Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

With this deeper insight into both their sustainability initiatives and inventory stocking, businesses can better tread the line between meeting customer demand and minimizing waste to stay competitive in an ever-changing and complex market. There is also a significant intersection of sustainability with customer preference data.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Brand fulfilment and digital concessions are on the rise, which is more or less a form of dropshipping, except the goods are shipped directly from the supplier in branded packaging. Meanwhile, with traditional dropshipping, the goods will ship blind, without any marketing material that reveals the identity of the supplier.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Market trends indicate that a powerful three-point strategy for you to bring to the brands you promote is: Inspire, Deliver, Sustain. Your clients’ websites must clearly communicate how inventory can be delivered, arrival time frames, and what different shopping and shipping options cost.

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Inside Retail

JULY 31, 2024

One of the biggest challenges facing the fashion industry today is fast fashion. Shipping providers couldn’t help us because every booking on the platform is dynamic. They’re doing a great job selling to consumers quickly and cheaply,” Kore said. We don’t even know how to deal with this.’

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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. That equates to around 108 Boeing 777 freighters a day, the consultancy said.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Global downloads of mobile shopping apps were up 16% year-over-year in the first half of 2022 while the number of sessions was up 29% , according to data from the It’s Not Luck, It’s Skill: Make Every Marketing Dollar Count This Holiday Season report by data.ai. Well, we know that shipping is still an issue like it was last year.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to the United Nations Environment Programme , fashion accounts for up to 10 per cent of global carbon dioxide output – more than international flights and shipping combined. Greenwashing is when a company claims to be environmentally aware, but only for marketing purposes. What is greenwashing? Green or greed?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2023

Last year’s must-have dress, yesterday’s flares and countless other Western castoffs are strangling the Global South, prompting calls for fast fashion to pay the price for rampant overproduction. “Many of these garments should have been disposed of there, yet they put them into bales and ship them here.

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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. Inclusive fashion.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 2, 2021

But while the retailer operates a global e-commerce site and ships to over 130 countries around the world, its point of difference is clearly its department stores, which feature multiple restaurants, including a rooftop eatery by Dior, a cinema, numerous beauty and personal shopping services and even a skatepark.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2023

Despite the controversies, the fast-fashion brand has been named one of Gen Z’s favorite brands and one of the fashion industry’s most popular brands. Getting products to market faster also incentivizes shoppers to continuously visit the ecommerce site or mobile app, essentially gamifying product consumption.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Fast fashion retailer Shein is set to open its first permanent store in the world – in Japan’s capital Tokyo. The store, located in the bustling fashion precinct of Harajuku, will open on November 13. Shein’s first brick-and-mortar store will display items and styling that caters to the Japanese market.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

People can request a prepaid shipping label from the website and send their clothes to ThredUp for sorting. ThredUp’s 2022 Resale report shows that the secondhand market in the US is expected to more than double by 2026, taking its value to an estimated $82 billion in just four short years. Fast (preloved) fashion.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Supply bottlenecks, slower product deliveries and higher freight and labour costs risk shifting the fast fashion industry into the slow lane, as shown this week by British online fashion retailer Asos. Cheap supplies from Asia have been central to many fast fashion business models. SLOW TRANSIT.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

“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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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2024

“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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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Walmart mandated that its suppliers put it on products by 2022, which has made a big impact on RFID adoption. QR codes can be used to gather customer feedback or conduct surveys.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2022

Fast Retailing < is a bellwether for how major global retailers are being impacted by Covid-related shutdowns in China, one of the biggest growth markets for many Western brands. Fast Retailing has more Uniqlo stores in China than in its home market of Japan.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2022

They head a growing list of retail brands which have already announced actions to end or reduce sales in Russia, including Swedish fast-fashion company H&M, online apparel store Asos, and tech giant Apple. Russia accounted for about 4 per cent of H&M’s sales during the last quarter, making it the group’s sixth-largest market.

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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. The benefit is that Designerex is highly scalable, but it also means that users are responsible for shipping and cleaning items, which can be a hassle.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The original designs Camilla put to the market were, and actually still are, one size, and those silk garments can be tied or styled to suit everyone from a size 8 to 28. Some of our prints sell in the second-hand market for higher than the original retail price, so customers are making an investment. That starts with size inclusivity.

