Retail Gazette

MARCH 11, 2025

After acquiring the distressed department store in 2022, Boohoo Group has pivoted the once-beloved high street favourite into a new direction, reintroducing it as what it claims to be Britains leading online department store with a marketplace model. “The young fashion market has really struggled,” he adds.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2024

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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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With Zara-owner Inditex and H&M set to disclose their most recent sales results, investors will be focused on one major question: how are the two fast-fashion pioneers responding to the current market leader, Shein? Shein accounted for nearly one-fifth of the global fast-fashion market in 2022, outpacing Zara and H&M.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2024

Fast fashion platform Shein is expanding its resale program to Europe and the UK after debuting the peer-to-peer exchange in the U.S. in October 2022. The Shein Exchange resale platform allows users to easily buy and sell previously owned Shein products within the Shein app. Since the launch of Shein Exchange in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

At the same time, the rental and fast fashion sectors are expected to remain relatively flat, and department stores, value chains and mid-priced specialty retail will lose ground. One thing that really stood out to me [in the report] was this tension in the minds of younger shoppers who shop fast fashion,” said Marino.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2022

Online fast fashion retailer SHEIN is hosting the latest in its traveling series of pop-up events at San Francisco’s Embarcadero Center from June 24 to 26, 2022. The three-day event promised a showcase of more than 1,000 different styles with the product assortment rotating daily.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 1, 2023

stores will be opened in areas where the fast fashion retailer already has a presence, with two slated for California and one each for Maryland and New Jersey. Uniqlo’s parent company Fast Retailing also tested out one of its other brands, GU , with a pop-up shop in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood in fall 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 will add 14 new stores to its roster across the U.S. stores in August 2022 with the opening of a location at the Gran Plaza Outlets in Calexico, Calif. The retailer reentered China with a physical store at the Jingjiang Impression City shopping center in Taizhou in June 2022.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The cost per click for “Walmart clothes” increased by 16 times from August 2022 to August 2024. “We are seeing a fundamental shift in search marketing dynamics and the fast fashion brands are now outbidding the traditional retailers, and it does look like their strategies are a lot more aggressive,” she said.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2023

consumers ( 52% ) shopped secondhand apparel in 2022. Retailers are paying attention to the trend, with branded resale programs skyrocketing in 2022 as 88 new brands launched their own offerings, a 244% increase from 2021. In 2022, U.S. ThredUp launched a fast fashion helpline in 2022. As a result, the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Missguided fell into administration on May 30, 2022 after being issued a winding-up petition by clothing suppliers. The fast fashion company first fell into financial difficulties in fall 2021 but was saved when private equity firm Alteri stepped in to buy a controlling stake.

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Inside Retail

JULY 30, 2023

Swedish fast-fashion giant H&M has sued Chinese rival Shein in Hong Kong over copyright infringement. In June 2022, an American freelance artist sued the Chinese brand for US$100 million, alleging the company copied her artwork without permission. The next hearing will be on July 31.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Forever 21 will expand its presence in China with a physical store slated to open later in June 2022, according to a WeChat post seen by Reuters. The fast fashion retailer initially re-entered China for the third time in August 2021 through online platforms Vipshop and Pinduoduo.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

Wainwright will continue serving in an advisory role as Founder through the end of 2022. Total revenue increased 48% in Q1 2022 as its number of active buyers rose 21% to 828,000 , but its loss widened to $57 million in Q1 2022 from $56 million in Q1 2021. in June 2019 to approximately $3 in June 2022.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2023

To what extent can fast fashion brands make inroads in their sustainable practices and reduce their textile waste without fundamentally changing their business and operating model? This further fuel[s] their hyper-fast fashion model.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Temu alleged that Shein had “engaged in a campaign of threats, intimidation, false assertions of infringement, attempts to impose baseless punitive fines and has forced exclusive dealing arrangements” with the clothing manufacturers that both apps rely on for their ultra-fast fashion offerings. years each by local authorities.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Consumers are also pushing for brands to step away from “fast fashion” trends and promote sustainability in both product development and manufacturing, making efforts to reduce or offset their carbon footprints. You might consider linking up with an ingredient brand, for example, to add bioceramic minerals to your textile products.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Shein, the China-founded fast-fashion retailer, has bought the Missguided brand from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, the e-commerce giant’s first purchase of a British brand. million in June 2022. Frasers, formerly called Sports Direct, bought Missguided out of administration for US$24.2

