fast-fashion’ labels. Wone, who joined Vestiaire Collective in March 2020, said the ban underlines Vestiaire Collective’s founding mission – to drive collective change towards a circular fashion economy.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2021

Recently, however, something new has begun to drive massive growth in the used goods sector — consumers who are shopping based on their values , in addition to searching for value. It is this facet of the modern economy that consumers have begun to reject. The Fastest-Growing Channel in Retail’. “ The Cool Factor.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

As retailers have struggled to navigate changes in consumer behavior and economic uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, one area has seen continued growth: recommerce. Recommerce checks many boxes for both consumers and businesses. Consider that 223 million consumers say they have or are open to shopping secondhand products.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2025

With the marketplace model now driving Debenhams’ growth, Boohoo hopes this fresh approach can turn around not just Debenhams, but its other brands, including the host of struggling fast fashion brands which once were the group’s driving force Boohoo, PrettyLittleThing, and Boohoo Man.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 4, 2025

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. Basically, the competitive bar is now set a lot higher in fast fashion, and Forever 21 has had trouble getting over it.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2024

This week, France announced legislation to “limit the excesses of ultra-fast fashion”. According to Roy Morgan data, the attitude of Australian consumers is shifting towards the circular economy with 34 per cent of Australians both buying and selling second-hand items. My shopping addiction is depending on it.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 2, 2021

More young consumers are moving toward second-hand fashion options, conscious of the environment and carbon footprint of the clothing industry. The post Etsy to buy fashion reseller Depop in push for younger consumers appeared first on Inside Retail. Reporting by Nivedita Balu.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 7, 2024

While many speculate about the reasons that established designers are partnering with the ultra-fast fashion company, it is apparent that Shein is using the program to separate itself from accusations that it trades in dupes and copycats.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

Australians have been outed as the worlds biggest fashion consumers, purchasing on average 56 new items of clothing per person each year. However, the garments most consumers purchase are rarely locally made and, according to The Australia Institute, their average value is just $13. she asked the panelists.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Ireland-based fast fashion retailer Primark is continuing its steady expansion in the U.S., The company’s most recent opening, its 13 th , took place in Philadelphia’s Fashion District in September 2021. This shift in consumer sentiment has been a primary driver behind the demise of U.S. The retailer opened its first U.S.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Australian consumers are becoming more conscious of the social, environmental, and economic implications of their purchasing choices. A recent report by Baptist World Aid, based on responses from over 2000 Australians surveyed by research firm McCrindle in September, revealed an increased awareness of the impact of consumer choices.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2022

Focus and blame generally turn to the manufacturing, production and distribution parts of the chain, but other aspects are not usually at the forefront of the mind, especially when it comes to the consumer standpoint. In recent decades, fast fashion became incredibly popular due to its cost efficiency, both for manufacturers and consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 16, 2024

The pop-up comes amid a major push by the fast fashion app to grow its Canadian consumer base that also has included a sustainability-focused pop-up in Vancouver and a “moving billboard” campaign on streetcars across Toronto.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2022

Online fast fashion retailer SHEIN is hosting the latest in its traveling series of pop-up events at San Francisco’s Embarcadero Center from June 24 to 26, 2022. Consumers are still shopping SHEIN in droves, however, as evidenced by the sold-out San Francisco event.

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2025

The executive said the company sees the European aesthetic as a blend of timeless sophistication and subtle individuality and consumers tend to value longevity in design, quiet luxury and a clear brand identity. Europe is at the heart of the global fashion industry, home to three major fashion capitals and a rich tradition of art and fashion.

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Inside Retail

MAY 23, 2024

A new study demonstrates how AI can revolutionise fast fashion by improving supply chain efficiencies and in turn reducing the industry’s carbon footprint. The fast fashion industry is valued at US$2.5 trillion and employs some 75 million people, however, its economic impact is underscored by its environmental pollution.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2025

Here, we speak with #6, Babyboo co-owner and managing director Will Conditsis, about balancing rapid growth and profitability and repositioning the brand from ‘fast-fashion’ to ‘premium’ He also shares the top profession al skill he would still like to develop.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2023

Consumers and retailers are turning to resale more than ever amid economic uncertainty, according to ThredUp ’s 11th annual Resale Report , conducted by GlobalData. consumers ( 52% ) shopped secondhand apparel in 2022. consumers bought 1.4 The study found that more than half of U.S. In the U.S. In 2022, U.S.

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