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SHEIN Hosts Sold Out Pop-Up Event in San Francisco

Retail TouchPoints

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. The online resale platform offered Bay Area customers 40% off their first ThredUP purchase and free shipping if they pledged not to shop the SHEIN pop-up event.

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Shein and Temu growth rates set to plunge in 2025

Retail Gazette

Shein and Temu’s growth rates are forecast to drop next year, new data has found. The report found that while Shein and Temu were fast-growing, “complaints about quality of goods, unethical production processes, unfair advantages in shipping, and increased nationalism” meant they were targets of environmental groups and governments.

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How to transform returns from a costly headache into a profit centre

Inside Retail

Up to 30 per cent of your sales may end in a return, and up to 50 per cent of an item’s original value makes up the return cost, including shipping, warehousing, and labour costs,” explains Tara Daly, senior director of product marketing at Loop Returns. For example, a summer dress can quickly go out of style in a couple of months.

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How to transform returns from a costly headache into a profit centre

Inside Retail

Up to 30 per cent of your sales may end in a return, and up to 50 per cent of an item’s original value makes up the return cost, including shipping, warehousing, and labour costs,” explains Tara Daly, senior director of product marketing at Loop Returns. For example, a summer dress can quickly go out of style in a couple of months.

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Uniqlo owner sees big profit drop in China due to Covid restrictions

Inside Retail

China is Fast Retailing’s biggest foreign market, with 863 stores on the mainland and almost 90 outlets in Shanghai, where stringent lockdown measures, introduced in late March, remain in place to contain the country’s worst outbreak of the pandemic.

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Inside Mosaic’s pivot from specialty fashion to digital department store

Inside Retail

Mosaic’s department store move isn’t exactly unique in the fashion industry. Boohoo, the British fast fashion giant best known for its bodycon dresses and celebrity collabs, recently launched its first ever homewares collection, including candles, picture frames and bedding. Keeping costs down with drop-ship.

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Balenciaga, Reflaunt and the rise of resale-as-a-service

Inside Retail

Customers can join the circular program by dropping off their pre-loved Balenciaga items to participating Balenciaga stores or request collection through Reflaunt. Once an item is sold, it’s shipped from Balenciaga and the seller receives either financial compensation or credit for use in Balenciaga stores. Resale-as-a-service.

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