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

AUGUST 24, 2023

Shein also has been on an expansion path of its own: In October 2022 Shein launched Shein Exchange , a platform for buying and selling previously owned Shein products; In May 2023 Shein opened its platform to third-party sellers; and In June 2023 Shein expanded its product assortment beyond fashion.

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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. Precise data on the growth of clothing waste is scarce but collection for recycling and reuse increased gradually in several European countries from around 2010, a 2021 EU report said.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2024

This week, France announced legislation to “limit the excesses of ultra-fast fashion”. With fast fashion off the table for many, shoppers – and retail brands – are getting creative like locally owned, fashion re-sell business, a new favourite of mine, Love it Longer, on leafy Rathdowne Street in Carlton North, Victoria.

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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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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In the short term, we’ll pay more but in the long term, we (consumers, the people who make fashion, communities and the planet) will all be richer. The post From “fast fashion” to “fast thrifting”: When will we learn? But I’m trying to be better, buying less and buying better quality.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

At the same time, the rental and fast fashion sectors are expected to remain relatively flat, and department stores, value chains and mid-priced specialty retail will lose ground. One thing that really stood out to me [in the report] was this tension in the minds of younger shoppers who shop fast fashion,” said Marino.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2024

Fast fashion platform Shein is expanding its resale program to Europe and the UK after debuting the peer-to-peer exchange in the U.S. in October 2022. The Shein Exchange resale platform allows users to easily buy and sell previously owned Shein products within the Shein app. Since the launch of Shein Exchange in the U.S.,

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Each year, more than 200,000 tonnes of clothing are discarded into Australian landfills , primarily influenced by the fast fashion model, according to a recent study by Professor Alice Payne from RMIT’s School of Fashion & Textiles.

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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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Retail Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

SHEIN, a major player in the fast-fashion e-commerce world, is reportedly exceeding $30 billion in annual sales.

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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. The retailer opened its first U.S. store six years ago in Boston.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 25, 2024

Ryman owner Theo Paphitis is the latest British retailer to call on the government for a clampdown on a tax loophole used by fast fashion giants such as Temu and Shein.

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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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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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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Products shipped cross-border by Chinese online fast-fashion giant Shein have been found to contain toxic chemicals at rates twice the level allowed under EU regulations, according to a report prepared by Greenpeace in Germany.

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Retail Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Fast-fashion brand SHEIN's confidential filing to go public has drawn the attention of lawmakers.

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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. The three-day event promised a showcase of more than 1,000 different styles with the product assortment rotating daily.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Chinese fast fashion retailer Shein may frequently grab headlines for the wrong reasons but there’s no denying the increasing popularity of the controversial brand. As of October 2020, Shein was the world’s largest online-only fashion company, according to Euromonitor International. The price of fast fashion.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2022

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

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2021

Fast fashion retailer Windsor Fashions is planning to open 150 new stores over the next two years, adding to its current fleet of 230 locations across 42 states in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Fast fashion juggernaut Shein has confidentially filed to go public, multiple sources report. based Sparc Group , which owns fast fashion rival Forever 21. Rumors of an IPO for the discount app have swirled for over a year now as Shein has continued its meteoric rise in the U.S. and the world.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Online fast-fashion retailer Boohoo is launching a strategic review to determine how it can best maximize shareholder value after a difficult few years, according to multiple sources.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2023

Temu alleges that Shein has “engaged in a campaign of threats, intimidation, false assertions of infringement, attempts to impose baseless punitive fines and has forced exclusive dealing arrangements” with the clothing manufacturers that both apps rely on for their ultra-fast fashion offerings. “As

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2023

To what extent can fast fashion brands make inroads in their sustainable practices and reduce their textile waste without fundamentally changing their business and operating model? This further fuel[s] their hyper-fast fashion model.”

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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

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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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Australian fast-fashion brand Princess Polly has expanded in the US opening a flagship store in Los Angeles. Established in 2005 by husband-and-wife team Wez and Eirin Bryett, the Gold Coast brand sells on-trend women’s clothing for predominantly Gen Z consumers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 12, 2024

Zara is set to open its first Australian store to feature the fashion brand’s latest global Couture/Atelier design concept. The Spanish fast-fashion label will renovate its Burnside Village store in June with a reopening in the new guise scheduled for October.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

The fast fashion company first fell into financial difficulties in fall 2021 but was saved when private equity firm Alteri stepped in to buy a controlling stake. The deal includes certain intellectual property of both the Missguided and Mennace brands.

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Inside Retail

JULY 30, 2023

Swedish fast-fashion giant H&M has sued Chinese rival Shein in Hong Kong over copyright infringement. The Swedish retailer is seeking compensation for unspecified damages and an injunction to prevent Shein from repeating the copyright violation, according to Bloomberg.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2023

thanks to on-trend discount offerings enabled by its real-time fast fashion model. This contrasts with fellow China-based discount shopping apps such as Wish and Temu , which use a consumer-to-manufacturer marketplace model. Shein has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2023

ThredUp launched a fast fashion helpline in 2022. Source: ThredUp) For its part, ThredUp continues to roll out initiatives to help consumers break their fast fashion addiction and understand the positive impact of turning to resale.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Further reading, Australian fast-fashion brand Princess Polly has expanded in the US, opening a flagship store in Los Angeles. The brand’s name translates to ‘beneath’ in Italian, a nod to the founder’s family roots as well as play on using lingerie as the base for each outfit.

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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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