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How the Fashion Industry Can Pave the Way for a Sustainable Future

Retail TouchPoints

For decades, there have been continued debates surrounding sustainability and the fashion industry’s position in implementing and maintaining a sustainable value chain, where renewable resources from the environment can be continually used and human rights are protected. Start With the Supply Chain. An Eco-Conscious Journey.

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Next Phase of Wish Turnaround to Focus on Reducing Shipping Costs

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As discount shopping app Wish continues its comeback effort , parent company ContextLogic outlined its plans for 2023 at a summit for its merchants — including a major overhaul of the platform’s shipment pricing structure in order to bring down shipping costs for customers.

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ThredUP Continues Anti-Fast Fashion Offensive with V-Day Campaign, adds Francesca’s to Resale Roster

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ThredUP is teaming up with TikToker Nava Rose to launch the Dump Fast Fashion Shop, an online secondhand storefront to help consumers thrift for Valentine’s Day and beyond. Nava Rose models one of her styles for the Dump Fast Fashion shop on ThredUP. “I Together with ThredUP, I’m committed to ghosting fast fashion.

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Modern Luxury Media Merges Content and Commerce with New Fashion Rental Service

Retail TouchPoints

When they’re ready to try something new, they can exchange styles for three new ones with unlimited exchanges and returns, free priority shipping and complimentary laundering services. Fashion subscription service Stitch Fix is also continuing to experience declines in its business.

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Sustainability Update: eBay to Sell ‘Imperfect’ Apparel in UK, Adore Me Launches Sustainable Fashion Marketplace

Retail TouchPoints

Conscious consumption is on the rise and two big names in retail have launched new programs to tap into the consumer appetite to shop sustainably. eBay UK describes its new “ Imperfects ” program as “the fashion equivalent to supermarkets’ wonky veg initiatives.” ” .

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Shein Designer Incubator Program Showcases Sustainable Fashions

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All the pieces are produced using Shein’s small-batch, on-demand production model and shipped in packaging that contains recycled content. We’re excited to open this up to our Shein X designers and beyond, and to hopefully inspire the next generation of sustainability-conscious fashion creators.”

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How to Sell & Ship Perishable Goods Online

Groove

By offering your perishable products directly to consumers outside of your existing in-person sales channels, you will earn new brand champions without sacrificing profit margins to middle-men and chain grocery stores. Shipping Requirements. The list of effects from these shipping requirements goes on for quite a while.