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It’s Time to Confront the Exploitation Behind Ultra-Fast Fashion

Retail TouchPoints

After May 2, ultra-fast fashion will be slightly more expensive. For years, ultra-cheap, ultra-fast fashion has rewired where and how Americans shop. Led by Chinese-founded online retailers Shein and Temu, ultra-fast fashion has succeeded in part by driving prices for trendy clothes as low as possible.

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Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

Inside Retail

.” Partly funded by Zara-owner Inditex, Moda Re will expand sites in Barcelona, Bilbao, and Valencia, in some of the first signs of a planned ramp-up in garment sorting, processing, and recycling capacity in response to a barrage of new European Union proposals to curb the fashion industry.

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Selfridges: Why the best department store in the world is up for sale

Inside Retail

Its investment in highly creative and constantly changing store concepts and brand collaborations has enabled it to buck the industry trend and drive foot traffic in an era of online shopping, helping it earn the title of Best Department Store in the World four times between 2010 and 2018 at the Global Department Store Summit.

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Asos ties exec pay to new environmental goals

Inside Retail

Online fashion retailer Asos set out plans to cut its environmental impact and improve worker rights on Thursday, tying its success in cutting waste and carbon levels to future management pay. Asos sells over 85,000 products in 200 markets.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

After 12 years at the helm of jewellery retailer Lovisa, Shane Fallscheer has stepped down from his role as chief executive and managing director, effective October 14. Woolworths Group has named Annette Karantoni as chief supply chain officer and managing director of its supply-chain arm Primary Connect. Asos CEO, chairman step down.

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Gen Z grew up in a world of ugly fashion – no wonder they love their Crocs

Inside Retail

Time magazine included Crocs in their 2010 list of the 50 worst inventions. Ugly fashion The 21st century’s love of deliberately ugly fashion can be traced to 1996, with Miuccia Prada launching her “Bad Taste” collection. But they weren’t popular in all corners. And from the outset, even Crocs’ cofounders considered them ugly.

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Vox Pop: Experts Weigh In on TikTok’s Luxury Resale Gambit

365 Retail

Gone are the days when social sales equated to merely cheap fast fashion tat. For brands, the fear of brand erosion or sales cannibalisation can be carefully managed by working with TikTok and its reseller partners to maintain a sense of exclusivity with rare or limited lines and timely product drops.