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

Inside Retail

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.

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Bridging The Gap Between The Now And New Normal

Retail TouchPoints

Loyal customers are returning and increasing average order values (AOV). Fast Fashion trends downward, still, but there’s hope : There have been some fluctuations in fast fashion revenues, but ultimately this retail sector is down YoY: from -20% in mid-March, it has now dropped to -29.1% in mid-April 2020.

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Mobile Ecommerce Success Calls for the ‘Instagramification’ of the App Experience

Retail TouchPoints

For example, if an app is missing key features available on the desktop experience, that can disrupt the whole journey and cost conversions. The fast fashion company saw the highest year-over-year growth in downloads of any retailer’s app globally, and also drove the most sessions. Mobile Retailing Requires a ‘Mindset Shift’.

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What’s next for Designerex, the Airbnb of fashion rental

Inside Retail

As part of the deal, PixelForce is building a Shopify app that will enable designer fashion brands to show customers exactly how much they could earn if they rented out items on Designerex after purchasing them. The post What’s next for Designerex, the Airbnb of fashion rental appeared first on Inside Retail.

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SHEIN’s Head of Strategy on Setting (and Achieving) Firmer ESG Goals

Retail TouchPoints

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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Gen Z: Merchants of cool or brand killers?

Inside Retail

They’re set to account for 40 per cent of the global luxury fashion market alone by 2025. On the one hand, they are trend-focused hyper-consumerists driving the success of fast-fashion giants, looking for cheap, cheery gear that’s light on the wallet. But that’s just the tip of the generational iceberg.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 316 Annual Predictions 2024

Retail Geek

It’s impacting the customer experience and improving retailers margins because they can be wildly more efficient. So I’m for sure giving it to you. I think Shein is actually taking share from the fast fashion. It’s real.