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Exploiting Loopholes: The Dark Side of Fast Fashion Giants Shein and Temu

Retail TouchPoints

Fast fashion is not free. Someone, somewhere is paying the price.” – Lucy Siegle The fast fashion industry is hardly new, but the recent rise of international powerhouses has sparked new conversations and insights into the industry. But how, and why, are these fast fashion superpowers making so much money?

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Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

Inside Retail

In a warehouse on the outskirts of Barcelona, women stand at conveyor belts, manually sorting T-shirts, jeans and dresses from large bales of used clothing – a small step towards tackling Europe’s towering problem of discarded fashion. Despite such efforts, less than a quarter of Europe’s 5.2

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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. Wone, who joined Vestiaire Collective in March 2020, said the ban underlines Vestiaire Collective’s founding mission – to drive collective change towards a circular fashion economy.

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Can AI help shrink fast fashion’s carbon footprint? New research is promising

Inside Retail

A new study demonstrates how AI can revolutionise fast fashion by improving supply chain efficiencies and in turn reducing the industry’s carbon footprint. The fast fashion industry is valued at US$2.5

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Barneys New York Finds a New Home at Forever 21

Retail TouchPoints

Just in time for New York Fashion Week, the iconic, now defunct luxury department store Barneys New York has made its return to fashion, albeit not in a way that many of the brand’s devotees would have imagined. Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 has released a limited-edition collection featuring the Barneys brand.

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What Europe’s upcoming ban on unsold textiles means for fashion

Inside Retail

Fast fashion has normalised using garments for short periods of time, and throwing them away when trends change, driving an unsustainable pattern of overproduction and overconsumption. It envisions that fast fashion will be out of fashion, and that economically profitable re-use and repair services will be widely available.

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

Retail TouchPoints

For decades, there have been continued debates surrounding sustainability and the fashion industry’s position in implementing and maintaining a sustainable value chain, where renewable resources from the environment can be continually used and human rights are protected. An Eco-Conscious Journey. Shifting Attitudes Across the Industry.

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