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Community is fashion's new competitive currency across the value chain

19 Dec '25
11 min read
 Community is fashion's new competitive currency across the value chain
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Insights

  • Community has become a strategic asset across fashion's value chain, driving loyalty, resilience and growth in a low-growth market.
  • From farmer networks to waste-picker cooperatives and brand fandoms, it now shapes sourcing, circularity and demand.
  • When built on reciprocity, community reduces risk, strengthens trust and creates long-term value beyond marketing.

Community has shifted from a feel-good marketing extra to a strategic asset that shapes how cotton is grown, how waste is processed, how products are designed, and how clothes are worn, repaired and resold. Across the sector, the question is no longer whether to build community, but what kind of communities’ businesses are willing to invest in, and what value they are prepared to share.

Why community suddenly matters so much

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