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How UPF clothing brand Solbari aims to beat skin cancer with $10m injection

Inside Retail

It was this statistic that prompted Johanna Young to found Solbari, a brand of UPF50+ sun protective clothing, hats and accessories that has just received a $10 million minority share investment. Most regular cotton shirts in contrast allow ten times or more UV rays, 20 per cent, to reach the skin. It’s all in the name.

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Zalora targets sustainability as fashion brands come under the microscope

Inside Retail

Some perspective This year marked the tenth anniversary of the deadly Rana Plaza collapse, raising questions about how much progress has been made when it comes to ethical manufacturing in the fashion industry. This is a significant increase from 2013, when the report estimated that 30 million people were affected.

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Why short-term data alone won’t cut it for retailers in 2024

Inside Retail

In 2013, the duo, who have come to be known as the godfathers of effectiveness, published their book The Long a n d Short of It which called out brands for being too focused on short-term metrics. And it gives perspective to the reactive nature of the short-term rollercoaster of monthly data. per cent, department stores up 3.6