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SHEIN Hosts Sold Out Pop-Up Event in San Francisco

Retail TouchPoints

Online fast fashion retailer SHEIN is hosting the latest in its traveling series of pop-up events at San Francisco’s Embarcadero Center from June 24 to 26, 2022. The online resale platform offered Bay Area customers 40% off their first ThredUP purchase and free shipping if they pledged not to shop the SHEIN pop-up event.

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Uniqlo owner sees big profit drop in China due to Covid restrictions

Inside Retail

China is Fast Retailing’s biggest foreign market, with 863 stores on the mainland and almost 90 outlets in Shanghai, where stringent lockdown measures, introduced in late March, remain in place to contain the country’s worst outbreak of the pandemic.

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Shein, Temu in fierce fight over US market for $10 dresses

Inside Retail

Online fast-fashion retailer Shein and its newer rival Temu are in a race to win shoppers’ attention for their inexpensive China-made goods. Shein, originally founded in China, relies on drop-shipping directly from its extensive network of China-based suppliers.

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Inside Mosaic’s pivot from specialty fashion to digital department store

Inside Retail

Mosaic’s department store move isn’t exactly unique in the fashion industry. Boohoo, the British fast fashion giant best known for its bodycon dresses and celebrity collabs, recently launched its first ever homewares collection, including candles, picture frames and bedding. Keeping costs down with drop-ship.

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Three roadblocks to making circular fashion work – and how to navigate them

Inside Retail

Recently, The RealReal laid off hundreds of staff, and closed stores, consignment drop-off spaces and corporate offices , in an attempt at swift profitability. Global fast fashion retailer H&M has announced it will make a move into textile sorting. This will create clear pathways for clothes to be part of a circular loop.

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Balenciaga, Reflaunt and the rise of resale-as-a-service

Inside Retail

Customers can join the circular program by dropping off their pre-loved Balenciaga items to participating Balenciaga stores or request collection through Reflaunt. Once an item is sold, it’s shipped from Balenciaga and the seller receives either financial compensation or credit for use in Balenciaga stores. Resale-as-a-service.

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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. We host and continue to host weekly watch parties where our in-house stylists can talk customers through each new drop and offer styling solutions and outfit tips.

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