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Game on: How H&M is bringing fast fashion to the metaverse

Inside Retail

Fast fashion brand H&M recently launched Loooptopia, a Roblox game focused on creating, trading and recycling digital fashion items. These are some common factors that motivate players to continuously return to achieve milestones. However, it is also one of the most successful fashion brands in the world.

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New Fast Fashion Powerhouse: Shein Teams Up with Forever 21

Retail TouchPoints

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.

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What Recommerce can Teach Retailers About New Consumer Behaviors and Future-Proofing Sales

Retail TouchPoints

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. Why the strong growth, particularly during a time of economic upheaval?

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Closing the Billion-Dollar Gap in Returns Waste

Retail TouchPoints

Recommerce, the sale of secondhand merchandise, is a hot topic as consumers become more enthused about recycling goods rather than contributing to enormous mountains of landfill waste. While secondhand marketplaces are steadily growing, they barely make a dent in the billions of items today’s consumers generate. Take the U.S.

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How the Rise of the Conscious Consumer is Fueling Resale’s Rapid Growth

Retail TouchPoints

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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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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As spending dips, can fashion rentals help Asos return to profit?

Inside Retail

Asos recently launched its first ever rental edit with UK-based rental marketplace, Hirestreet, as the struggling online fashion retailer attempts to stem its losses amid a decrease in consumer spending. An important move As a way to attract more cost-conscious consumers, Asos’ deal with Hirestreet makes a lot of sense.

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