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Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

Inside Retail

Fast fashion, or making and selling cheap clothes with a short lifespan, is “highly unsustainable”, the Commission said in July. Almost half the clothes donated to Moda Re are shipped for resale in African countries including Cameroon, Ghana, and Senegal. Moda Re says the clothes it exports can be reused.

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Dropshipping: Fashion’s favourite fulfilment method?

Inside Retail

Brand fulfilment and digital concessions are on the rise, which is more or less a form of dropshipping, except the goods are shipped directly from the supplier in branded packaging. Meanwhile, with traditional dropshipping, the goods will ship blind, without any marketing material that reveals the identity of the supplier.

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Tapping into Temu: Why American Gen Zs love the Chinese app

Inside Retail

Launched in September 2022, the Boston-headquartered platform boasts the resources of a powerful parent – China’s Pinduoduo Holdings. Like Shein, Temu offers discounted fashion and lifestyle goods, but unlike Shein it sources and ships directly from manufacturers in China.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart mandated that its suppliers put it on products by 2022, which has made a big impact on RFID adoption. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process.

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. In the 2000s the internet met fast fashion, and a slew of new competitors began to emerge.

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The rise of conflicted consumerism: Cost-of-living prompts UK shoppers to weigh up price versus principles in buying decisions

Retail Focus

A quarter (25%) were still choosing next day deliveries or fast fulfilment options, while almost a fifth (17%) of Gen Z who identified as sustainably-minded shoppers admitted to still buying fast fashion, despite being renowned for its damaging impact on the planet.

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Key Strategies for Retailers to Push Sustainability Efforts

Independent Retailer

In 2021, UK retailer Iceland announced that it planned to become carbon neutral by the end of 2022. Prevailing wisdom is now changing, and retailers are in a strong position to promote sustainability across operations. However, sustainability does not always work out as expected.

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