Fast Fashion
This coverage examines the fast fashion segment within the UK retail industry, focusing on business strategies, supply chain practices, consumer trends, and sustainability challenges. Reporting highlights brand performance, operational efficiency, regulatory scrutiny, and market dynamics — delivering insight for retail executives, brand managers, and professionals overseeing competitive positioning and ethical considerations in this sector.
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Nov- 2018 -9 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Fast fashion brands called before Parliament
A number of online only fashion retailers have been asked to give evidence as part of the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry. The chair of the committee has written letters to ASOS, Boohoo, PrettyLittleThing, Amazon and Missguided, published today (9 November), to the online…
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Oct- 2018 -5 OctoberGovernment
MPs launch inquiry into top fashion retailers
Some 10 of the UK’s leading fashion retailers have been asked to submit evidence on the steps being taken to reduce social and environmental impact. The chair of the Environmental Audit Committee Mary Creagh MP has written to the chief executives of a number of retail chains. This includes Asda,…
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Aug- 2018 -7 AugustAdvice
Why online retailers must embrace innovation to capture the ‘almost customer’
British retail habits are shifting. The well-documented trend towards online shopping, as evidenced by the demise of bricks-and-mortar brands and the rise and rise of digital challengers such as ASOS, has seen us become a nation of click-happy shoppers. From fast fashion to furniture, we turn to e-commerce outlets to…
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Jun- 2018 -25 JuneClothing & Shoes
MPs to investigate environmental impact of ‘fast fashion’
The Environmental Audit Committee has launched an investigation into the social and environmental impact of disposable ‘fast fashion’ and the wider clothing industry. The inquiry will examine the carbon, resource use and water footprint of clothing throughout its lifecycle. It will also look at how clothes can be recycled, and…
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12 JuneComment
Fast Fashion: The global battle
The fast fashion landscape is a crowded space. Spend a couple of minutes on a train platform, browsing Instagram, scrolling through Twitter or watching YouTube and the vast array of adverts, celebrity endorsers, vloggers and other assorted brand affiliates makes it clear that a fierce battle for the wallets of…
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May- 2018 -1 MayAnalysis
The global growth of menswear and what’s next for men’s fashion
Menswear will outperform the women’s clothing sector across the world by 2020, according to research by Euromonitor International. With a contribution of approximately £380bn to the worldwide clothing and shoes market by the end of the next two years, menswear is growing quicker than womenswear — predicted to develop 2.3%…
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