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Dropshipping: Fashion’s favourite fulfilment method?

Inside Retail

Now, we’re moving further up the supply chain, with manufacturers and suppliers doing the same, shunning wholesale distribution in favour of a different model. 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.

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Tapping into Temu: Why American Gen Zs love the Chinese app

Inside Retail

Like Shein, Temu offers discounted fashion and lifestyle goods, but unlike Shein it sources and ships directly from manufacturers in China. Suppliers can design more personalised products, accurately plan production volumes and efficiently manage warehousing and shipping.

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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.

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‘More is more’: Q&A with Camilla CEO, Jane McNally

Inside Retail

That’s despite the fact that we’ve been opening more stores, and increasing our retail and wholesale revenue as well. But through that period, we included things like additional global shipping destinations, we localised currency and payment options, and we selected local-language sites.

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Hot Holiday Products Available NOW

Independent Retailer

The supply chain is badly tangled, the price of shipping is skyrocketing, and retailers need products now. We are more than 18 months into the pandemic and with no signs of the shipping crisis getting better, businesses need to act fast if they want to get merchandise in on time for the holidays. Tasha Apparel Wholesale.

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Spring Fair looks ahead to 2025 following a buzzing show

A1 Retail

Nick Reed, Founder of Neem London shared his story about the creation of his modern menswear brand, “Neem was created as an ‘antiseptic’ for fast fashion; to produce men’s clothing that has been made with care, a result of a transparent supply chain, with the safe guarding of our environment as the focus.

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“It’s a big opportunity”: Why Billini is stepping up its size diversity

Inside Retail

Here, we speak with founder Susannah Khouzame about the thinking behind the launch, and what’s next for the fast-growing business. But not many brands cater to wide feet, especially fast fashion brands. For our business, there is a huge focus on international wholesale and online.