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

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    The growth of fast fashion fueled environmental issues. Fast fashion's meteoric rise is apparent in retail giants like Shein and Uniqlo, which both saw more than 20% revenue growth between 2022 ...

  3. Fast Fashion's hidden costs: environmental and ethical ... - AOL

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    Fast fashion brands such as Shein, Temu, Zara, etc., have revolutionized the fashion industry by offering trendy clothing at low prices, however, there are many environmental concerns.

  4. Fast fashion - Wikipedia

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    A H&M store in Downtown Montreal. Fast fashion brands produce pieces to get the newest style on the market as soon as possible. [16] They emphasize optimizing certain aspects of the supply chain for the trends to be designed and manufactured quickly and inexpensively and allow the mainstream consumer to buy current clothing styles at a lower price.

  5. Fast fashion in China - Wikipedia

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    Fast fashion brands popular in China. Fast fashion is a term used to represent cheap, trendy clothing that is made to replicate higher end fashion trends. As of 2019, China remains the leading producer of fast fashion clothing. [1] Many sweatshops are located in China, where the workers are underpaid and overworked in unsafe environments.

  6. Can anything slow fast fashion down? Lawmakers are ... - AOL

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    Compare that to the first generation of fast-fashion brands, Zara and H&M, which put out about 20,000 per year. Shein, he added, which has garnered the label of “ultra-fast fashion,” churns ...

  7. Anti-sweatshop movement - Wikipedia

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    Fashion Revolution - organization that brings awareness to the ethical, humanitarian, and sustainable issues of global fast fashion brands; Free the Children - a Canadian organization that helps raise awareness and put a stop to Child Labour – Also helps other children in need

  8. The Myth of the Ethical Shopper - The Huffington Post

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    Most of the 1.2 billion people the global economy added to the middle class in the last 15 years earn between $2 and $13 per day. “The nature of demand will be for cheap, undifferentiated goods,” says a World Bank report—exactly the kinds of products that are most likely to be made in supply chains with low or nonexistent labor standards.

  9. Environmental impact of fashion - Wikipedia

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    The fashion industry, particularly manufacture and use of apparel and footwear, is a significant driver of greenhouse gas emissions and plastic pollution. [1] The rapid growth of fast fashion has led to around 80 billion items of clothing being consumed annually, with about 85% of clothes consumed in United States being sent to landfill.