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Can smarter warehousing boost Australia’s fashion industry?

Inside Retail

High-profile brands like Dion Lee and Mosaic Brands closed their doors, and IMGs departure from Australian Fashion Week disrupted the sector. Rising operational costs, increased global competition, and shifting consumer behaviours are among the contributing factors. Supports sustainability by reducing freight and consumables.

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Are rental platforms making a fashionable comeback?

Inside Retail

For a period of time, fashion rental seemed to be the answer to rapid trend cycles and consumers’ need for once-off occasionwear. But more than just financially challenging, the fashion rental business model appears to not be a cultural fit for consumer behaviour today.

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How the end of de minimis is forcing a global reset in retail supply chains

Inside Retail

Enabled by the e-commerce explosion and accelerated by Covid-era consumption, this loophole helped supercharge the rise of ultra-fast fashion giants. They bypassed traditional supply chains, shipping individual parcels directly to consumers and often avoiding scrutiny from the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

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The end of US de minimis to shake up e-commerce industry 

Inside Retail

This exemption has become a cornerstone for companies like Shein, Temu and Amazon Haul, enabling them to ship vast quantities of inexpensive goods directly to American consumers. Under the existing rule, individual shipments valued at less than US$800 are allowed to enter the US duty-free, with minimal inspections. per cent (US$228.3

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Why Australia’s new haul of Chinese online goods is helping tame inflation

Inside Retail

As businesses globally fret about sky-high US tariffs reviving rampant inflation, in Australia, the redirection of cheap Chinese goods is expected to provide relief for consumers and policymakers worried about stubborn cost pressures. Headline consumer price inflation held at 2.4 per cent peak in late 2022.

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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 New fast fashion is getting zero of my coin this year!

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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. Another aspect to Loooptopia which stands out from other fashion games in Roblox is the ability to recycle digital fashion items. Learning new habits.