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. That equates to around 108 Boeing 777 freighters a day, the consultancy said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

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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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

People can request a prepaid shipping label from the website and send their clothes to ThredUp for sorting. 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. Fast (preloved) fashion.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2023

Despite the controversies, the fast-fashion brand has been named one of Gen Z’s favorite brands and one of the fashion industry’s most popular brands. SHEIN’s incredible reach, amplified through influencers, and its focus on creating on-trend items at an extremely rapid pace can be thanked for that.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2022

China is Fast Retailing’s biggest foreign market, with 863 stores on the mainland and almost 90 outlets in Shanghai, where stringent lockdown measures, introduced in late March, remain in place to contain the country’s worst outbreak of the pandemic.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2022

Co-founder and co-CEO Kirsten Kore says the business is in the “right place at the right time” to capitalise on consumers’ growing interest in sustainable alternatives to fast fashion, such as rental. According to FMI, global online clothing rental sales are expected to grow 11 per cent CAGR between 2021 and 2031. Where to next?

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Inside Retail

MAY 31, 2023

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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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Throughout 2022, there were numerous headlines indicating a monumental shift in innovation across retail and that customers were keen to get back to physical shops while retaining the convenience of hybrid shopping. During the pandemic, direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands took centre stage, including popular Australian activewear brand LSKD.

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Retail Focus

MAY 9, 2023

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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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Recent improvements to the customer experience, including the ability for lenders to generate shipping labels with Australia Post , and the launch of three-hour delivery for last-minute rentals, have been key to its growth. The post What’s next for Designerex, the Airbnb of fashion rental appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 19, 2022

Most of that transportation takes place by ship. In 2019, the shipping industry accounted for about three percent of global carbon emissions, and that number is expected to rise to 17 percent by 2050. Unless you know how impactful each of those attributes are within any given product category, it is best to leave it up to the experts.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2023

Exploring the commercial viability of circular fashion further, here are three areas where retailers are experiencing challenges and their outlook. Global fast fashion retailer H&M has announced it will make a move into textile sorting. H&M aims to extend the life of about 40 million garments this year.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In 2021, UK retailer Iceland announced that it planned to become carbon neutral by the end of 2022. Zara, global fast fashion leader, now ships online orders in 100% recycled cardboard boxes manufactured from boxes previously used in-store. However, sustainability does not always work out as expected.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 28, 2024

Meanwhile, Asos shares have seemed to plateaued as market spectators wait to see if the online fashion giant can pull off phase two of its turnaround. The etailer spent most of 2022 stripping costs and driving efficiences, such as offloading old unwanted stock and removing 2.2m customers, which it claimed were “unprofitable” shoppers.

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365 Retail

MAY 9, 2023

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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Retail Geek

MARCH 15, 2024

In the United States, they launched in September of 2022. So you think about a retail company that launched in September of 2022, and then in the first year, business sold $16 billion worth of stuff. There’s a tariff one and a shipping one. So I always pronounce Tmoo as in team. [5:08] Timmy’s growing very quickly.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 6, 2023

Along with that move Inditex had a plan to close up to 1,200 stores by the end of 2022 and open 450 new stores. This approach also helps to alleviate last mile shipping costs since stores are closer to customers than distribution centres. But Zara is facing competition from new entrants that are known as ultra fast fashion retailers.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Brands including Tessuti, Scotts, Choice, Giulio and Cricket brands were all sold to Mike Ashley’s Frasers under the terms outlined on 16 December 2022. Amara.com Acquired: December 2022 Late last year, Frasers Group added online homewares retailer Amara.com to its vast retail portfolio for an undisclosed sum.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You’re gonna end up making some ill-advised purchases and then it seems like everything drop ships from factories. post so they if you remember back in the day wish was like very slow shipping like to 26 weeks. Scot: [32:58] Do they have infrastructure in the US like to do shipping and stuffers at all come straight from China.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 7, 2022

Jason : Made to Order apparel business > 9 figures Yes Retailer offers viable health alt insurance option to consumers No Grocery E-Com > 10% someone deploys(not pilots) MFC Yes Amazon Shopify Competitor (shipping solution) No Retail Media > $20B Yes. 2022 Predictions. Bonus – More store closures in 2021 than 2020.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 6, 2023

Because they’re doing the listings they’re doing the pick pack and ship on the on the outbound but those jobs are higher skill and they and they pay better. Matt: [1:35] Great to be here guys thanks for having me. The more people each of the Goodwill sellers have to hire in their e-commerce operations.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Episode 297 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday October 4, 2022. Jason: [0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this is episode 297 being recorded on Tuesday October 10th 2022 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Transcript.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

No Live Streaming Commerce Still not meaningful in US in 2023 (less than 5% of social commerce in US) Yes Jason Total Score: 3 of 5 Scot : Amazon uses this 2022 setback/slowdown/reversion to the mean for a public resetting of expectations, but behind the scenes they take share and raise the bar on shipping. Scot: [28:09] Yeah.

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Retail Geek

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We wish you all the very best holidays and New Years, and look forward to seeing you in 2022! Scot: [3:46] I feel like we should create a new word for this I’ll work on it in the vein of a ship again yeah that’s just boring I don’t know. PDF Download). We also highlight the six most important trends of 2021.

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Independent Retailer

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The supply chain is badly tangled, the price of shipping is skyrocketing, and retailers need products now. We are more than 18 months into the pandemic and with no signs of the shipping crisis getting better, businesses need to act fast if they want to get merchandise in on time for the holidays. Take a look and stock up now:

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2025

Dupe brands that are winning the retail game One notable example of a dupe brand excelling in the retail industry is Quince, a San Francisco-based direct-to-consumer fashion and lifestyle marketplace that sells ostensibly high-quality fashion and home goods, such as a $50 Mongolian cashmere sweater, at comparably lower prices.

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Inside Retail

MAY 22, 2025

per cent peak in late 2022. Singapore-based online fast-fashion retailer Shein, which sells clothes made in China, earlier this month held a pop-up store in Sydney and launched its first Australia-focused brand, Aralina. It offers free shipping to Australia for clothes worth more than 249 yuan (US$34.25).

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