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From “fast fashion” to “fast thrifting”: When will we learn?

Inside Retail

The combination of cheap and accessible products, relentless marketing that promotes the idea that new purchases bring happiness, planned obsolescence encouraging frequent replacements, and the convenience of online shopping fostering impulsive buying has created a cycle of excessive consumption and disposal over the past few decades.

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Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

Inside Retail

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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How Amazon, Temu, and Shein are reshaping Australia’s retail landscape

Inside Retail

billion, Temu’s growth has been meteoric, largely fuelled by its competitive pricing and frequent promotional events. Shein: Dominating the fast-fashion market Shein has become a major player in Australian fashion, particularly among younger consumers. In the last year alone, 3.8 With an estimated$1.1

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Shein Expands Resale Program to Europe, Beginning with France

Retail TouchPoints

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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Fast fashion retailers crank up fees to deter repeat online returners

Retail Gazette

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. In the past, consumers have been used to ordering numerous different sizes and colours of the same product before making their final choice.

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Forever 21 Continues U.S. Expansion with Plans for 14 New Locations

Retail TouchPoints

Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 will add 14 new stores to its roster across the U.S. Forever 21 plans to celebrate each new store with a grand opening featuring special promotions, giveaways, gifts with purchase and food. through June 2023. Forever 21 started to unveil its new U.S.

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ThredUP Has a New CMO After 5 Years Without

Retail TouchPoints

As a ThredUP customer, I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to use my marketing expertise to drive awareness of the mission and enhance the customer experience and build brand loyalty.”.