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Sustainability

Shein Vows to Cut Clothing Waste, but Can the Ultra-Fast Fashion Brand Really Change?

The Chinese company hopes to alleviate its environmental impact through programmes like EvoluShein, which focuses on producing garments out of recycled polyester and reducing waste from unsold clothes.

Sustainability

Shein Vows to Cut Clothing Waste, but Can the Ultra-Fast Fashion Brand Really Change?

The Chinese company hopes to alleviate its environmental impact through programmes like EvoluShein, which focuses on producing garments out of recycled polyester and reducing waste from unsold clothes.


Retail

The Asian Retailer Outgunning Amazon and Walmart in South Africa

Shein, founded in China, is gaining a foothold in a nascent e-commerce market in the most industrialised country in Africa and is squaring up to US giants Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., who want to do the same.

Retail

The Asian Retailer Outgunning Amazon and Walmart in South Africa

Shein, founded in China, is gaining a foothold in a nascent e-commerce market in the most industrialised country in Africa and is squaring up to US giants Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., who want to do the same.


Retail

What Birkenstock’s IPO Says About the Future of the Fashion Market

After 18 months of hardly any listings on the equity market, a number of fashion brands are now eyeing public offerings in the coming months. A full recovery, however, is yet to be in sight.

Retail

What Birkenstock’s IPO Says About the Future of the Fashion Market

After 18 months of hardly any listings on the equity market, a number of fashion brands are now eyeing public offerings in the coming months. A full recovery, however, is yet to be in sight.


Sustainability

Resale Won’t Fix Fast Fashion’s Sustainability Issues

Millions of low-cost fashion products are showing up in thrift stores and on resale sites, but that’s not curbing the industry’s primary growth.

Sustainability

Resale Won’t Fix Fast Fashion’s Sustainability Issues

Millions of low-cost fashion products are showing up in thrift stores and on resale sites, but that’s not curbing the industry’s primary growth.


Technology

Why the Shein Lawsuit Is Going After Its Algorithms

The copying claims in the latest lawsuit against Shein are the sort fast-fashion retailers have fended off for years. Where they take a new turn is their assertion that Shein’s infringement is driven by an algorithm.

Technology

Why the Shein Lawsuit Is Going After Its Algorithms

The copying claims in the latest lawsuit against Shein are the sort fast-fashion retailers have fended off for years. Where they take a new turn is their assertion that Shein’s infringement is driven by an algorithm.


Retail

Report: Shein Files for US IPO

The fast fashion retailer denied a new report that it registered for an initial public offering in New York.

Retail

Report: Shein Files for US IPO

The fast fashion retailer denied a new report that it registered for an initial public offering in New York.


Retail

Shein Seeks to Expand Supply Chain Beyond China

Fast fashion giant Shein will strengthen its presence in Europe and Mexico, including selling more locally made products, in a bid to diversify its China-centric supply chain.

Retail

Shein Seeks to Expand Supply Chain Beyond China

Fast fashion giant Shein will strengthen its presence in Europe and Mexico, including selling more locally made products, in a bid to diversify its China-centric supply chain.


Sustainability

Op-Ed | Circularity Is a Fashionable Fantasy

The buzzy concept is a chimaera that distracts from the root cause of fashion’s worsening environmental impact: overconsumption, argues Ken Pucker.

Sustainability

Op-Ed | Circularity Is a Fashionable Fantasy

The buzzy concept is a chimaera that distracts from the root cause of fashion’s worsening environmental impact: overconsumption, argues Ken Pucker.


Retail

Report: Shein Raises $2 Billion at a Lower Valuation

The latest funding round for the Chinese fast fashion behemoth values the company at $66 billion.

Retail

Report: Shein Raises $2 Billion at a Lower Valuation

The latest funding round for the Chinese fast fashion behemoth values the company at $66 billion.


China

Why Fashion Is Becoming a Major Flashpoint in US-China Tensions

This week, US lawmakers ratcheted up pressure on some of the industry’s biggest names as the relationship with Beijing and Washington continues to deteriorate.

China

Why Fashion Is Becoming a Major Flashpoint in US-China Tensions

This week, US lawmakers ratcheted up pressure on some of the industry’s biggest names as the relationship with Beijing and Washington continues to deteriorate.