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...Rivals H&M and Zara owner Inditex reported net profits of SKr8.7bn ($820mn) and €5.4bn ($5.8bn) respectively in their most recent fiscal years....
...Shein’s tight supply chain management is at the heart of its ability to offer low prices to lure Gen Z shoppers....
...That would exceed the existing combined annual sales of retail giants H&M and Zara....
...Most Gen Xers have 401k plan balances that are woefully inadequate to fund a long retirement....
...Fledgling Gen Z video makers cannot be caught wearing the same thing twice. Zara now has high price points relative to other fast-fashion groups....
...Average monthly rent for a 2,500 sq ft space in a factory building there is HK$35,000 (US$4,500), according to local property listings, while for a similar size space in H Queens, where a few mega-galleries...
...Apfel being herself was her fundamental appeal — it was this quality that endeared her to admirers, including today’s Gen Zs and Alpha, who prioritise individuality and self-expression....
...Some lenders are responding already: earlier this week, Yorkshire Bank, Clydesdale Bank, Nationwide and Gen H all increased mortgage rates on some deals....
...Those with celebrity provenance also drive up the price; Michael Caine’s 1968 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Drophead Coupe recently sold for £135,000 at H&H Classics....
...Regulators already prevented crypto contagion . . . by keeping it fenced off from other markets (David Dayen) — E-girl influencers are trying to get Gen Z into the military?...
...Today’s Gen Zers treat opponents as colleagues. After the US eliminated Iran, American players — including Timothy Weah, son of Liberia’s president — consoled weeping Iranians....
...Next-gen hoods are not shy of making a statement....
...The company said it hopes to win over China’s Gen Z population, with more localised products catering to the “China-chic” patriotic trend....
...Names such as De Bethune, FP Journe, Greubel Forsey, Grönefeld, H Moser & Cie, MB&F, and Voutilainen date to the 2000s or even the 1990s.”...
...So the direct line between a Timothy McVeigh, who committed such a heinous act, and what happened on January 6....
...The academics Jon Horgen Friberg and Arnfinn H Midtbøen write in their study of the Norwegian hotel and fish-processing industries: “Applying for a job as a hotel receptionist?...
...Think The Office or M*A*S*H but with a deadly plague running rampant just beyond the gates....
...Even big retailers such as Asos, H&M and Levi’s have tapped into the resale market....
...her own brand T.H.O.M — an acronym for This Hair Of Mine....
...Swedish clothing group H&M has long encouraged customers to bring in old clothes for recycling — and a small store credit....
...As of last April, Swedish fast fashion giant H&M was sitting on £3.4bn of leftover merchandise....
...But as the second-hand market gains traction — particularly among Gen Z and Millennials — brands are beginning to dip their toes in....
...Sweden’s H&M is a triple threat. It not only sells cheap new clothing but also collects old garments for recycling and several of its brands have entered the resale market....
...Remember when Beyoncé sang on a sandy beach for H&M? Or the reason Natalie Portman signed as the face of Miss Dior and Gwyneth Paltrow for Hugo Boss fragrances? That was them....
...For Gen-Z consumers, the company has become synonymous with the TikTok phenomenon of influencers posting short clips of “Shein hauls”, parading an array of outfits to their online fans....
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