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Game on: How H&M is bringing fast fashion to the metaverse

Inside Retail

Fast fashion brand H&M recently launched Loooptopia, a Roblox game focused on creating, trading and recycling digital fashion items. It’s the latest apparel company to set up a virtual environment on the platform where players can style their avatar and run or scoot around Loooptopia districts collecting tokens. .

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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

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. Apple declined to comment.

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‘An exciting way to test a new market’: More fashion brands turn to rental

Inside Retail

Fulfilment by GlamCorner now sees the platform handling the logistics of clothing rental on behalf of fashion brands, including warehousing, cleaning, shipping and returns, and giving brands their own rental stores, which they can embed in their e-commerce sites and promote to customers.

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Off-Price Retail: A Double-Edged Tool For Brands With Excess Inventory Needs

Retail TouchPoints

Without real-time visibility or existing systems in place to manage excess levels, cross-functional teams wasted valuable time and resources on work that didn’t produce valuable returns on investment. In today’s age, sustainable fashion matters. Viewing Off-Price As A Partner.

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Key Strategies for Retailers to Push Sustainability Efforts

Independent Retailer

This is likely a legacy of the 1970s and 80s, when low-quality and expensive environmental products failed on the market and early socially responsible investments produced low returns. In addition, the financial returns result in greater competitive advantage and innovation.

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Hot Holiday Products Available NOW

Independent Retailer

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. Shoppers Eager to Buy Clothing.