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Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

Inside Retail

In a warehouse on the outskirts of Barcelona, women stand at conveyor belts, manually sorting T-shirts, jeans and dresses from large bales of used clothing – a small step towards tackling Europe’s towering problem of discarded fashion. million tonnes of textile waste by 2030, McKinsey said in the report.

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Rags not riches: Ghana drowns in Western castoffs

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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. “Many of these garments should have been disposed of there, yet they put them into bales and ship them here.

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Shein, Temu in fierce fight over US market for $10 dresses

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Online fast-fashion retailer Shein and its newer rival Temu are in a race to win shoppers’ attention for their inexpensive China-made goods. Shein, originally founded in China, relies on drop-shipping directly from its extensive network of China-based suppliers. “I am with Temu who has the same and more for less.”

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Shein chooses Tokyo for its first permanent store in the world

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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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Uniqlo owner sees big profit drop in China due to Covid restrictions

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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.

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Three roadblocks to making circular fashion work – and how to navigate them

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This plan aims to deliver on the commitments of the European Green Deal , the new circular economy action plan and the industrial strategy. 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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Tapping into Temu: Why American Gen Zs love the Chinese app

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Like Shein, Temu offers discounted fashion and lifestyle goods, but unlike Shein it sources and ships directly from manufacturers in China. Suppliers can design more personalised products, accurately plan production volumes and efficiently manage warehousing and shipping.

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