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How the Fashion Industry Can Pave the Way for a Sustainable Future

Retail TouchPoints

In recent decades, fast fashion became incredibly popular due to its cost efficiency, both for manufacturers and consumers. In tandem with this, there is a goal to employ zero-emission vehicles when shipping apparel across various regions, with a duty to track, quantify and publicly declare emissions output.

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Rags not riches: Ghana drowns in Western castoffs

Inside Retail

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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Shein, Temu in fierce fight over US market for $10 dresses

Inside Retail

Online fast-fashion retailer Shein and its newer rival Temu are in a race to win shoppers’ attention for their inexpensive China-made goods. Shein, originally founded in China, relies on drop-shipping directly from its extensive network of China-based suppliers. “I am with Temu who has the same and more for less.”

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

Inside Retail

As part of the deal, PixelForce is building a Shopify app that will enable designer fashion brands to show customers exactly how much they could earn if they rented out items on Designerex after purchasing them. Kore frequently describes Designerex as the Airbnb of fashion rental. That’s more than David Jones or The Iconic.

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Is Textile Waste in Sportswear Under Control Now?

365 Retail

This equates to 8-10 per cent of global emissions, more than aviation and shipping combined. Interestingly, the onus has been placed on consumers to try and address the problem by massively reducing their consumption of fast fashion. The post Is Textile Waste in Sportswear Under Control Now?

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Analysis: Esprit, the forgotten brand that lost its identity

Inside Retail

However, the birth of fast fashion and the rise of the millennials soon pushed Esprit out of the game – and the Hang Seng Index – in 2013, sparking a continuing downward spiral for the years to come. Like another ‘tick-off retail bingo’ this device features a virtual claw-machine game.