Subscribe

fast fashion

Taking ecommerce offline – but will Shein’s experiment with physical retail work?

Brands
[scorg_shortcode id="57943"]
6 Nov 2025
by Amanda Vlietstra
Shein has opened its first-ever permanent physical retail store in Paris – but the Chinese-founded retailer has already been hit by a number of challenges.
Ecommerce fast fashion Sustainability
Shein pop-up store

First look: Inside Shein’s Birmingham pop-up store

Industry
24 Mar 2023
by Jasdip Sensi
InternetRetailing checks out the new pop-up experience in Birmingham's The Bullring, to see what was on display.
fashion fast fashion First Look retail Shein
boohoo group: single view of truth across its expanding business

How boohoo Group upped efficiency and customer experience across its growing brand portfolio

Strategy and Innovation
25 May 2022
by Paul Skeldon
How a single source of truth for product data improves speed and accuracy across the product lifecycle, while driving operational efficiencies and speed to market...
Boohoo Boohoo Group Debenhams DP fashion fast fashion Industry PIM pretty little thing Strategy and Innovation Technology
boohoo: upsetting results for fast fashion retailer

Physical retail, rising costs and high return rates see boohoo profits plunge 94%

Industry
4 May 2022
by Paul Skeldon
Online fashion retailer boohoo has see profits drop by more than 90% in the year to February 2022, as customer demand drops, competition bites and costs soar
Boohoo fashion fast fashion Industry

… as groundswell of consumers wants to see an end to unsustainable fast fashion

Sustainability
2 Mar 2022
by Paul Skeldon
76.6% of people said that the fashion industry needs to make rapid changes, while 88% of those questioned stated they would rather buy from...
fashion fast fashion Sustainability
Finsu: aggregating sustainable fashion

Online sustainable fashion aggregator goes live…

Sustainability
2 Mar 2022
by Paul Skeldon
Since going live in December 2021, Finsu has already seen a 66% increase in daily unique visitors with traffic growing double-digits month-on-month
fast fashion Finsu Marketplaces Sustainability
Image: Fotolia

SECTOR FOCUS How fast fashion moved online – and where it goes next

Industry
12 Aug 2021
by Paul Skeldon
Buying clothes online has long been derided as a non-starter: surely shoppers want to try them on, touch them and see how they fit...
fast fashion online shopping
AR mirrors such as this from JD.com are changing fashion retail

COVID-19 boosts augmented reality adoption among UK shoppers

Mobile
17 Feb 2021
by Paul Skeldon
A quarter (25%) of UK consumers are open to trying on clothes using augmented or virtual reality to avoid physical fitting rooms during Covid-19
Covid-19 fast fashion Mobile Strategy & Innovation Strategy and Innovation Technology
M&S has been focusing on athleisure in recent years. Image courtesy of M&S

M&S sees 52% upswing in ‘athleisure’ sales as lockdown drives 84% upswing across the sector

Industry
16 Feb 2021
by Paul Skeldon
M&S reported that 52% of its customers now wear athleisure items more often as everyday clothing when compared to last year, prompting Jill...
Athleisure fast fashion Industry M&S Sweaty Betty

Fast fashion retailers turn to apps, marketplaces and ‘pre-loved’, while luxury brands embrace social media ahead of London Fashion Week

Mobile
16 Sep 2020
by Paul Skeldon
Ahead of London Fashion Week starting on Friday 18 September, data shows a distinct split between how fast fashion retailers and luxury brands are interacting...
fast fashion london fashion week luxury Mobile Social Commerce
View More Articles

Most Recent

AdobeStock_1878103640 (1)
Consumers to save £400m a year under UK crackdown on subscription traps
AdobeStock_1777597774 (1)
The 2026 Retail Media X Awards shortlist is here — and the standard is remarkable
AdobeStock_1751392489 (1)
Be where the brand conversation is at FMCG Summit
AdobeStock_1942549716 (1)
OPINION: Ecommerce in 2026 – how online shopping will blend into all digital experiences