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Forever 21 to Close 200 Stores as it Considers Second Bankruptcy

Retail TouchPoints

The news follows rumblings last week that the retailer was struggling to maintain its sprawling brick-and-mortar presence amid increased competition in the fast fashion sector. While a bankruptcy filing isnt certain to happen, its goal would be to find a buyer for Forever 21s remaining U.S. stores, reports Bloomberg.

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What Shein’s return to India means for the country’s future retail scene 

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Indian retail conglomerate Reliance Retail has introduced an app in India to sell Sheins fashion products through a licensing agreement, marking the Chinese brand’s return after a five-year ban due to diplomatic tensions. The company estimates the fast fashion segment to reach $50 billion by FY31.

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Can smarter warehousing boost Australia’s fashion industry?

Inside Retail

This fast-moving cycle pressures brands to accelerate production and delivery. Ultra-fast fashion brands like Shein and Temu have leveraged advanced analytics and agile supply chains to dominate the market. Fast fashions dominance and its impact Fast fashion has transformed retail dynamics.

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Game on: How H&M is bringing fast fashion to the metaverse

Inside Retail

Fast fashion brand H&M recently launched Loooptopia, a Roblox game focused on creating, trading and recycling digital fashion items. These are some common factors that motivate players to continuously return to achieve milestones. However, it is also one of the most successful fashion brands in the world.

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New Fast Fashion Powerhouse: Shein Teams Up with Forever 21

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The deal may eventually include Shein shop-in-shops at some of Forever 21’s 540 brick-and-mortar stores, which are heavily concentrated in malls, as well as offering consumers the ability to return Shein items at Forever 21 locations. has accused China of committing genocide and using forced labor in its repression of Muslim Uyghurs.

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Windsor Fashions to ‘Capitalize on Return to Normalcy’ with 150 New Locations by 2023

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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. The velocity of our business has increased substantially since the first of the year,” said Leon Zekaria, CEO of Windsor in a statement.

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Closing the Billion-Dollar Gap in Returns Waste

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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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