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Sep 13, 2026
Katie GinellaHOST
I don't know.
Katie GinellaHOST
Jen's probably from Shein, but I did notice that Emily's wearing a Malbon top.
Katie GinellaHOST
Had the M. I know the logo.
Jami RiceHOST
Okay.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
Oh.
Abigail HowardHOST
The polyester that you're getting at Shein is not the same polyester you're getting at Lululemon.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
Really?
Abigail HowardHOST
Oh, definitely not.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
And you know what? I'm starting to realize I probably have a lot of polyester in my wardrobe.
Abigail HowardHOST
Yeah, and I think if it's a well-made, well-constructed polyester garment, you're not gonna just immediately throw it away every time.
Abigail HowardHOST
If you're getting all your stuff from Shein or H&M, Forever 21, obviously those are not gonna be well-made things.
Abigail HowardHOST
But also cotton has degrees of quality.
EvePANELIST
And according to United Nations, ninety-two million tons of clothing waste is produced each year around the world.
EvePANELIST
Uh, and fast fashion brands include AliExpress, H&M, Primark, Shein, Temu and Zara.
EvePANELIST
And the term ultra-fast fashion means companies that produce clothes even more quickly and cheaply to respond to the latest fashion trends.
EvePANELIST
And France's new rules say that some ultra-fast fashion companies must pay a fee for new clothing items that they sell in France.
EvePANELIST
So the current costs range from forty-three p for an item of underwear to ten pound twenty-eight for a jacket, but these costs will go up in the coming years.
EvePANELIST
Um, and the new rules have also introduced bans on advertising ultra-fast fashion brands, uh, including adverts by social media influencers online.
EvePANELIST
The affected companies include AliExpress, Shein and Temu.
EvePANELIST
And earlier this year, Shein actually said it had a selection of more than two million items on its website, which is a lot.
Toby HowellHOST
Zara, H&M, Uniqlo, and TJ Maxx all charge between $4 and $12 for mail-in returns, hoping to direct shoppers to in-store instead.
Toby HowellHOST
If the fees weren't enough, your window for changing your mind is shrinking like a Shein top in the wash.
Toby HowellHOST
Just look at Macy's.
Toby HowellHOST
Back in the day, Macy's used to allow returns for one whole year.
Paul SimsGUEST
Uh, and an improved e- e-commerce ability with home delivery is gonna be more appealing than just having click and collect that they do at the moment.
Paul SimsGUEST
But there's also the, the, the Shein factor.
Paul SimsGUEST
So not just Shein, there's, there's Temu too, and, um, Zara's parent company, Inditex, have that low brand Lefties moving into Primark's territory, and all competing at very comparable price points to Primark with home delivery as standard.
Paul SimsGUEST
And, uh, that home delivery is becoming increasingly expected for younger shoppers.
Will BainHOST
Really interesting.
Simone OlomanHOST
I feel like it would have if they'd done this five years ago.
Simone OlomanHOST
But unfortunately, they're now competing against these huge digital first retailers, the Shein's of the world, the Boohoo's of the world, the Pretty Little Things.
Simone OlomanHOST
I almost fear, is it too late? Because I just think we've had such a rise in these value brands and fast fashion retailers that I don't know.
Simone OlomanHOST
I think it's going to be really difficult for them.
Samantha HartardGUEST
That gambling headline that took a lot of the attention in 2025 has not disappeared.
Samantha HartardGUEST
Online retailers, Shein and Temu, have not disappeared either.
Samantha HartardGUEST
So it's a very tough trading place or space for our retailers to be functioning in at the moment.
Samantha HartardGUEST
And clearly, there's market share losses from the discretionary wallet.
Scott WingoHOST
I thought that was kind of interesting.
Jason GoldbergHOST
I think one of the fun things about grocery, and I think Whole Foods in particular is good at this, in so many categories, I talk a lot in parallel about Shein, right? And they kind of broke the traditional model.
Jason GoldbergHOST
Instead of convincing the whole world what to wear and then making that, they just listen to what people want to wear on TikTok and they make it super quick, right? So instead of creating demand for a product, they detect the demand and fulfill the demand really quickly.
Jason GoldbergHOST
And in most categories, that's almost impossible to do because we all have these like super long supply chains, right? But one category where you kind of can do it is in consumables.
Jonathan ArmstrongPANELIST
There's some slight- Controversy around that, in that the majority of those organizations that seem to have been singled out for the fast fashion fee are Chinese retailers.
Jonathan ArmstrongPANELIST
So online retailers like Shein, Temu, AliExpress seem to be bearing the brunt of that legislation.
Jonathan ArmstrongPANELIST
But there's clearly a move, not only from regulators and politicians, but also pressure groups to look at this issue.
Jonathan ArmstrongPANELIST
So what should organizations in apparel, retail, fashion do about this? It's obviously not limited to fashion.
Melody van der BaanGUEST
This is not... tchotchkes.
Melody van der BaanGUEST
This is not Shein.
Melody van der BaanGUEST
This is great quality brand merchandise.
Melody van der BaanGUEST
And if we can't make money off of it, we want to at least feel good with it.
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