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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”. Traditionally, shopping more sustainably and saving money have been key drivers behind buying secondhand but the research found the cost-of-living crisis has one in 10 Aussies doing it out of necessity.

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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 store is slated for the Jingjiang Impression City shopping center in Taizhou, a city located near Shanghai. The fast fashion retailer initially re-entered China for the third time in August 2021 through online platforms Vipshop and Pinduoduo. Forever 21 first entered China in 2008 but left the country a year later.

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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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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. It should just flow.”. Expanding Into the L.A.

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

Retail Gazette

Gieves & Hawkes Acquired: November 2022 In November last year, the retail conglomerate snapped up the Gieves & Hawkes brand and five UK stores, including its Savile Row shop. Frasers Group stated that at the time of the acquisition, that the online fast fashion retailer owed £13m to its shareholders.

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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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