Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 2, 2023

A host of major fast fashion players, including Zara and Asos, are cracking down on serial returners who shop online by reducing promoted items or introducing fees for items sent back. The research was shown to fashion business leaders at a meeting last week held by the British Retail Consortium.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2023

In the world of fashion, it has been speculated that it could be possible that future designs on the runways of London, Milan, New York and Paris, could come from generative artificial intelligence programs. According to Sarah Neill, CEO and founder of Mys Tyler , the world of fashion has been ripe for disruption for a long time now.

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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

JUNE 28, 2023

Fast fashion has normalised using garments for short periods of time, and throwing them away when trends change, driving an unsustainable pattern of overproduction and overconsumption. It envisions that fast fashion will be out of fashion, and that economically profitable re-use and repair services will be widely available.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2021

Fulfilment by GlamCorner now sees the platform handling the logistics of clothing rental on behalf of fashion brands, including warehousing, cleaning, shipping and returns, and giving brands their own rental stores, which they can embed in their e-commerce sites and promote to customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2022

retail segment; the National Retail Federation (NRF) found the value of merchandise returned by consumers last year topped nearly $750 trillion. There is clearly a mounting and significant return waste problem. So why aren’t merchants processing these returns in efforts to recoup these massive losses? Take the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Just in time for New York Fashion Week, the iconic, now defunct luxury department store Barneys New York has made its return to fashion, albeit not in a way that many of the brand’s devotees would have imagined. Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 has released a limited-edition collection featuring the Barneys brand.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 will add 14 new stores to its roster across the U.S. through June 2023. Forever 21 started to unveil its new U.S. stores in August 2022 with the opening of a location at the Gran Plaza Outlets in Calexico, Calif.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

The resale market is growing 11 times faster than traditional retail and is expected to reach $84 billion by 2030, far eclipsing the predicted $40 billion market for fast fashion. . Here’s how brands can marry sustainability with returns optimization to get better ROI out of what they’ve already invested in — chiefly, their products.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This year saw the proposal of the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act. The sourcing of raw materials, factory working conditions and the environmental impact of goods distribution matters — and it appears business leaders in fashion and retail are taking note. Greater demand forecasting. Recommerce.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

PrettyLittleThing founder Umar Kamani is returning to the fast fashion retailer as he vows to make the brand special again. One of Kamani’s first actions will see the reintroduction of free returns to customers part of PrettyLittleThing’s loyalty programme just three months after the retailer scrapped the perk.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

For most retailers selling online, returns generate their greatest customer service challenges and inevitably drain profitability. A seamless returns experience is now a baseline expectation for customers,” explains Daly. The Shopify-backed company has more than 250 employees and oversees 2 million returns per month.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

For most retailers selling online, returns generate their greatest customer service challenges and inevitably drain profitability. A seamless returns experience is now a baseline expectation for customers,” explains Daly. The Shopify-backed company has more than 250 employees and oversees 2 million returns per month.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2023

Amid the rise of fast fashion and social media platforms accelerating consumptive behaviour, it appears that many Australians aren’t wearing or re-wearing the clothes they purchase. This was highlighted by the Fashion Resale Report from online retailer Reluv and Monash University. Consumer behaviours will also inevitably change.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

When delivering goods, luxury retailers can also reduce their carbon footprint by offering BORIS, BOPIS and BOSS (buy online, return in-store, buy online, pick up in-store, and buy online, ship to store) options. There is also a significant intersection of sustainability with customer preference data.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2021

Nike will start collecting and cleaning some of the sneakers that are returned by customers and reselling them at a discount in stores as part of its Nike Refurbished program, which launched on Monday. . A number of different products and tools are used to return them to as close to new condition as possible, according to Nike.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

This retail renaissance is not just a return to traditional shopping spaces but also signifies a shift in the shoppers’ culture, expectations and behaviors. A Tailored Retail Experience In the era of mass production and fast fashion, personalization has become a key element in attracting and retaining visitors.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

Boasting a large selection of everything from ultra-affordable party dresses to £1 bikinis, this fast fashion e-tailer was the preferred choice of the Love Island cast and everyone who wanted to be on the show or wished to look like those on the show. The group also announced that Passi would be returning as CEO of the company.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 17, 2024

Ebay UK is returning as the headline sponsor of Love Island’s latest season, marking its fifth consecutive series in partnership with ITV. Fans of the popular reality show can also shop the villa looks via a dedicated Love Island fashion hub on its website.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Fast-fashion giant H&M recently unveiled the autumn/winter 2024 collection from its atelier spinoff H&M Studio. The limited-edition fashion drop signals the brand is “returning to its roots and reconnecting with its community through a global ‘re-ignition’,” H&M’s head of design Eliana Masgalo told Vogue Scandinavia.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2021

Uniqueness is one of the most coveted elements of fashion for many style-conscious shoppers, and in a world drowning in new brands, buying vintage or resale is the best option to find something truly special. “To The future of secondhand fashion. The Covid pandemic created a boom for the resale sector,” he said.

