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Pricing and consumer perception: Why fast-fashion brands launch premium ranges

Inside Retail

The value of luxury and premium fashion goods is often in their design, storytelling and product quality. But recently, fast-fashion brands including Zara, H&M, Mango, Urban Outfitters and Topshop have been testing limited-run premium collections in addition to their regular and frequent product drops.

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Vestiaire Collective’s fast-fashion ban: clever or counterproductive?

Inside Retail

Last November, international fashion resale platform Vestiare Collective shocked the apparel industry by banning the trade of ‘fast-fashion’ labels. Wone, who joined Vestiaire Collective in March 2020, said the ban underlines Vestiaire Collective’s founding mission – to drive collective change towards a circular fashion economy.

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A small step for China, a giant leap for cruelty-free

Inside Retail

But from May 1, ‘general’ cosmetics imported into China such as shampoo, body wash and make-up, will not need to be tested on animals. We hope that this will pave the way to actual legislative change that will benefit cruelty-free companies and the Chinese consumer as well as many thousands of animals,” she said in a statement.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Global downloads of mobile shopping apps were up 16% year-over-year in the first half of 2022 while the number of sessions was up 29% , according to data from the It’s Not Luck, It’s Skill: Make Every Marketing Dollar Count This Holiday Season report by data.ai. Mobile Retailing Requires a ‘Mindset Shift’.

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What next for Primark online?

Retail Gazette

Unlike pretty much all of its fast fashion rivals, Primark has long resisted selling products online. Last month March told the Live 2024 attendees that it would roll-out the trial to further stores, with the possibility of launching the service to markets outside Britain. But what’s next for the fashion giant online?

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Reduce, rent, reuse: How to help the circular economy get on a roll

Inside Retail

We also discovered a third category: things that weren’t in good enough condition to donate, but also weren’t bad enough to throw away. In this category were things like old basketball shoes with the soles worn out, old jeans that had frayed at the seams, and a variety of kids’ toys that had been broken or were missing parts.

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Transforming Retail Award Winners: Thriftify – Most Sustainable category

Retail Insider

We asked all our winners in this year’s Transforming Retail Awards to tell us how they felt about winning their category. Thriftify is all about encouraging people to be more ethical in their online purchasing and switch to a more sustainable consumption pattern and it’s great when consumers react to this positively. .