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Brisbane Fashion Festival confirms August return 

Inside Retail

Brisbane Fashion Festival , Queensland’s largest fashion runway event, is returning this year in August. Running from Sunday August 25 to Friday August 30, The 17th Brisbane Fashion Festival will feature an expanded program of new events spread across six days.

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How the return of the Victoria’s Secret fashion show could create “brand heat”

Inside Retail

Last week, the retail industry was buzzing with the news that Victoria’s Secret’s fashion show is coming back. First introduced in 2004, the annual fashion show was put on hiatus in 2019 after the show reported its lowest-ever ratings in 2018. What do retail experts think about the fashion show revival?

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How to transform returns from a costly headache into a profit centre

Inside Retail

For most retailers selling online, returns generate their greatest customer service challenges and inevitably drain profitability. A seamless returns experience is now a baseline expectation for customers,” explains Daly. The Shopify-backed company has more than 250 employees and oversees 2 million returns per month.

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How to transform returns from a costly headache into a profit centre

Inside Retail

For most retailers selling online, returns generate their greatest customer service challenges and inevitably drain profitability. A seamless returns experience is now a baseline expectation for customers,” explains Daly. The Shopify-backed company has more than 250 employees and oversees 2 million returns per month.

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Fast fashion retailers crank up fees to deter repeat online returners

Retail Gazette

A host of major fast fashion players, including Zara and Asos, are cracking down on serial returners who shop online by reducing promoted items or introducing fees for items sent back. The research was shown to fashion business leaders at a meeting last week held by the British Retail Consortium.

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City Chic’s sales slip; promotions dent margins

Inside Retail

Global plus-size fashion retailer City Chic is gearing up for a loss in its December half earnings as “volatile” demand has led to poor sales. Increased promotional activities during key Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Christmas / Boxing Day sales periods impacted the group’s gross margin. Online sales fell 21 per cent. million. “We

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Black Friday 2023: One in every six fashion purchases made will be returned

Retail Gazette

Almost one in every six garments bought on Black Friday will be returned, with Gen Z and Millennials leading the way as the highest returning cohorts, new data from AI platform True Fit reveals. This compares to the average UK shopper who plans to spend £239 on fashion during the Black Friday weekend, rising to £334 for Millennials.

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