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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.
Inside Retail
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Fast fashion retailer Shein is set to open its first permanent store in the world – in Japan’s capital Tokyo. The store, located in the bustling fashion precinct of Harajuku, will open on November 13. However, they cannot purchase on the spot at this store – the products are shipped to their home or office.
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Inside Retail
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Supply bottlenecks, slower product deliveries and higher freight and labour costs risk shifting the fast fashion industry into the slow lane, as shown this week by British online fashion retailer Asos. Cheap supplies from Asia have been central to many fast fashion business models. SLOW TRANSIT.
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. Fast Retailing has more Uniqlo stores in China than in its home market of Japan.
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.
Retail TouchPoints
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
The retailer was founded in 1986 by Raúl Méndez on Spain’s Gran Canary Island, and now has 145 points of sale throughout Spain, including 125 stores, and operates under the women’s fast-fashion brands Encuentro Moda and Öbu. Source Tagging Provides Basis for Inventory Tracking.
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.
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