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The Trade War that Restructures What Sells and Why

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Fast Fashion Faces the Biggest Challenge The world has long known the detrimental effects that ultra-cheap fast fashion brands have on the environment. In fact, since first calculating its baseline emissions in 2021 , Sheins absolute emissions have risen by 176% overall.

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Closing the Billion-Dollar Gap in Returns Waste

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retail segment; the National Retail Federation (NRF) found the value of merchandise returned by consumers last year topped nearly $750 trillion. There is clearly a mounting and significant return waste problem. So why aren’t merchants processing these returns in efforts to recoup these massive losses? Take the U.S.

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Forever 21 Continues U.S. Expansion with Plans for 14 New Locations

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Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 will add 14 new stores to its roster across the U.S. In Q1 2021, Brookfield decided to sell its interest in the company for $63 million. through June 2023. Forever 21 started to unveil its new U.S. stores in August 2022 with the opening of a location at the Gran Plaza Outlets in Calexico, Calif.

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What Recommerce can Teach Retailers About New Consumer Behaviors and Future-Proofing Sales

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The resale market is growing 11 times faster than traditional retail and is expected to reach $84 billion by 2030, far eclipsing the predicted $40 billion market for fast fashion. . Here’s how brands can marry sustainability with returns optimization to get better ROI out of what they’ve already invested in — chiefly, their products.

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From bikinis on a kitchen bench to global resort wear brand, Bydee boomed 700pc

Inside Retail

Bydee’s business boomed to new heights during the Covid-19 pandemic and resulted in a 700 per cent growth, from 2020-2021. We put $1000 into US ad spend and that went crazy,” Hairis said, adding “I didn’t understand the potential until we saw the return on investment.”

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Why Nike is putting used sneakers back on the shelf

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Nike will start collecting and cleaning some of the sneakers that are returned by customers and reselling them at a discount in stores as part of its Nike Refurbished program, which launched on Monday. . The brand plans to expand the Refurbished program to more US stores throughout 2021 and beyond. ” How Nike Refurbished works.

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How Resale is Driving the Reinvention of Luxury Retail

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Gen Z] has this massive demand for luxury fast fashion , what we now call the ‘affordable luxury’ sector. return that could then be reinvested in another friend’s business concept. In response, Rebag just launched an instant trade-in option in July 2021. Look at brands Sandro and Maje.

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