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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. Then complement fashion items with accessories, dance moves, music tracks and special effects to create different performances on the Loooptopia catwalk. Fashion for the future.

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15 Best Apps for a Business Selling Clothes

Small Biz Trends

Consider these latest figures from one of the top fashion resale sites, thredUP: The fashion resale industry totals about $20 billion in sales alone, and it is the biggest resale market in the US. Reselling clothes is growing 24-times faster than retail fashion, too. Best App to Sell Clothes Online? Consider These. The RealReal.

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Tommy Hilfiger gets thrifty with ThredUp

Inside Retail

Preppy US fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger has partnered with online thrift and consignment store ThredUp to launch a resale program for eligible preloved clothing. The initiative is part of Tommy Hilfiger’s commitment to creating a more sustainable future in fashion, giving its clothing a second life.

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Gen Z, in Their Own Words: What They Really Want from Brands and Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

The data from YPulse makes a strong case for retailers to invest in more sustainable practices, from product sourcing to packaging and shipping: 79% of Gen Z consumers agree that brands should take more responsibility for fighting climate change. And of course, we could not write about Gen Z without mentioning sustainability.

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Does Buying Local Have A Positive Impact on the Planet?

Independent Retailer

Most of that transportation takes place by ship. In 2019, the shipping industry accounted for about three percent of global carbon emissions, and that number is expected to rise to 17 percent by 2050. Thirty years ago, it belonged exclusively in the domain of thrift stores and consignment shops.

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35 Low Cost Retail Business Ideas

Small Biz Trends

But many now offer products online or over the phone and ship products to consumers. Many stores are now online or even completely mobile. Health Food Store. A health food store is usually a physical retail business, since it may offer fresh options. Thrift Store. Fashion Boutique. Online Store.

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Gen Z: Merchants of cool or brand killers?

Inside Retail

My Gucci Marmont bag from Vestiaire Collective has shipped. Bagged a pre-loved bargain, supported circular fashion and didn’t even set foot in a store. I wrack my brains to remember when I last bought new clothes in-store. They’re set to account for 40 per cent of the global luxury fashion market alone by 2025.