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  2. A history of fast fashion: ethical issues, high demand, and ...

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    Fast fashion's meteoric rise is apparent in retail giants like Shein and Uniqlo, which both saw more than 20% revenue growth between 2022 and 2023 alone. But, as the industry grows, the human and ...

  3. What is fast fashion, and why is it so controversial? - AOL

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    Fast fashion is a business model that focuses on the production of garments in bulk, and as quickly as possible, in response to current trends, according to Dr. Preeti Arya, an assistant professor ...

  4. Fast fashion - Wikipedia

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    Fast fashion is the business model of replicating recent catwalk trends and high-fashion designs, mass-producing them at a low cost, and bringing them to retail quickly while demand is at its highest. The term fast fashion is also used generically to describe the products of this business model, particularly clothing and footwear.

  5. Ethical consumerism - Wikipedia

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    The nonprofit Ethical Consumer Research Association continues to publish Ethical Consumer and its associated website, which provides free access to ethical rating tables. Although single-source ethical consumerism guides such as Ethical Consumer, Shop Ethical, [4] and the Good Shopping Guide [5] are popular, they suffer from incomplete coverage.

  6. We’re at a ‘Pivotal Point’ for Ethical Fashion Over Fast ...

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    This year may mark a change of tide for ethical fashion, according to Edited’s latest sustainability report. We’re at a ‘Pivotal Point’ for Ethical Fashion Over Fast Fashion, Report Says ...

  7. Throw-away society - Wikipedia

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    For example, in fast fashion, consumers buy the latest, novelty item because producers market styles that pass with the seasons. There is pressure on producers to advertise an increased number of "seasons", creating new styles so consumers can update their wardrobes often by buying cheap and flimsy, yet stylish clothes to keep up with current ...

  8. Critical consumerism - Wikipedia

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    One variety of critical consumption is the political use of consumption: consumers’ choice of “producers and products with the aim of changing ethically or politically objectionable institutional or market practices.” [6] Such choices depend on different factors, such as non-economic issues that concern personal and family well-being, and issues of fairness, justice, ethical or political ...

  9. Boohoo: Here are the ethical promises the fast-fashion brand ...

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    The fast fashion firm pledged to overhaul its practices in 2020 after coming under fire over workers’ pay and conditions. Boohoo introduced Agenda for Change - which includes promising to pay ...