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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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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. to manage Forever 21’s China operations. Forever 21 will expand its presence in China with a physical store slated to open later in June 2022, according to a WeChat post seen by Reuters.

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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

We spoke with Country Road brand impact and community manager Fabia Pryor about the new initiative and the brand’s broader sustainability efforts. In our sateen jean, we use tencel-cross-Refibra fibres, which blend recycled cotton scraps with wood pulp sourced from responsibly managed forests.

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Best Online Fashion Marketplaces: 10 Giants with Utmost Features

I Love Fashion

Why Are Online Fashion Marketplaces Booming So Fast? Fashion marketplaces that are available online offer way more convenience to online sellers and marketers to reap the best benefit in the most convenient way. Here are the reasons why fashion marketplaces’ popularity has grown so much online.

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Frasers vs Next: How big are their growing retail empires?

Retail Gazette

Frasers Group stated that at the time of the acquisition, that the online fast fashion retailer owed £13m to its shareholders. USC Acquired: 80% stake in 2011, fully owned 2015 Frasers Group, then Sports Direct, bought an 80% stake in USC from Scottish entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter for £7m in July 2011.

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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. IR: Diversity and inclusion are increasingly becoming important in business, particularly in fashion. What was the gap in the market that you saw?

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