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Worldview: A Bathing Ape Taps Rakuten for 30th Anniversary Show in Tokyo

This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features India’s Monte Carlo Fashions, PETA’s clash with Mongolian cashmere and UAE gold mines in the DR Congo.
A Bathing Ape pop-up store during the press preview for Tokyo Comic Con 2022 in Japan.
A Bathing Ape pop-up store during the press preview for Tokyo Comic Con 2022 in Japan. (Getty Images)

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Japan’s Rakuten partners with iconic streetwear label A Bathing Ape.

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