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Meet the fast fashion brand making shoes out of offcuts

Inside Retail

Sana’s success and how it’s using offcuts to make fast fashion more sustainable. As the consumer has access to endless information and content, the notion and impact of fast fashion and its effect on both the environment and labourers is common knowledge. Inside Retail : How did you come up with the idea for St.

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Australian label Princess Polly opens its first physical store in the US

Inside Retail

Australian fast-fashion brand Princess Polly has expanded in the US opening a flagship store in Los Angeles. PacSun is our first wholesale partner, and we are thrilled to be working with them,” said Collis. Since its entry online in 2019, the company says US sales have made up the majority of its revenue.

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Dropshipping: Fashion’s favourite fulfilment method?

Inside Retail

Now, we’re moving further up the supply chain, with manufacturers and suppliers doing the same, shunning wholesale distribution in favour of a different model. Suppliers can earn more with a concession or marketplace model as opposed to wholesale. E-commerce is undergoing a structural change.

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The Race to Displace: How Temu and Shein are Redefining Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

Both Shein and Temu offer cheap Chinese wholesale goods, but they didn’t only win on competitive pricing. Shein uses user data insights to predict what products customers will want in the future, effectively taking fast fashion to the next level.

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From bikinis on a kitchen bench to global resort wear brand, Bydee boomed 700pc

Inside Retail

I was thinking wholesale and was taking my product around to stores and I remember being rejected all the time. With wholesale, you can lose control in terms of merchandising,” Hairis said, “We are looking into opening a few flagship stores, but we’re not looking to have 35 stores Australia-wide.”

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Boohoo and the cries of celebrity-driven “eco-conscious” campaigns

Inside Retail

UK-based fast fashion brand Boohoo recently announced that it had tapped US celebrity and influencer Kourtney Kardashian as its “sustainability ambassador” and launched a “sustainability journey” campaign that included a capsule collection and mini-series. “A spoiler alert for everyone: you can’t.

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Shein: Closing tax loophole won’t hurt our competitive advantage

Retail Gazette

However, Tang said changes to the tax rules in North America wouldn’t have a major impact on the fast fashion giant’s market position, The Business of Fashion reported. The executive chair said Shein would like to see any changes reflect taxes on the wholesale price when goods enter the country, rather than on the retail price.