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Outdoor brand and sustainability stalwart Patagonia announced a new circularity-focused initiative to save…
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Tuong Long Co. has committed to using Archroma's aniline-free Denisol Pure Indigo dye on all of its denim…
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Lucky Brand Has a New Plan for Optimizing its Inventory
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Report: Pop-Ups Play an Integral Role in Retail Renaissance
More than 80 percent of the 600 international retailers surveyed said they had done at least one pop-up, and…
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Could Laws of Motion’s 99 Sizes Finally Disrupt Traditional Apparel Fit?
Carly Bigi, CEO of Laws of Motion, is attempting to subvert the traditional sizing model employed by the…
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A new tagging system for retailers aims to combat the shrink that costs them more than $100 billion in lost…
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