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As France weighs fast-fashion ban, is the circular economy the future of retail?

Inside Retail

This week, France announced legislation to “limit the excesses of ultra-fast fashion”. With fast fashion off the table for many, shoppers – and retail brands – are getting creative like locally owned, fashion re-sell business, a new favourite of mine, Love it Longer, on leafy Rathdowne Street in Carlton North, Victoria.

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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. The Chinese ecommerce market is expected to be worth $3.3 The store is slated for the Jingjiang Impression City shopping center in Taizhou, a city located near Shanghai.

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

Inside Retail

The online clothing rental market has come a long way since platforms like GlamCorner and US market leader Rent the Runway launched in 2011 and 2009, respectively. According to Future Market Insights, the global online clothing rental market is currently worth US$1.9 The ‘Attenborough’ effect.

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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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How UNIQLO Became on the Largest Clothing Retailers

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By 2011 UNIQLO had sold nearly 200 million HeatTech items globally. With 917 stores in China, China is UNIQLO’s number one international market making up approximately 25% of UNIQLO’s revenue. share of the Chinese apparel market, larger then any other brand. Don’t get caught calling UNIQLO fast fashion.

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Country Road unveils clothes made from offcuts in circular fashion push

Inside Retail

But while many of the proposed solutions currently focus on clothing take-back schemes and the second-hand resale market, Country Road’s initiative takes aim at the unseen textile waste that occurs in the supply chain. In Australia alone, the average person discards around 23 kilograms of clothing every year.

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