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Australian fashion brands seek supply-chain sovereignty

Inside Retail

This is just part of the conversation happening with fashion brands and retailers across the country as pressures mount to gain control over notoriously complex supply chains and work towards circular, sustainable business practices. per cent of fashion shoppers look for Australian made. Earlier this year, R.M.

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How made-on-demand manufacturing is transforming the fashion industry

Inside Retail

Hear the phrase ‘fashion waste’ and most people immediately associate it with the fast-fashion industry producing products with short lifespans, ultimately destined for landfills. Meanwhile, sustainable fashion business models like resale, rental and repair only unravel the post-consumer garment waste problems.

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What The Iconic’s partnership with Cancer Council signals about retail’s power

Inside Retail

Bringing its fashion lens to the Cancer Council’s research, The Iconic aims to motivate consumers to make more informed and healthier styling choices. The Iconic remains Australia’s leading fashion and lifestyle platform with 25 million monthly visitors, an estimated 2000 app downloads every day and over 1.7 million followers.

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5 innovative fashion tech brands you should know

Inside Retail

We’re on our way to a new normal in fashion. However, it took a destructive global health crisis to shake the truths out of fashion for all to see. Indeed fashion adapted, however, it also emerged battered. A combined international effort is needed in tackling fashion’s problems head-on.

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Zalora CEO: “We’ve only scratched the surface in the world of fashion”

Inside Retail

Southeast Asia’s largest fashion and lifestyle e-commerce player Zalora has just celebrated its 10th year anniversary this year. From overcoming initial barriers to buying fashion online through easier payment modes with operational excellence, it has made the website a force to be reckoned with in the region. A confident start.

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How designer label Dion Lee is positioning itself for global expansion

Inside Retail

The founder and creative director hit the runway straight out of fashion school showcasing his first collection in a Kings Cross car park at Australian Fashion Week in 2009. Now, the brand is a permanent fixture in the New York Fashion Week program, presenting a new collection each season.

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New & Lingwood launches its new concept, RE:NEW at 19 Saville Row

Retail Focus

New & Lingwood, the British brand known for its distinctive blend of classic and contemporary loungewear, relaxed tailoring and refined formalwear, announces the launch of its sustainability and circularity initiative, RE:NEW at 19 Savile Row. It’s also a space for experimentation, allowing us to learn in a playful and constructive way.

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