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Retail

Shein Joins Fast Fashion’s Push Into Resale

Big brands are fuelling competition in the fast-growing market as they look to build brand loyalty and benefit from the green glow associated with resale.

Retail

Shein Joins Fast Fashion’s Push Into Resale

Big brands are fuelling competition in the fast-growing market as they look to build brand loyalty and benefit from the green glow associated with resale.


Direct-to-Consumer

Shein’s New Rival, Explained

Pinduoduo is a giant in China but relatively unknown in America. It’s looking to change that with a new app, Temu, that sells ultra-cheap clothing, with thousands of new items added daily. Sound familiar?

Direct-to-Consumer

Shein’s New Rival, Explained

Pinduoduo is a giant in China but relatively unknown in America. It’s looking to change that with a new app, Temu, that sells ultra-cheap clothing, with thousands of new items added daily. Sound familiar?


Sustainability

Fashion’s Transparency Efforts Fall Short on Fundamental Data Points

More big brands are making public commitments to curb environmental impact and protect workers, but data on how they’re performing remains scarce, this year’s Fashion Transparency Index finds.

Sustainability

Fashion’s Transparency Efforts Fall Short on Fundamental Data Points

More big brands are making public commitments to curb environmental impact and protect workers, but data on how they’re performing remains scarce, this year’s Fashion Transparency Index finds.


Technology

How Technology Is Tearing Down Fashion’s Value Chain Siloes

Brands that have yet to tap technology like AI and Big Data to integrate their value chains from end to end are missing out on an opportunity to boost efficiency and profitability.

Technology

How Technology Is Tearing Down Fashion’s Value Chain Siloes

Brands that have yet to tap technology like AI and Big Data to integrate their value chains from end to end are missing out on an opportunity to boost efficiency and profitability.


Technology

Where Fashion-Tech Investors Are Putting Their Money

Capital is flowing into technologies that make fashion commerce more nimble, more sustainable and more engaging to shoppers — and, of course, the metaverse.

Technology

Where Fashion-Tech Investors Are Putting Their Money

Capital is flowing into technologies that make fashion commerce more nimble, more sustainable and more engaging to shoppers — and, of course, the metaverse.


Sustainability

How Shein Gatecrashed Fashion’s Sustainability Show

The ultra-fast fashion company launched a $50 million fund to tackle waste at the industry’s annual sustainability gathering in Copenhagen this week. Many saw it as greenwashing, but it’s straight out of fashion’s sustainability playbook.

Sustainability

How Shein Gatecrashed Fashion’s Sustainability Show

The ultra-fast fashion company launched a $50 million fund to tackle waste at the industry’s annual sustainability gathering in Copenhagen this week. Many saw it as greenwashing, but it’s straight out of fashion’s sustainability playbook.


Retail

Why Missguided Is a Cautionary Tale — and Not Just for Fast Fashion

Missguided, which went into administration and was bought in a fire sale this week, never quite established a unique style or signature product category that would differentiate it from bigger rivals like Boohoo, Asos or H&M.

Retail

Why Missguided Is a Cautionary Tale — and Not Just for Fast Fashion

Missguided, which went into administration and was bought in a fire sale this week, never quite established a unique style or signature product category that would differentiate it from bigger rivals like Boohoo, Asos or H&M.


Technology

The Opportunity in Hyper-Personalising Shopping

Big Data and AI can power one-to-one experiences that build long-term loyalty.

Technology

The Opportunity in Hyper-Personalising Shopping

Big Data and AI can power one-to-one experiences that build long-term loyalty.


Retail

The Debrief: Why Shein Is Valued at $100 Billion

BoF’s Cathaleen Chen joins chief correspondent Lauren Sherman to unpack the fast fashion giant’s path to its astronomical valuation.

Retail

The Debrief: Why Shein Is Valued at $100 Billion

BoF’s Cathaleen Chen joins chief correspondent Lauren Sherman to unpack the fast fashion giant’s path to its astronomical valuation.


Technology

The Key to E-Commerce Success: Treat Clothing as Content

For many consumers, the endless feed of new styles offered by online retailers like Shein, The RealReal and Grailed is as much about entertainment as shopping. Either way, they’re hooked.

Technology

The Key to E-Commerce Success: Treat Clothing as Content

For many consumers, the endless feed of new styles offered by online retailers like Shein, The RealReal and Grailed is as much about entertainment as shopping. Either way, they’re hooked.