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Dropshipping: Fashion’s favourite fulfilment method?

Inside Retail

But everyone is talking about brand delivered, brand fulfilled, e-concessions and digital concessions. Brand fulfilment and digital concessions are on the rise, which is more or less a form of dropshipping, except the goods are shipped directly from the supplier in branded packaging. E-commerce is undergoing a structural change.

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Ryman owner Theo Paphitis urges government to plug tax loopholes used by fast fashion giants

Retail Gazette

Ryman owner Theo Paphitis is the latest British retailer to call on the government for a clampdown on a tax loophole used by fast fashion giants such as Temu and Shein. Worse than that, the companies benefiting from it are not British companies,” Paphitis told The Times. “The The government is not plugging loopholes.

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How Shein and Temu are driving up the cost of air freight

Inside Retail

The rapid rise of fast-fashion e-commerce retailers such as Shein and Temu is upending the global air cargo industry, as they increasingly vie for limited air-cargo space to woo consumers with rapid transit times, more than ten industry sources said. That equates to around 108 Boeing 777 freighters a day, the consultancy said.

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‘An exciting way to test a new market’: More fashion brands turn to rental

Inside Retail

Fulfilment by GlamCorner now sees the platform handling the logistics of clothing rental on behalf of fashion brands, including warehousing, cleaning, shipping and returns, and giving brands their own rental stores, which they can embed in their e-commerce sites and promote to customers. Camilla targets teen ‘formal’ shopper.

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

Inside Retail

The strategy, which Mosaic started rolling out in FY20 before Covid-19, has seen some of Australia’s most recognisable specialty fashion retailers expand into new categories, including homewares, beauty, jewellery, electrical and kids’ products. Mosaic’s department store move isn’t exactly unique in the fashion industry.

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The collapse and rebirth of UK fashion giant Missguided

Inside Retail

Boasting a large selection of everything from ultra-affordable party dresses to £1 bikinis, this fast fashion e-tailer was the preferred choice of the Love Island cast and everyone who wanted to be on the show or wished to look like those on the show. Disruptions in the supply chain increased the cost of goods and shipping steeply.

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The rise of conflicted consumerism: Cost-of-living prompts UK shoppers to weigh up price versus principles in buying decisions

Retail Focus

This is creating what we’ve coined the conflicted shopper; consumers who seek value for money – acting with price-sensitivity and spending-caution – on one hand, but want to consume in line with their values on the other, opting for eco-conscious decisions across their buying journey, from product choice to fulfilment methods.