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Retail Dive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The fast-fashion retailer has begun charging customers in the U.S., and most of Europe, unless they belong to its free loyalty program.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2021

Much of the growth in resale, also referred to as “recommerce,” is driven by fashion at the moment, although other categories such as electronics , homewares and furniture also are making huge gains. Coresight expects fashion resale to grow at twice the rate of the total U.S. fashion market this year alone. REI , for example.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 22, 2022

Alder & Green offers a dynamic range of 30 sizes across two-shirt fits to ensure that when purchasing a shirt, it is the perfect fit, which in turn will reduce returns, waste and the carbon footprint of products. Fashion brands have altered our attitudes through fast fashion, prioritising profit margins over ethical production.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

The Chinese fast fashion giant may be one of the most downloaded fashion apps around the world, but it continues to maintain a low corporate profile. Ask any consumer to name a fast fashion retailer and they probably think of H&M, Zara or Gap. Fast fashion, but slow deliveries. Shein hauls.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Fresh off its biggest capital raise to date, peer-to-peer fashion rental platform Designerex is gearing up for a period of rapid growth that will see it launch one-hour delivery in Australia, enter the UK and Europe and start working more closely with brands to reach new customers. Someone is making two grand from a $400 dress,” Kore said.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2022

For retailers offering custom options, returns are also less than 2 per cent, compared with over 30 per cent at traditional brands. Made-to-measure is also an ideal anti-fast fashion option for customers, many of whom are now interested in leading a more sustainable lifestyle since Covid-19 has hit.

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The former Arcadia brands and Debenhams, which were snapped up by Boohoo in 2021, have narrowed its losses after two years under the fast fashion group’s ownership. Women’s fashion retailer Wallis was the only brand to return to profitability, posting a pre-tax profit of £1.2m, up from a loss of £4m.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2021

The niche crypto assets are also capturing the attention of some of the world’s biggest fashion companies, keen to associate themselves with a new generation of gamers – although most of their forays so far are for marketing. For NFT enthusiasts, online fashion does not replace physical purchases.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2022

Peer-to-peer fashion rental platform Designerex is looking to raise fresh funds to help it scale in the US and other global markets as it experiences record growth post-Covid. It has fast-tracked sustainability and circularity – especially within fashion. Post-Covid, the opportunity for the circular economy is huge.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In Spain’s A Coruna, two contrasting fashion business models collide – pitching the growing demands for the clothing industry to become more sustainable against the constant need to drive sales. They don’t add new products mid-season and they charge online shoppers for returns to encourage conscientious shopping.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 21, 2024

Over half of the biggest online fashion retailers do not offer free postal returns, Which? The consumer choice firm looked at the returns policies of the 20 biggest online fashion retailers, including Asos, Boohoo and Amazon and found that 12 do not offer free postal returns. The returns fees range from £1.99

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. TikTok Shop did not return messages seeking comment. Apple declined to comment.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

Preppy US fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger has partnered with online thrift and consignment store ThredUp to launch a resale program for eligible preloved clothing. The initiative is part of Tommy Hilfiger’s commitment to creating a more sustainable future in fashion, giving its clothing a second life. Fast (preloved) fashion.

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Retail Insider

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Welcome to this column within our broader sustainability section which focuses on what fashion retailing is doing to address the issues in its industry. This month’s column wonders if the youngsters need to be brought in to achieve real change in fashion. Brought to you by Retail Insider, Clipper Group and Give Back Box.

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2023

A few of them are attending Seoul Fashion Week inside the plaza but many are just everyday people looking for an opportunity to show off their personal style. Just like New York or Copenhagen, Seoul is a metropolitan hailed for its distinctive fashion. Despite the hiatus, Koreans’ hunger for fashion remains stronger than ever.

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