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Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

Inside Retail

In a warehouse on the outskirts of Barcelona, women stand at conveyor belts, manually sorting T-shirts, jeans and dresses from large bales of used clothing – a small step towards tackling Europe’s towering problem of discarded fashion. It did not respond to a request for comment on the suggestion it needed to do more.

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With SHEIN Exchange Launch, Retailer Uses Resale to Mend its Wasteful Fast Fashion Ways

Retail TouchPoints

Additionally, it’s likely SHEIN was looking for a sustainability-focused facelift ahead of a planned U.S. with plans to expand it globally next year. This pilot version is part of SHEIN’s larger commitment to address the ongoing issues of textile waste and build a more circular fashion industry.

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How the Fashion Industry Can Pave the Way for a Sustainable Future

Retail TouchPoints

For decades, there have been continued debates surrounding sustainability and the fashion industry’s position in implementing and maintaining a sustainable value chain, where renewable resources from the environment can be continually used and human rights are protected. An Eco-Conscious Journey. Shifting Attitudes Across the Industry.

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Shein Adds Third-Party Marketplace in U.S.

Retail TouchPoints

thanks to on-trend discount offerings enabled by its real-time fast fashion model. The company has been able to cut the time from product design to shipping from three weeks to five days, allowing it to offer an evolving slate of the latest of-the-moment trends. Shein has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the U.S.

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Rags not riches: Ghana drowns in Western castoffs

Inside Retail

Last year’s must-have dress, yesterday’s flares and countless other Western castoffs are strangling the Global South, prompting calls for fast fashion to pay the price for rampant overproduction. “Many of these garments should have been disposed of there, yet they put them into bales and ship them here.

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

Inside Retail

Achieving circularity in fashion is similar to the 10-year overnight success story. Yet, the need for a sustainable and ethical future in fashion is necessary, due to the industry’s social and environmental impact, which has already caused substantial damage. We’ve heard and said this before in some form or another.

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Shein to open more distribution centers to meet U.S. demand

Retail Wire

Shein is planning to build three large distribution centers in the U.S. The privately-held fast-fashion site currently ships orders from China to more than 150 countries where it operates. to help speed deliveries to customers in three to four days.