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From product to practices: how fashion “sustainability” is finding its natural place in brand management practices.

Retail Focus

For many years, sustainability has been tied to ethical, circular, slow, or mindful fashion. Several decades ago, some brands saw an opportunity to showcase sustainable products in their offerings. Senior retail consultant at Univers Retail | Published author | Visiting lecturer. Fashion brands and sustainability.

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3 Ways Fashion Brands can be More Sustainable Today

Retail TouchPoints

The fashion industry has been questioned a lot about its environmental impact. As new regulations are enforced and consumers develop ever-more-sophisticated expectations around a brand’s environmental impact, fashion brands have to do more than claim they are compliant. Consolidating and publishing sustainability data.

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Indonesian designers discuss the rise of modest fashion at NYFW

Inside Retail

The latest modest fashion trends were on full display at New York Fashion Week, where six Indonesian designers were invited to present a total of 60 looks under the “Indonesia Now” banner. The rise of modest fashion. So modest fashion is very important in our circles,” she noted. Decoding fashion.

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Barneys New York Finds a New Home at Forever 21

Retail TouchPoints

Just in time for New York Fashion Week, the iconic, now defunct luxury department store Barneys New York has made its return to fashion, albeit not in a way that many of the brand’s devotees would have imagined. Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 has released a limited-edition collection featuring the Barneys brand.

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Plus-size fashion was in the spotlight at Fashion Week. What comes next?

Inside Retail

Sparkling silhouettes, feminine prints on masculine shapes, chic shapes with plenty of thigh – all made their way down the first ever plus size runway at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week last Thursday. We were about to make history and as a brand you want to make sure you’re doing that justice.”. The fashion spoke for itself.

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Forever 21 Finds New Home at JCPenney

Retail TouchPoints

A new range of Forever 21 fashions has debuted at 100 JCPenney stores across the U.S. Forever 21 and JCPenney share a mission to make the latest trends accessible to all while inspiring unique style and confidence,” said Michelle Wlazlo, EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer at JCPenney in a statement. and online.

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From Snoop Dogg to DVF: How collabs help drive growth at Skechers

Inside Retail

Skechers has teamed up with renowned apparel brand Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) on its Endless Kisses Capsule range, which will see the latter brand’s iconic lips design feature on Skechers fashion sneakers, footwear and recovery sandals. Watch this space.”

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