Fast-fashion retailers are considered the bottom-feeders in the fashion world. They are widely credited – or discredited depending on which side of the cash register you are on – with copying designer-inspired trends, producing them in copious quantities and selling them for pennies on the dollar of the namesake brands. Sweden’s H&M operating 5,000 stores […]
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Battle of the Fast Fashion Giants: Why Zara Wins, H&M Loses
Fast fashion is the darling of the fashion retail today. Whereas women’s clothing store sales have declined 2.7 percent from 2016-2017 in the U.S., a recent report from Hitwise shows the fast fashion market has grown 21 percent worldwide over the past three years. Two brands are the leaders in the fast fashion market: H&M […]