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For the fashion industry and fashionistas everywhere, less is the new more.

To avoid excessive inventories and widespread markdowns—and in response to consumers' shifting preferences to longer-lasting, sustainably produced goods—fashion companies are reducing the number of SKUs and implementing more agile supply chains.

Levers that fashion executives say they will implement to avoid overstock
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To read the article, see “Five charts that set the tone as New York Fashion Week 2021 kicks off,” February 12, 2021.