Sep 12, 2024 · In the last two decades, numerous American companies have been cited on multiple occasions for labor violations and environmental harms perpetrated at home and …

Oct 24, 2025 · Fast fashion lifted some countries out of poverty. What happens when Americans stop buying? Check out Karen Mathiasen's insights on an overlooked impact of Trump’s tariffs, …

Jul 7, 2017 · Despite starting off as an outsider, and as a means to make the middle-class fashionable, fast fashion has turned from a fringe enterprise into leaders of the fashion industry.

Nov 28, 2023 · People in wealthy countries can order a new outfit for less than a day’s wages. We enjoy new styles and trends that were once reserved for the ultra-rich. Even our poorest are …

Jan 10, 2019 · In a world of accelerating demand for apparel, consumers want—and can increasingly afford—new clothing after wearing garments only a few times. Entire business …

Feb 13, 2023 · So-called “fast fashion” began to take hold in the 1990s as companies, aided by a lack of industry regulations, saw profit in churning out clothes quickly and cheaply to keep up …

Jan 2, 2025 · Fast fashion has transformed how we consume clothing. A staggering 11.3 million tonnes of textile waste ends up in US landfills alone every year. This global fashion waste …

Nov 28, 2023 · Fast Fashion, Global Trade, and Sustainable Abundance, by Joy Buchanan, discusses the myriad economic and social benefits of clothing abundance, much of which is …

Jun 22, 2020 · It wasn’t that long ago that we were all being told to abjure cheap clothing - fast fashion. We were, apparently, just consuming, as if that were a bad thing.

Entire business models are built on the premise of “fast fashion,” providing clothes cheaply and quickly to consumers through shorter fashion cycles. This linear fashion model of buying, …

Jul 5, 2017 · Growth of the multi-trillion-dollar apparel industry has been fed by "fast fashion," which makes clothing cheaply and quickly with a low price-tag. Six graphics show how this …

Jan 7, 2023 · Claims that fast fashion utilizes too many resources and exploits the third world crumble in the face of basic economics. One industry that has recently come under attack from …

The analysis shows Australia has surpassed the US as the world’s biggest consumer of textiles per capita, much of which is fast fashion that ends up in landfill.

It can be hard for consumers to know in advance how quickly a pair of shoes will wear out, so this data would nudge people away from buying disposable fast fashion.

Jun 25, 2019 · Low prices and unprecedented demand are fueling the growth of "fast fashion," which takes trends from runway to consumers in record time.

Nov 20, 2022 · Fashion brands are still too slow to respect human rights and gender equality. Our research shows big gaps between what companies claim to do in their supply chains and what …

Sep 17, 2025 · As London Fashion Week kicks off this Thursday – and with Milan and Paris still to come – the runways will dazzle with new collections. Yet behind the glamour, the industry’s …

Apr 3, 2025 · The research here explores recently proposed and enacted state-level legislation pertaining to the fashion industry in an effort to identify what aspects of the industry …

Jun 26, 2025 · This year’s fashion deep dive of the 2025 CCRM, in its fourth edition, assesses five major global fashion companies – Adidas, H&M, Inditex, Lululemon and Shein – focusing on …

Jun 26, 2025 · This chapter of the 2025 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor assesses the climate strategies of five major fashion companies: adidas, H&M Group, Inditex, lululemon and …