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What Europe’s upcoming ban on unsold textiles means for fashion

Inside Retail

Earlier this year, the European Commission (EC) announced its 2030 vision for textiles, moving the goalposts once again when it comes to sustainable and circular solutions for fashion’s waste problem. It envisions that fast fashion will be out of fashion, and that economically profitable re-use and repair services will be widely available.

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PrettyLittleThing promotes execs to share CEO responsibilities

Retail Gazette

Meanwhile, Nicki Capstick has been named chief marketing officer and will manage the retailer’s brand, creative, studio and marketing. Capstick has held several roles in the marketing team since joining in 2015 and has been PrettyLittleThing’s marketing director for the last three years.

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Unconventional luxury brand collaborations are everywhere. Here’s why

Inside Retail

Business managers call this approach the luxury strategy. It has specific rules that luxury managers must follow. One early example was between the Swedish fast-fashion retail outlet H&M and designer Karl Lagerfeld in 2004. However, luxury brands are growing more creative with their partnerships.

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Analysis: Why does Shein continue to escape scrutiny?

Inside Retail

The Chinese fast fashion giant may be one of the most downloaded fashion apps around the world, but it continues to maintain a low corporate profile. Ask any consumer to name a fast fashion retailer and they probably think of H&M, Zara or Gap. Fast fashion, but slow deliveries. Inclusive fashion.

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China’s Shein lacks disclosures, made false statements about factories

Inside Retail

In Britain, companies over a certain size must prominently state on their websites the steps they are taking to combat forced labour as part of the country’s Modern Slavery Act 2015. Over the past 18 months, privately-held Shein, whose official name is Zoetop Business Co, has taken the fast-fashion world by storm.

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Why Amazon, Rent the Runway, Etsy are betting on resale

Inside Retail

“Items are returned to Amazon for many reasons – sometimes a product is just not what a customer is looking for, or perhaps there’s a cosmetic defect or the packaging is damaged,” said Matt Furlong, Amazon Australia country manager. The future of secondhand fashion. billion. “At

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Key Strategies for Retailers to Push Sustainability Efforts

Independent Retailer

Over in the UK, Tesco has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2035, and since 2015, the retailer has managed to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 52 percent. Zara, global fast fashion leader, now ships online orders in 100% recycled cardboard boxes manufactured from boxes previously used in-store.

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