The fashion industry has some of the highest return rates in e-commerce, up to 28.8%. Studies show that 53% to 79% of apparel returns are due to size or fit issues of the clothes.  Estimates suggest a 10-15% loss on the original value per returned item. Beyond the returned item itself, retailers lose money on processing returns, including shipping costs. Players in the fashion space have been exploring technology to address these losses.

The mantra “the show must go on” echoes loudly in the entertainment world, yet there are moments when its application becomes insensitive and downright perilous.

By Wale Oloworekende In the last half-decade, street-pop has risen like a phoenix. Once occupying an “othered” position in the Nigerian music industry, the indigenous sound has become central to the pulse of Afropop—embodying a grit and nimbleness that now shape what Nigerian music can aspire to become. In many ways, Awesome Deji’s music pays […]

Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s make or mar National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting scheduled for April 17 and 18, party stakeholders and power blocs have renewed their battle for control of the party structure.

The Ijaw ethnic nationality in the Niger Delta yesterday raised alarm over the invasion of the homes of prominent Ijaw leaders and sons, and the arrest of some without proper explanation by the Nigerian Army.