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“Steal with pride”: How Officeworks and Woolies are tackling sustainability

Inside Retail

Consumers hold firm expectations that environmental sustainability and social responsibility should be at the forefront of everything from executive strategy, to day-to-day operations. This is set to become even more important as Gen Z becomes the dominant consumer audience. Here’s a snapshot of this discussion.

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Unconventional luxury brand collaborations are everywhere. Here’s why

Inside Retail

Part of the reason is their success with young Asian consumers, who are driving demand for luxury consumer goods. We wanted to investigate why this strategy appeals to Chinese luxury consumers of the post-1990s generation. These collaborations are becoming increasingly popular, especially with Chinese consumers.

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. In the 2000s the internet met fast fashion, and a slew of new competitors began to emerge.

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Why Nike is putting used sneakers back on the shelf

Inside Retail

“From a customer perspective, resale is driven by a wish to get one’s hands on desirable fashion items at a lower price as well as experiencing the fun of treasure hunting for something unique,” Anna Forster, sustainability strategist and co-founder of The Purpose Agents, told Inside Retail. “At ” How Nike Refurbished works.

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Why cultural appropriation keeps happening — and how to fix it

Inside Retail

Spanish fast fashion giant Zara made headlines for all the wrong reasons last month when Mexico’s Ministry of Culture accused it of using embroidery patterns distinctive to the Mixteca community of Oaxaca in its garments without credit or benefit to the Indigneous community.

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Study: Resale to Hit $47B by 2025, Giving Fast Fashion a Run for its Money

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers bought less clothing during the pandemic, that we know for sure, but we also saw that many people tried secondhand for the first time ,” said Karen Clark, VP of Marketing Communications at ThredUP in an interview with Retail TouchPoint s. Growing Sustainability Concerns Favor Resale Over Fast Fashion.

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What’s next for Designerex, the Airbnb of fashion rental

Inside Retail

Fresh off its biggest capital raise to date, peer-to-peer fashion rental platform Designerex is gearing up for a period of rapid growth that will see it launch one-hour delivery in Australia, enter the UK and Europe and start working more closely with brands to reach new customers. We’re basically incentivising consumers to buy better.”.

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