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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Inside Retail

MAY 22, 2025

Today, Francescas evergreen pieces, like their stacking bracelets, represent the kind of brand longevity most fast-fashion jewellery houses envy. Their long-term vision includes launching a dedicated foundation to manage impact directly. That shift has paid off. Hanna noted.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 2, 2021

Fast-fashion giant H&M is to close its high-profile store at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, unable to agree on lease terms with owner Scentre Group. H&M country manager Thomas Coellner said in a statement that the decision was made following a global review of sustainable store operations. “At

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2023

It speculated that future fashion collections could be made with a creative director and an AI program to bring clothes and accessories to market faster, more efficiently and improve the CX factor as well. An article from McKinsey & Co explores this idea in some depth.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2024

RFID Technology and Sustainability RFID technology is the key for retail businesses to unlock greater sustainability and efficiency in their supply chain management. In this way, RFID technology can allow retailers to manage their inventory better and ensure that resources are only being used for products that sell.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2022

An American freelance artist has sued Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein for US$100 million, alleging the company copied her artwork without permission. Stephenson’s filing argues that by using Shein’s name and logo on the product’s packaging, Shein has added “false” copyright management information. “In

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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. Missguided will be managed through the joint venture, and its products will be manufactured by Shein.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2023

Fast fashion has normalised using garments for short periods of time, and throwing them away when trends change, driving an unsustainable pattern of overproduction and overconsumption. It envisions that fast fashion will be out of fashion, and that economically profitable re-use and repair services will be widely available.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The main lesson here for other designer fashion businesses is the importance of adapting, innovating, and financially managing for resilience in a competitive global market,” Iacono concluded.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2023

Rosanna Iacono, advisor and managing partner at The Growth Activists, noted that Asos offers up to 60,000 different products for sale at any given time, so the 180 outfits that are available to rent are a very modest start. An important move As a way to attract more cost-conscious consumers, Asos’ deal with Hirestreet makes a lot of sense.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

While Chadstone was not yet ready to provide data, its centre manager Daniel Boyle told Inside Retail that Black Friday has continued to increase in popularity and productivity over the years. It did so to raise awareness around waste, and over-consumerism caused by the rampant fast-fashion industry.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Fast-fashion giant H&M recently unveiled the autumn/winter 2024 collection from its atelier spinoff H&M Studio. The limited-edition fashion drop signals the brand is “returning to its roots and reconnecting with its community through a global ‘re-ignition’,” H&M’s head of design Eliana Masgalo told Vogue Scandinavia.

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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

JUNE 7, 2021

Amazon Australia today announced the launch of Amazon Warehouse, a new storefront on the country’s Amazon site, which offers pre-owned and open box items that include a wide range of items, including fashion, electronics, accessories, toys, music, books and more. The future of secondhand fashion.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This is probably because consumers are more interested in continuing to get technically superior and trendy clothes (and cheap ones in the case of fast fashion), than they are in environmental or social impacts. Lululemon is pumping out strong revenue growth, particularly internationally.

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2021

Where fast fashion has been such a ‘go-to’ for ‘treat yourself’ spending, the longevity of such pieces weighs on spenders today. Therefore, instead of spending in volume at lower cost with fast fashion, people are looking to timelessness, rarity and longevity.”.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has scrutinised sustainability claims made by fast fashion brands Asos, Boohoo and George at Asda, concluding they constitute greenwashing. “Investors are doing their due diligence on choosing fund managers when choosing companies to invest in,” she explained to LSJ. “It’s

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Melbourne-based e-commerce platform Airrobe launched three years ago with the mission to bring the circular economy into mainstream fashion. Your customers can then add their items to the circular wardrobe, then we take over and manage the entire peer to peer marketplace. The reality with fast fashion is it’s achievable.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2024

“It is quite the milestone, it does mean we’ve officially taken the designer crown of being the longest-running consumer fashion event in Australia,” Matthew Flinn, MFW senior manager, told Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

“With more than half of all consumers shopping for secondhand apparel last year, it’s evident that resale is now firmly embedded in the fashion landscape ,” said Neil Saunders, Managing Director at GlobalData , which conducted the research for the report, in a statement. Now the question is: Where does resale go from here?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 30, 2023

