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Exploiting Loopholes: The Dark Side of Fast Fashion Giants Shein and Temu

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Fast fashion is not free. Someone, somewhere is paying the price.” – Lucy Siegle The fast fashion industry is hardly new, but the recent rise of international powerhouses has sparked new conversations and insights into the industry. But how, and why, are these fast fashion superpowers making so much money?

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New Fast Fashion Powerhouse: Shein Teams Up with Forever 21

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The deal may eventually include Shein shop-in-shops at some of Forever 21’s 540 brick-and-mortar stores, which are heavily concentrated in malls, as well as offering consumers the ability to return Shein items at Forever 21 locations.

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Study: Resale to Hit $47B by 2025, Giving Fast Fashion a Run for its Money

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Growing Sustainability Concerns Favor Resale Over Fast Fashion. It appears that much of that growth will come at the expense of fast fashion. consumers in the next 10 years, fast fashion’s portion will remain roughly flat. Fast fashion and thrift are very similar in a lot of ways,” said Clark.

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Australian label Princess Polly opens its first physical store in the US

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Australian fast-fashion brand Princess Polly has expanded in the US opening a flagship store in Los Angeles. Since its entry online in 2019, the company says US sales have made up the majority of its revenue. Since its entry online in 2019, the company says US sales have made up the majority of its revenue.

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

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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 to buy fashion reseller Depop in push for younger consumers

Inside Retail

The second-hand market is projected to grow at a 39 per cent compound annual growth rate from 2019 to 2024 in the United States, reaching $64 billion, and to grow to twice the size of fast fashion on a global basis, Etsy said.

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Holiday Shopping 2021: How SEOs Can Help Clients Inspire, Deliver and Sustain

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As SEOs [search engine optimizers], any heavy lifting we can do to clear a path for our clients toward success in the holiday shopping season will be especially welcome in 2021. We’ll look at these key elements of a positive and profitable holiday shopping program that will help you make a meaningful contribution to excellent client outcomes.

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