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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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‘An exciting way to test a new market’: More fashion brands turn to rental

Inside Retail

Fulfilment by GlamCorner now sees the platform handling the logistics of clothing rental on behalf of fashion brands, including warehousing, cleaning, shipping and returns, and giving brands their own rental stores, which they can embed in their e-commerce sites and promote to customers.

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Report: Forever 21 Will Reestablish  Physical Presence in China With a New Store

Retail TouchPoints

The fast fashion retailer initially re-entered China for the third time in August 2021 through online platforms Vipshop and Pinduoduo. Cross-border commerce in general can be a tricky challenge to tackle, so check out Retail TouchPoints ’ 3 Cross-Border Ecommerce Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them webinar on June 22 at 2 p.m.

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Etsy Enters Booming Resale Sector with $1.6B Acquisition of Depop

Retail TouchPoints

Depop’s peer-to-peer marketplace for secondhand fashion is the 10 th -most-visited shopping site among Gen Z consumers in the U.S., The site is primarily known for its vintage, streetwear and Y2K (late 1990s/early 2000s) fashion. Founded in 2011, the marketplace first launched in the UK and then expanded to the U.S.

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Country Road unveils clothes made from offcuts in circular fashion push

Inside Retail

The innovative collection, called Towards Circularity, will be available online and in-store as of Monday, February 7, at a similar price point as the brand’s popular Heritage Sweat products made out of 100 per cent virgin materials. According to the Global Fashion Agenda, 73 per cent of the world’s clothing eventually ends up in landfills.

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How fashion label Babyboo built a following of like-minded ‘badass’ women

Inside Retail

Argylica Conditsis: I was working at Pizza Hut as a casual [while in] university in 2011, aged 17, when I started Babyboo as a hobby. We’re on track to double in size again this year and have no plans to slow down at all. IR: Tell me about the design and production process at Babyboo and what’s involved.

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At What Goes Around Comes Around, Store Designs Reflect Founders’ Passion for Luxury Vintage Resale

Retail TouchPoints

The business partners, who started as college friends, have weathered challenges including the rise of fast fashion, the advent of online consignment resale and major economic downturns, but now they’re enjoying the resurgence in love for preowned goods as the resale category grows. A Place Where Inventory Shines.

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