A new type of fast fashion Speed of service and convenience have been battlegrounds that businesses across the retail industry have long fought, and is a large part of what customers expect. “The demand is there to get the product straight away, but not everyone can necessarily go to their local store to pick it up,” he explained.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

The Chinese fast fashion giant may be one of the most downloaded fashion apps around the world, but it continues to maintain a low corporate profile. Ask any consumer to name a fast fashion retailer and they probably think of H&M, Zara or Gap. Fast fashion, but slow deliveries. Inclusive fashion.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 7, 2022

“We knew that the key was technology to support the supply chain, so from day one, we’ve invested heavily in building proprietary technology that’s simple, fast and reliable,” he told Inside Retail. For retailers offering custom options, returns are also less than 2 per cent, compared with over 30 per cent at traditional brands.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 6, 2021

Over the past 18 months, privately-held Shein, whose official name is Zoetop Business Co, has taken the fast-fashion world by storm. Its biggest investors include Sequoia Capital China and Tiger Global Management. The retailer did not respond to a request for comment on what its standards for suppliers are.

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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.

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A1 Retail

JULY 22, 2024

Located on 77 Albion Street, Leeds White Rose will open its doors on Friday 26th July to savvy shoppers looking for clothing, footwear and accessories from popular high street and designer brands. As we become more aware of the impact of fast fashion on the environment, pre-loved has become the popular choice.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2023

Last year’s must-have dress, yesterday’s flares and countless other Western castoffs are strangling the Global South, prompting calls for fast fashion to pay the price for rampant overproduction. Fashion reparations? “We’re collecting used clothes from our beaches and gutters every week.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2024

Fast fashion label H&M has named Daniel Ervér as its new president and CEO as Helena Helmersson departs the group. Since then, Ervér has been responsible for merchandising at H&M in Germany and the US, country manager for H&M Sweden, purchasing manager for H&M and responsible for H&M women and men.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Nothing but time Sarah Knop, national engagement manager at Baptist World Aid Australia, told Inside Retail that, when faced with financial challenges, many consumers will opt for value and low price. Notably, there has been a 12.5

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

But for Adidas to actually sit up and take serious notice, they need to achieve more than a few articles,” Phoebe Netto, managing director of Pure Public Relations, told Inside Retail. Consumers, in his opinion, are also finding it hard to give up on their addiction to fast fashion so they are inadvertently going along with the greenwashing.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Online fashion retailer Asos set out plans to cut its environmental impact and improve worker rights on Thursday, tying its success in cutting waste and carbon levels to future management pay.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Posting on LinkedIn on Wednesday, Gabriel Bastien-Dietrich, the company’s general manager of American sportswear, said: “Very exciting times at True Alliance as [group head of digital] Ken Kennedy and his team prepare for the official launch of the brand new #GapAustralia website.”. They flew right in the face of fast fashion.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2021

As part of the turnaround, speed to market has been increased, allowing it to compete more effectively with fast fashion retailers like Zara. Throughout its latest financial year, store sales suffered from lockdowns in many of its markets, but e-commerce has managed to pick up some of the slack.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Valued at US$100 billion ($150 billion) , fast fashion brand Shein is in hot water after a recent Channel 4 documentary hosted by British journalist Iman Amrani, Inside The Shein Machine , lifted the veil of secrecy behind the corporation’s operations in China. A race to the bottom.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

Boasting a large selection of everything from ultra-affordable party dresses to £1 bikinis, this fast fashion e-tailer was the preferred choice of the Love Island cast and everyone who wanted to be on the show or wished to look like those on the show. Missguided was once Britain’s most visited online retailer. Self-inflicted wounds.

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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. D Cloud RFID inventory-management software. To date, the !D

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Retail Insider

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The scale of the fast fashion phenomena is driven by the young – the perceived conservatism of the older generation on renting is balanced out by the higher likelihood of them hanging on to clothes for much longer or repairing damaged items rather than re-buying. The subscription box from Ralph Lauren. But this is only half the story.

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