Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2024

RFID Technology and Sustainability RFID technology is the key for retail businesses to unlock greater sustainability and efficiency in their supply chain management. In this way, RFID technology can allow retailers to manage their inventory better and ensure that resources are only being used for products that sell.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2023

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. Fashion reparations? “We’re collecting used clothes from our beaches and gutters every week.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Shein, the China-founded fast-fashion retailer, has bought the Missguided brand from Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, the e-commerce giant’s first purchase of a British brand. Missguided will be managed through the joint venture, and its products will be manufactured by Shein.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2023

Fast fashion has normalised using garments for short periods of time, and throwing them away when trends change, driving an unsustainable pattern of overproduction and overconsumption. It envisions that fast fashion will be out of fashion, and that economically profitable re-use and repair services will be widely available.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

The fast fashion company first fell into financial difficulties in fall 2021 but was saved when private equity firm Alteri stepped in to buy a controlling stake. with companies including Authentic Brands Group and Brookfield Property Management picking up retailers like Reebok , Forever 21 and potentially Kohl’s.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Meet the fashion dropshippers Global fast fashion retailer Asos offers a Partner Fulfils program. Essentially a form of dropshipping, this has helped Asos expand its range without the hassle of inventory management. And, of course, for the marketplace, it reduces the risk of carrying inventory that might not sell.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

The fast fashion retailer initially re-entered China for the third time in August 2021 through online platforms Vipshop and Pinduoduo. to manage Forever 21’s China operations. Forever 21 will expand its presence in China with a physical store slated to open later in June 2022, according to a WeChat post seen by Reuters.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 21, 2022

An American freelance artist has sued Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein for US$100 million, alleging the company copied her artwork without permission. Stephenson’s filing argues that by using Shein’s name and logo on the product’s packaging, Shein has added “false” copyright management information. “In

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365 Retail

JANUARY 20, 2022

Around 400 jobs are set to be axed across fast fashion chain Primark’s UK stores as the group looks to overhaul its retail management team. The retailer, which is owned by Associated British Foods, has launched a consultation with staff as part of plans to simplify its UK store retail management structure.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Supply bottlenecks, slower product deliveries and higher freight and labour costs risk shifting the fast fashion industry into the slow lane, as shown this week by British online fashion retailer Asos. Cheap supplies from Asia have been central to many fast fashion business models.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2023

Rosanna Iacono, advisor and managing partner at The Growth Activists, noted that Asos offers up to 60,000 different products for sale at any given time, so the 180 outfits that are available to rent are a very modest start. An important move As a way to attract more cost-conscious consumers, Asos’ deal with Hirestreet makes a lot of sense.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 2, 2021

Fast-fashion giant H&M is to close its high-profile store at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, unable to agree on lease terms with owner Scentre Group. H&M country manager Thomas Coellner said in a statement that the decision was made following a global review of sustainable store operations. “At

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Inside Retail

JUNE 2, 2021

Fast-fashion giant H&M is to close its high-profile store at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, unable to agree on lease terms with owner Scentre Group. H&M country manager Thomas Coellner said in a statement that the decision was made following a global review of sustainable store operations. “At

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

But for Adidas to actually sit up and take serious notice, they need to achieve more than a few articles,” Phoebe Netto, managing director of Pure Public Relations, told Inside Retail. Consumers, in his opinion, are also finding it hard to give up on their addiction to fast fashion so they are inadvertently going along with the greenwashing.

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Inside Retail

JULY 24, 2023

Chinese fast fashion retailer Temu has become Australia’s fastest-growing marketplace, says market research company Ipsos. Temu, which launched in April, is now the eighth-largest online retail brand in terms of audience size and registered more than 9.2 million users in June.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2023

Amid the rise of fast fashion and social media platforms accelerating consumptive behaviour, it appears that many Australians aren’t wearing or re-wearing the clothes they purchase. This was highlighted by the Fashion Resale Report from online retailer Reluv and Monash University. Consumer behaviours will also inevitably change.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

The Chinese fast fashion giant may be one of the most downloaded fashion apps around the world, but it continues to maintain a low corporate profile. Ask any consumer to name a fast fashion retailer and they probably think of H&M, Zara or Gap. Fast fashion, but slow deliveries. Inclusive fashion.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

