In its bankruptcy filing, Forever 21 highlighted "duplicative" inventory as being one of its key challenges. The design team, it said, was traditionally structured around creating products for each style (work, weekend, and night, for example) rather than by category (like tops or bottoms). This meant that they often ended up creating very similar products for different sections.
The company said in the filing that its design teams will be centered around categories to combat this.
"This will reduce duplicative design and help produce the trendy fashion upon which its brand was built," it said.