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ThredUP Continues Anti-Fast Fashion Offensive with V-Day Campaign, adds Francesca’s to Resale Roster

Retail TouchPoints

ThredUP is teaming up with TikToker Nava Rose to launch the Dump Fast Fashion Shop, an online secondhand storefront to help consumers thrift for Valentine’s Day and beyond. Nava Rose models one of her styles for the Dump Fast Fashion shop on ThredUP. “I Together with ThredUP, I’m committed to ghosting fast fashion.

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Fashion rental is back: Designerex looks to raise funds as demand surges

Inside Retail

Co-founder and co-CEO Kirsten Kore says the business is in the “right place at the right time” to capitalise on consumers’ growing interest in sustainable alternatives to fast fashion, such as rental. According to FMI, global online clothing rental sales are expected to grow 11 per cent CAGR between 2021 and 2031.

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‘More is more’: Q&A with Camilla CEO, Jane McNally

Inside Retail

But through that period, we included things like additional global shipping destinations, we localised currency and payment options, and we selected local-language sites. First and foremost, we’re not a fast-fashion brand. We already had a strong international e-commerce platform pre-Covid.

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Key Strategies for Retailers to Push Sustainability Efforts

Independent Retailer

Zara, global fast fashion leader, now ships online orders in 100% recycled cardboard boxes manufactured from boxes previously used in-store. Womenswear apparel shop, Pink Boutique, has taken a strong position on sustainable packaging. Large brands have already taken the pledge to greener packaging and labeling.

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Best Online Fashion Marketplaces: 10 Giants with Utmost Features

I Love Fashion

Farfetch 368,000 Farfetch charges a 25%-33% commission fee per sale for its boutique customers. Why Are Online Fashion Marketplaces Booming So Fast? Fashion marketplaces that are available online offer way more convenience to online sellers and marketers to reap the best benefit in the most convenient way.

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Frasers vs Next: How big are their growing retail empires?

Retail Gazette

Frasers Group stated that at the time of the acquisition, that the online fast fashion retailer owed £13m to its shareholders. The brand needed the loan while it sold through excess stock it was left with after shipping issues peak last year caused delivery delays. pre-pack administration deal in August 2019.

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Analysis: Esprit, the forgotten brand that lost its identity

Inside Retail

However, the birth of fast fashion and the rise of the millennials soon pushed Esprit out of the game – and the Hang Seng Index – in 2013, sparking a continuing downward spiral for the years to come. These brands bring with them strong digital marketing and partnership initiatives.

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