She previously served as CMO of The RealReal from 2012 to 2019 and owned Anica Boutique , a fashion and home store. Julian has served as CFO since 2021 and has over 30 years of financial management experience in both public and private companies. The RealReal has struggled to reach profitability despite strong sales growth.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Tech start-up Inkse had its launch this month with a mission to revolutionise the way Australian creatives approach fashion design and production. We all know those great Aussies fashion start-up stories, those household names who cut their teeth in the city markets,” John said.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. In the 2000s the internet met fast fashion, and a slew of new competitors began to emerge.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Valued at US$100 billion ($150 billion) , fast fashion brand Shein is in hot water after a recent Channel 4 documentary hosted by British journalist Iman Amrani, Inside The Shein Machine , lifted the veil of secrecy behind the corporation’s operations in China. A race to the bottom.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2021

Depop’s world-class management team and employees have done a fantastic job nurturing this community and driving organic, authentic growth in a way that aligns well with Etsy’s DNA and mission of ‘keeping commerce human.’ reaching $64 billion and ultimately becoming twice the size of the fast fashion sector globally.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2023

Meanwhile Holt, who was appointed general manager of sustainability, health and quality at Woolworths in 2016, explained that the team would discuss plans at length in order to determine which initiatives would resonate with customers, and actually work. Here’s a snapshot of this discussion.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 30, 2023

A new type of fast fashion Speed of service and convenience have been battlegrounds that businesses across the retail industry have long fought, and is a large part of what customers expect. “The demand is there to get the product straight away, but not everyone can necessarily go to their local store to pick it up,” he explained.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Online fashion retailer Asos set out plans to cut its environmental impact and improve worker rights on Thursday, tying its success in cutting waste and carbon levels to future management pay.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

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. Missguided was once Britain’s most visited online retailer. Self-inflicted wounds.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

These struggles to improve manufacturing processes are most visible in the textiles industry given the “fast fashion” trend — rapidly producing large volumes of inexpensive garments designed to capitalize on style trends. Sanjay Tugnait is the Chief Market Maker and Global Managing Partner – Sustainability Practice for IBM Consulting.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 17, 2023

She believes that the inefficiencies that have existed such as a lack of representation, poor fit and high returns have been amplified by the shift to online shopping which was accelerated by Covid, fast fashion and an increasingly global world. Neill thinks generative AI will allow personalisation to move from personas to persons.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2021

British online fast-fashion firm Asos has announced a shock management reshuffle, with CEO Nick Beighton stepping down after six years in the job. A search is now underway to find a replacement chief executive, though current CFO Mat Dunn will temporarily take the reigns with immediate effect.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Get ready, get excited, retailers and customers alike, the 2D barcode, a compact square label with splotches and spaces that encode up to 350X more data than a traditional UPC (4,000 characters) will have a significant impact on managing the business and delivering better customer experiences. Doesn’t that sound amazing?!

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This year saw the proposal of the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act. Take for example Ingka Group , a strategic partner in the IKEA franchisee system, which acquired approximately 60,000 acres of forestland in Oklahoma and Texas to boost its responsible forest management.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 8, 2023

Business managers call this approach the luxury strategy. It has specific rules that luxury managers must follow. One early example was between the Swedish fast-fashion retail outlet H&M and designer Karl Lagerfeld in 2004. However, luxury brands are growing more creative with their partnerships.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Posting on LinkedIn on Wednesday, Gabriel Bastien-Dietrich, the company’s general manager of American sportswear, said: “Very exciting times at True Alliance as [group head of digital] Ken Kennedy and his team prepare for the official launch of the brand new #GapAustralia website.”. They flew right in the face of fast fashion.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2022

They head a growing list of retail brands which have already announced actions to end or reduce sales in Russia, including Swedish fast-fashion company H&M, online apparel store Asos, and tech giant Apple. Spanish fast-fashion rival Mango said it would temporarily close its stores and website in Russia.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In The Style CEO Adam Frisby has stepped down from the fast fashion firm he founded 10 years ago. ” The founder, who set up In The Style in his bedroom and grew it to a business that floated at more than £100m, revealed that executive Ben Armstrong would replace him as managing director.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As consumers worldwide are becoming more aware of the waste produced through the fashion industry – both in production and through fast-fashion being worn only a few times before it is discarded – sustainability is becoming more of a concern to major brands.

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Inside Retail

MAY 12, 2021

Where fast fashion has been such a ‘go-to’ for ‘treat yourself’ spending, the longevity of such pieces weighs on spenders today. Therefore, instead of spending in volume at lower cost with fast fashion, people are looking to timelessness, rarity and longevity.”.

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