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

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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. An Eco-Conscious Journey. Shifting Attitudes Across the Industry.

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With SHEIN Exchange Launch, Retailer Uses Resale to Mend its Wasteful Fast Fashion Ways

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This pilot version is part of SHEIN’s larger commitment to address the ongoing issues of textile waste and build a more circular fashion industry. SHEIN also has become a signatory of World Circular Textiles Day, a coalition of organizations with a mission to shift the fashion and textiles industry toward full circularity by 2050. “At

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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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Data-Driven Sustainability: How Supply Chain Efficiency and Clienteling Drive More Sustainable Operations and Customer Choices

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Sustainability can be highly data-driven. They are already making sustainable and ethical supply chain decisions with regard to material sourcing and labor, and by layering in data they can also make intelligent decisions about pricing, discounting and future inventories so they can reduce unsold inventory at the end of a season.

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Serial Returners and Refund Fraudsters: How Brands are Fighting Back With Data Insight

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Signifyd data shows that there was a 35% increase in false claims that an item never arrived in 2022 in Europe, and a 68% increase in false claims about the condition of a product. Some fashion brands, including Zara, J.Crew and Uniqlo , have begun charging for returns in order to claw back lost revenue and dissuade certain behaviors.

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A Modern Retailer’s Guide to Dropshipping Fashion & Apparel: Part 2

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Welcome to Part 2 of The Modern Retailer’s Guide To Dropshipping Fashion and Apparel. In Part 1, we covered the basics of dropshipping and explored the reasons why every fashion retailer should switch from a traditional retail model to an asset-light dropship model. 5 Tips and Strategies for Dropshipping Fashion and Apparel 1.

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Retail’s Best Gift Ever? Zero-Party Data

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One silver lining though all of this has been the emergence of zero-party data in retail’s marketing arsenal. With recent missteps by social media giants like Facebook, consumers have become increasingly aware of how their personal data is collected and used. So how should retailers use zero-party data? Getting to Less Guessing.

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