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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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Shein and Temu growth rates set to plunge in 2025

Retail Gazette

The report found that while Shein and Temu were fast-growing, “complaints about quality of goods, unethical production processes, unfair advantages in shipping, and increased nationalism” meant they were targets of environmental groups and governments.

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End of an era: Online retailers exit US market as de minimis loophole closes

Inside Retail

British beauty products retailer Space NK has paused e-commerce orders and shipping to the United States “to avoid incorrect or additional costs being applied to our customers’ orders”, the company said in a notice on Wednesday. The move upended global trade and triggered retaliation from Beijing. It is not alone.

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How the end of de minimis is forcing a global reset in retail supply chains

Inside Retail

Enabled by the e-commerce explosion and accelerated by Covid-era consumption, this loophole helped supercharge the rise of ultra-fast fashion giants. They bypassed traditional supply chains, shipping individual parcels directly to consumers and often avoiding scrutiny from the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

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The end of US de minimis to shake up e-commerce industry 

Inside Retail

This exemption has become a cornerstone for companies like Shein, Temu and Amazon Haul, enabling them to ship vast quantities of inexpensive goods directly to American consumers. Under the existing rule, individual shipments valued at less than US$800 are allowed to enter the US duty-free, with minimal inspections. per cent (US$228.3

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Why Australia’s new haul of Chinese online goods is helping tame inflation

Inside Retail

Singapore-based online fast-fashion retailer Shein, which sells clothes made in China, earlier this month held a pop-up store in Sydney and launched its first Australia-focused brand, Aralina. It offers free shipping to Australia for clothes worth more than 249 yuan (US$34.25).

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Shein IPO paused following Trump’s China clampdown

Retail Gazette

The fast fashion giant has not renewed contracts with FGS Global and Brunswick, according to The Times. Shein has parted ways with two UK corporate communications firms brought in to aid its London IPO, following pressure from Donald Trump’s tariff war.