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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....
...moment,” said Peter Alexander, managing director of Z-Ben. A Z-Ben report on China’s ETF market published in September noted that the onshore ETF market had grown to Rmb2tn ($280bn)....
...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....
...H&M and Zara were the first fast-fashion retailers, selling trend-led clothing at affordable prices....
...The programme has two objectives: to drive women’s emancipation through professional beekeeping and to raise awareness of how essential bees are to Earth’s biodiversity. guerlain.com; unesco.com H is for...
...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?...
...(Practical Engineering) — Inside the hip-hop record store run by undercover cops (Vice) — Big coin (Riksbank) (H/T to everyone on the Alphaville.club Mastodon server who has shared links.)...
...I recently bought a painting by Alexis Soul-Gray, who is still at the Royal College.” foundart.co.uk See also: Emily Tsingou, emilytsingoufineart.com Headshot credits: Amelia Allen, Bonnie H Morrison (...
...Sitcom writers owe a debt to the inventors of the La-Z-Boy....
...Z Zverev The most hard-to-like player on the pro tour?...
...The company said it hopes to win over China’s Gen Z population, with more localised products catering to the “China-chic” patriotic trend....
...Think The Office or M*A*S*H but with a deadly plague running rampant just beyond the gates....
...her own brand T.H.O.M — an acronym for This Hair Of Mine....
...Even big retailers such as Asos, H&M and Levi’s have tapped into the resale market....
...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....
...“There’s a real issue with Gen Z. We’re thinking hard about it,” another senior banker told DD, adding that newcomers’ attitudes have flipped from “what can I do for you” to “what can you do for me”....
...Imagine taking over as chief executive of H&M and then seeing your sales crash by a fifth during the pandemic....
...Bertilsson is creative director at NCS Colour, the Swedish standardisation system used by companies such as H&M to predict hues that consumers will demand in the months and years ahead, driven by cultural...
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