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As France weighs fast-fashion ban, is the circular economy the future of retail?

Inside Retail

This week, France announced legislation to “limit the excesses of ultra-fast fashion”. With fast fashion off the table for many, shoppers – and retail brands – are getting creative like locally owned, fashion re-sell business, a new favourite of mine, Love it Longer, on leafy Rathdowne Street in Carlton North, Victoria.

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ThredUP Continues Anti-Fast Fashion Offensive with V-Day Campaign, adds Francesca’s to Resale Roster

Retail TouchPoints

ThredUP is teaming up with TikToker Nava Rose to launch the Dump Fast Fashion Shop, an online secondhand storefront to help consumers thrift for Valentine’s Day and beyond. Nava Rose models one of her styles for the Dump Fast Fashion shop on ThredUP. “I Together with ThredUP, I’m committed to ghosting fast fashion.

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How Shein is winning the fast-fashion war by putting consumers in charge

Inside Retail

With Zara-owner Inditex and H&M set to disclose their most recent sales results, investors will be focused on one major question: how are the two fast-fashion pioneers responding to the current market leader, Shein? Shein accounted for nearly one-fifth of the global fast-fashion market in 2022, outpacing Zara and H&M.

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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. Hundreds of similar plants, along with investment in technology and market interventions will be needed to meet industry goals to recycle 2.5

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Vestiaire Collective’s fast-fashion ban: clever or counterproductive?

Inside Retail

Last November, international fashion resale platform Vestiare Collective shocked the apparel industry by banning the trade of ‘fast-fashion’ labels. Fast fashion has no value, and even less in resale. Dounia Wone, Vestiaire Collective’s chief impact officer.

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U.S. Apparel Resale to Double in Next Five Years, Fueled by Retailers and Brands

Retail TouchPoints

secondhand market is projected to double in the next five years, reaching $82 billion by 2026, according to ThredUP ’s 10 th annual Resale Report , conducted in partnership with GlobalData. The “thrifters” cohort is growing steadily, with 41% of consumers now saying that when they shop for apparel, secondhand venues are their first stop.

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Apparel and footwear retailers bring production closer to home

Retail Wire

Major retailers are moving their apparel and footwear manufacturing out of Asia to produce goods closer to major consumer markets in the U.S. Mango, the fast-fashion chain, has moved production from China and Vietnam to Brazil and Mexico. and Europe.

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