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ThredUP Continues Anti-Fast Fashion Offensive with V-Day Campaign, adds Francesca’s to Resale Roster

Retail TouchPoints

ThredUP is teaming up with TikToker Nava Rose to launch the Dump Fast Fashion Shop, an online secondhand storefront to help consumers thrift for Valentine’s Day and beyond. Nava Rose models one of her styles for the Dump Fast Fashion shop on ThredUP. “I New fast fashion is getting zero of my coin this year!”

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Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

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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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With SHEIN Exchange Launch, Retailer Uses Resale to Mend its Wasteful Fast Fashion Ways

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By harnessing the reach and the influence of our growing community, we believe that shopping resale can become the new normal in our industry.”. SHEIN is launching its resale program after coming under fire for its fast-fashion practices, with criticism from circular fashion platform ThredUP at the forefront.

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How Shein is winning the fast-fashion war by putting consumers in charge

Inside Retail

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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How Shein and Temu are driving up the cost of air freight

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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. TikTok Shop did not return messages seeking comment. Apple declined to comment.

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SHEIN Hosts Sold Out Pop-Up Event in San Francisco

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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. Shoppers had to sign up for a time slot online prior to the shop’s debut, with slots for all three days quickly selling out.

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Tommy Hilfiger gets thrifty with ThredUp

Inside Retail

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.