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What it takes for emerging designers to break into Australia’s fashion industry

Inside Retail

While established fashion brands are attempting to find solid ground in the current economic downturn, a new guard of Australian designers are trying to get their foot in the door. Fashion is an industry that worships breakthrough talent but gaining access to the necessary resources to innovate and disrupt is half the battle.

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Australian Retail Outlook 2023: Paradigm shifts and fresh perspectives

Inside Retail

In the face of drastic increases in the cost of essentials, most consumers made rapid and wide-ranging spending cuts. With interest rates still high, even the normalisation of costs for many food items has not reassured consumers, and many intend to continue a cautious spending approach in 2023.

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Why Shona Joy is filling in the missing piece of the circular fashion puzzle

Inside Retail

The term “circular fashion” serves as both a challenge to the fashion industry’s traditional model of take-make-waste and a solution to its environmental impact. But while luxury fashion houses are well-versed in repairs, discussions around circular fashion for premium brands are often limited to rental and resale marketplaces.

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Australian fashion brands seek supply-chain sovereignty

Inside Retail

Williams shared plans to expand its Adelaide workshop following the launch of its ‘Crafted in Australia’ collection. Onshore attraction Sustainability and circularity are no longer mere buzzwords in the fashion community, and are increasingly seen as mandatory for business success. per cent of fashion shoppers look for Australian made.

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What’s behind the re-emergence of teen fashion brand Pavement?

Inside Retail

In 2020, Australian teen fashion brand Pavement joined a large list of retailers that entered voluntary administration, citing the Covid-19 pandemic as a major factor contributing to their exit from the retail landscape. Are there plans for expansion beyond this partnership? IR: How significant will Pavement’s presence be across Big W?

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Same prints, new look: Inside Laura Ashley’s fashion-forward comeback plan

Inside Retail

What they discovered was “an incredible library” of exclusive prints and designs just waiting to be reinterpreted for a modern consumer. Earlier this month, it announced a new, multi-year partnership with licensing management experts IMG to relaunch Laura Ashley as a standalone fashion brand.

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Can Allbirds make a comeback with a new CEO and transformation plan?

Inside Retail

Sustainable, direct-to-consumer fashion brand Allbirds promised to revolutionise the retail industry with stylish, comfortable, and environmentally-conscious footwear designs. To put this in perspective, the SG&A totaled up to just US$122.2 million in 2022, or 56 per cent of total revenue. million in 2021.

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