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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 company was also spending an astronomical amount on marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

While the latter may be true, excess inventory also has a silver lining of hidden pathways to optimizing excess inventory that lead straight to your bottom line through distribution in the off-price retail market. In today’s age, sustainable fashion matters. It’s time to embrace the future of excess inventory.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Once an item is sold, it’s shipped from Balenciaga and the seller receives either financial compensation or credit for use in Balenciaga stores. Business of Fashion research estimates that the US secondhand market will increase from $27 billion in 2020 to $57 billion by 2025. Resale-as-a-service. Tracing the journey.

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VMS

JUNE 1, 2021

Fast fashion brand H&M (Stockholm), owner of second-hand retailer Sellply, said it will open 20 more locations in Europe, according to Business of Fashion. Demand in our new markets is growing rapidly,” said Head of Expansion Gustav Wessman. The first Sellply store was launched in 2014 in Sweden.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Recent improvements to the customer experience, including the ability for lenders to generate shipping labels with Australia Post , and the launch of three-hour delivery for last-minute rentals, have been key to its growth. Kore frequently describes Designerex as the Airbnb of fashion rental. That’s more than David Jones or The Iconic.

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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. The overall size of the NFT wearables market is difficult to establish. SELFIE SHOPPING.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Yet consumer demand is not wavering and fashion trend cycles are shorter than ever due to social media, fast fashion, and technology. This is forcing brands to evaluate their business models and get resourceful with their marketing budgets to stay competitive. Mass-market brands are also investing in take-back schemes.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2023

However, when considering this, it’s worth bringing into perspective the entire fashion landscape, which is recalibrating to a new post-pandemic normal within a tough financial environment. This compounds the challenges fashion businesses are up against when adopting circular practices.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 17, 2023

The fast fashion retailer turns out new trends even faster than the likes of Zara and H&M. Shein, unlike some of its rivals, does not have any permanent stores and now is the largest online only fashion site in the world. Shein is even taking on legacy fast fashion stalwarts. Do you like this content?

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Retail Gazette

MAY 28, 2024

The exit is representative of a wider sweep against pureplays on the London Stock Market, which are all trading at a fraction of what they once were during their peak in 2021. Impressing an investor is no longer about simply operating in the growth ecommerce market, now they now want to see profitability from their investments, he explains.

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A1 Retail

MAY 6, 2021

Easily sell and ship products to customers using sustainable, fully compostable packaging. Fashion is the second most polluting industry after oil but thankfully, consumers are becoming aware of the damaging effects of ‘fast fashion’ on our planet and are looking for alternatives.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

This equates to 8-10 per cent of global emissions, more than aviation and shipping combined. As it happens, these synthetic materials are commonly used in making sportswear, which is a market recently valued at £13.8 When these clothes are discarded, only a small portion of these fabrics can be recycled, and most end up simply binned.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 15, 2024

Joining us on the episode is Michael Maloof is the Head of Marketing for Earnest Analytics. He is the head of marketing at Ernest Analytics. So I’m head of marketing at Earnest Analytics. On a market cap basis, they keep flip-flopping with Alibaba. We also explore where they could go next. Scot: [3:03] Awesome.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

My Gucci Marmont bag from Vestiaire Collective has shipped. Bagged a pre-loved bargain, supported circular fashion and didn’t even set foot in a store. They’re set to account for 40 per cent of the global luxury fashion market alone by 2025. Quick email check. GlamCorner has a sale. Aje has released its new collection.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This is likely a legacy of the 1970s and 80s, when low-quality and expensive environmental products failed on the market and early socially responsible investments produced low returns. Zara, global fast fashion leader, now ships online orders in 100% recycled cardboard boxes manufactured from boxes previously used in-store.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 6, 2023

This approach also helps to alleviate last mile shipping costs since stores are closer to customers than distribution centres. As many direct to consumer brands have found digital marketing costs can spiral without a store network to lure customers in on their daily shopping trips. Manufacturing in small batches.

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