Retail TouchPoints
APRIL 29, 2024
Image courtesy Urban Outfitters The platform’s aim is to help Gen Z find unique used items “as thrift shops become flooded with fast fashion ecommerce brands,” according to a company statement.
Inside Retail
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
An old TopShop store in north London’s Brent Cross shopping centre has been revived after two years of sitting empty since the fast fashion brand closed down. It’s now a vibrant pop-up department store selling pre-loved clothing organised collaboratively by 10 charities.
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Inside Retail
AUGUST 28, 2022
But, after 10 or 15 years, we can be inspired by Marie Kondo to reorganise our lives and that custom-made item gets sent to the thrift store – because in our minds it’s too good to throw away. This raises another question: with the resale market booming, is hyper-consumerism associated with fast fashion shifting to preloved fashion?
Retail TouchPoints
JANUARY 4, 2022
The resale market is growing 11 times faster than traditional retail and is expected to reach $84 billion by 2030, far eclipsing the predicted $40 billion market for fast fashion. . Consider that 223 million consumers say they have or are open to shopping secondhand products.
Retail TouchPoints
JUNE 30, 2021
Growing Sustainability Concerns Favor Resale Over Fast Fashion. It appears that much of that growth will come at the expense of fast fashion. consumers in the next 10 years, fast fashion’s portion will remain roughly flat. Fast fashion and thrift are very similar in a lot of ways,” said Clark.
Independent Retailer
APRIL 19, 2022
As sustainability continues to grow in popularity, the new buzz around the block is that ‘buying local’ and ‘shopping small’ is better for the planet — but is this really true? Second Hand Shopping Gaining Popularity. Thirty years ago, it belonged exclusively in the domain of thrift stores and consignment shops.
Independent Retailer
AUGUST 22, 2022
More than half have cut back on non-essential items when shopping for groceries (51%). In response, the company revealed how Americans are changing their shopping behaviors amid inflating costs: Americans Have Cut Back on Purchasing Non-Essential Grocery Items. Inflation stayed flat in July after rising 1.3
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