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This year saw the proposal of the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act. The sourcing of raw materials, factory working conditions and the environmental impact of goods distribution matters — and it appears business leaders in fashion and retail are taking note.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

in Sept 2022. Shein uses user data insights to predict what products customers will want in the future, effectively taking fast fashion to the next level. million products to its catalog daily, compared to 35,000 products a year for the fast fashion retailer Zara.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Everyone is now realising there are alternatives to fast fashion and through brands like InStitchu you can purchase tailored clothing for the same price as off-the-rack mass-produced garments – less clutter for the customer, less waste for brands, and less impact on the environment,” Wakefield said.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

But the luxury market sits in a unique position of growth: spending on luxury goods grew approximately 20% in 2022, according to Bain & Company , and it is likely to expand further through 2023. The luxury market has a few key advantages that will likely safeguard it from financial turmoil.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2024

million weddings took place in 2022, as wedding activity has bounced back post-pandemic. One thing it doesn’t have, however, is the ability to customise gowns, and Wettstein believes this will blunt the long-term impact of fast-fashion brands like Abercrombie & Fitch in the wedding retail market. Valued at US$11.85

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2023

Amid the rise of fast fashion and social media platforms accelerating consumptive behaviour, it appears that many Australians aren’t wearing or re-wearing the clothes they purchase. This was highlighted by the Fashion Resale Report from online retailer Reluv and Monash University. Consumer behaviours will also inevitably change.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Meet the fashion dropshippers Global fast fashion retailer Asos offers a Partner Fulfils program. In the UK, Marks & Spencer, a 150-year-old retailer, started out with third-party brands a few years back before moving to a dropship model in 2022.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Omnichannel retailers benefited from an increase in online sales with non-food online sales alone increasing by 29 per cent in the last 12 months ending June 2022. By March 2022, the savings rate had fallen back to 11.4 However, online channels usually have lower profitability margins compared with traditional brick and mortar stores.

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365 Retail

MAY 19, 2022

eBay UK, which has seen one pre-loved fashion sale every second so far in 2022, is the first pre-loved fashion partner to couple up with the popular TV show. The collaboration comes after new research from eBay reveals that UK shoppers are becoming increasingly conscious of fast fashion. Marks and Spencer.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

CEO Dan Finley (left), designer Eleanor McMahon (middle) and Debenhams buying and design director Rachel King (right) The new chief executive been leading the successful turnaround of Debenhams since January 2022 after Boohoo rescued its brand name and website out of administration for £55m in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

And nearly two in every three consumers who made a secondhand apparel purchase in 2023 made at least one of those purchases online, an increase of 17 percentage points from 2022. “I I think what’s also happening is the share of the closet that’s secondhand is accelerating ,” said Reinhart. Still, “RaaS is really important,” he added.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Global downloads of mobile shopping apps were up 16% year-over-year in the first half of 2022 while the number of sessions was up 29% , according to data from the It’s Not Luck, It’s Skill: Make Every Marketing Dollar Count This Holiday Season report by data.ai. Mobile Retailing Requires a ‘Mindset Shift’.

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Inside Retail

MAY 18, 2022

Incredibly, the second-hand clothing sector is expected to grow faster than fast fashion in 2022 and the resale market is expected to grow 11 times faster than the broader clothing sector by 2025. Aside from our moral compulsion, businesses will not survive the customer onslaught if we do not act.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

” Part of what we’re doing is trying to shift consumers out of fast fashion and invest in pieces that can become an asset in your wardrobe. We’re really trying to drive that change of behaviour away from fast fashion. The reality with fast fashion is it’s achievable.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2024

Increased Competition Over the past few years, small- and medium-sized fashion and footwear retailers have faced intense competition from all sides. Additionally, they have had to contend with the growth of fast fashion and discount retailers like T.J.Maxx and Marshalls. He now leads the company as CEO and Co-founder.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

ThredUp’s 2022 Resale report shows that the secondhand market in the US is expected to more than double by 2026, taking its value to an estimated $82 billion in just four short years. This raises another question: with the resale market booming, is hyper-consumerism associated with fast fashion shifting to preloved fashion?

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This is exceptionally helpful in industries such as fast fashion, where styles are being changed out continuously, and restaurants, where new menu additions and daily specials can be visually displayed.” . ISE 2022 will welcome exhibitors showcasing the very latest technologies for the retail sector.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The rapid rise of fast-fashion e-commerce retailers such as Shein and Temu is upending the global air cargo industry, as they increasingly vie for limited air-cargo space to woo consumers with rapid transit times, more than ten industry sources said. Boeing declined to comment.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2023

H&M and LVMH target very different sectors of the fashion industry. The former, a fast fashion giant based in Sweden, saw a slump in fourth quarter earnings, with its operating profits falling by 87 per cent year on year, and its net profit declining by about 68 per cent. This, he explained, counts against fast fashion. “In

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