Ghana’s Fast Fashion Graveyard
Ghana’s Fast Fashion Landfill is overwhelmed with waste from second-hand clothing, causing environmental damage and a growing textile crisis.
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Sustainable Alternatives for Plastic-Based Synthetic Hair
Sustainability is hitting even the most unlikely sectors of the retail industry. Women with strong ethical beliefs are now trading in their $700+ human hair wigs revered for their natural hair and braided styles. The unethical harvesting of human hair,
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Tech Solutions for Sustainability
I recently discussed the sustainability issues in fashion that are plaguing the industry in The Zero Waste Revolution. Priorities to shift thinking and operations include adopting circular business models and decelerating overall production. Now my focus is on one of
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Your New Towel May Have Once Been a Water Bottle
Even as the fashion apparel business comes to grip with the big questions of sustainability and environmental correctness, its sister industry – home furnishings – is facing many of the same issues…and addressing them with similar levels of success, failure,
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Sustainability Can Be Deceptive
There are so many conflicting messages about retail sustainability that it’s hard to know what’s real. This is by design. Some messages encourage customers to buy secondhand to save the planet, others preach the benefits of upcycled fashions, while other
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The “Re” in Retailing Now Stands for Repurposing
Retailers have been remerchandising their stores almost since the invention of the SKU. But reinvention to take them beyond just places where shoppers buy things and into homes, workspaces and even advertising mediums is a whole new strategy for some
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Innovative Brands Are Stepping Up Their Sustainability Game
As consumers become more aware of sustainability, some fashion brands are making concerted efforts to not just be seen as an eco-conscious brand, but to change their practices and supply chains to reach legitimate sustainability goals. Mavi’s Multi-Faceted Sustainability Approach
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Discounting, Sustainability, and the Grey Economy: A Reconciliation
How do we reconcile consumers’ sustainability obsession with booming off-price sales? Recent data from Meta show that consumers are 1.3 times more likely to purchase sustainable product since the onset of the pandemic. However, much of what we’re hearing about
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Sustainable Inventory Strategies
Sustainability is moving to the top of many retail CEOs’ agendas. Demands for sustainable businesses are coming from every angle: the consumer, management, government legislation, and even mother nature itself through catastrophic climate disasters. And while sustainability has become a
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The Sustainability Tsunami
As a lifelong trend watcher and forecaster, I have often witnessed the influence of “trend convergence” when specific events and circumstances combine to create major attitudinal changes. These convergences have indelible results. The generation that lived through the Great Depression
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