Posts tagged "fast fashion"

Consumers may love paying discount prices for a well-made ‘dupe’ but the copycat craze continues to put more designers and artists out of business.

eBay and the Australian Fashion Council have partnered for a $200,000 grant program for tech startups focused on circular fashion solutions.

Shein is once again under fire after a group of influencers went on a free trip with the controversial brand, resulting in overly positive videos "debunking" reports into labour law violations.

Australian designer fashion rental marketplace The Volte has closed an oversubscribed $4 million Series A funding round led by eBay Ventures.

UK-headquartered online fast fashion retailer Missguided has collapsed after a last-minute rescue backed by rival Boohoo — and potential bids by Shein, JD Sports and Frasers Group — all fell through.

New research found the higher people rate on style-consciousness, the more likely they are to shop for second-hand clothes.

E-commerce operator Shein raised US$1 billion at a staggering US$100 billion valuation this week, which is astonishing for a fast fashion online business based out of China.

The fashion industry business model has changed, relying on constantly evolving fashion trends to peddle products by exploiting workers, producing mass amounts of waste every year.

Of the world’s industries that profit from worker exploitation, the fashion industry is notorious, in part because of the sharp contrast between how fashion is made and how it is marketed.

Fashion retailer Topshop and its sister brands have fallen into administration in the UK, after sales across the parent company Arcadia were "severely impacted" by the coronavirus pandemic. 

Black Friday kicks off on November 27, but for a growing number of Australian brands, the sale is a call for action on sustainability.

There’s no good reason mushroom leather alternatives couldn’t eventually replace animal leather in many consumer products.