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Luxury’s Big Menswear Opportunity in India

As Indian men become increasingly fashion-conscious, global luxury brands must adapt to a rapidly evolving market with growing competition from local designers.

Luxury’s Big Menswear Opportunity in India

As Indian men become increasingly fashion-conscious, global luxury brands must adapt to a rapidly evolving market with growing competition from local designers.


Worldview: Brazil’s Magalu Partners With China’s AliExpress

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Australia’s Adore Beauty and Rwandan apparel factories.

Worldview: Brazil’s Magalu Partners With China’s AliExpress

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Australia’s Adore Beauty and Rwandan apparel factories.


Worldview: Investors Back Indian Cricketer’s Fashion Brand

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Shein’s IPO update, Brazil’s surging cotton exports and the Turkish factory that rescued Naf Naf.

Worldview: Investors Back Indian Cricketer’s Fashion Brand

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Shein’s IPO update, Brazil’s surging cotton exports and the Turkish factory that rescued Naf Naf.


What’s Driving Eastern Europe’s Fashion-Tech Boom?

From the Baltics to the Balkans, Eastern Europe has emerged as a hotbed for online resale players, virtual try-on start-ups and other fashion-tech firms with global ambitions.

What’s Driving Eastern Europe’s Fashion-Tech Boom?

From the Baltics to the Balkans, Eastern Europe has emerged as a hotbed for online resale players, virtual try-on start-ups and other fashion-tech firms with global ambitions.


Dubai’s Community Malls Are a Missed Opportunity for Fashion

Fashion brands have been slow to open stores in neighbourhood shopping centres popular with local residents who see them as a convenient alternative to the ‘chaos’ of the emirate’s mega malls.

Dubai’s Community Malls Are a Missed Opportunity for Fashion

Fashion brands have been slow to open stores in neighbourhood shopping centres popular with local residents who see them as a convenient alternative to the ‘chaos’ of the emirate’s mega malls.


Worldview: Why Yoox Net-a-Porter Is Exiting China

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai’s Etoile Group, Vietnam’s apparel exports and the world’s ‘worst countries’ for workers’ rights.

Worldview: Why Yoox Net-a-Porter Is Exiting China

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai’s Etoile Group, Vietnam’s apparel exports and the world’s ‘worst countries’ for workers’ rights.


Worldview: New Zealand Fashion Week Faces Uncertain Future

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features India’s Good Glamm Group, Chinese counterfeits and off-price retailers in Mexico.

Worldview: New Zealand Fashion Week Faces Uncertain Future

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features India’s Good Glamm Group, Chinese counterfeits and off-price retailers in Mexico.


What High-Street Brands Get Wrong — and Right— in India

H&M and Zara continue to expand in the country but local mass market competitors offer consumers a more complete wardrobe including popular ‘Indo-Western’ style outfits.

What High-Street Brands Get Wrong — and Right— in India

H&M and Zara continue to expand in the country but local mass market competitors offer consumers a more complete wardrobe including popular ‘Indo-Western’ style outfits.


Worldview: Latin American Swimwear Brands Go Global

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai gold smugglers, footwear giant Bata India and Uganda’s used clothing trade.

Worldview: Latin American Swimwear Brands Go Global

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai gold smugglers, footwear giant Bata India and Uganda’s used clothing trade.


Farfetch Owner Coupang: Everything You Need to Know

In its home market of South Korea, the rapid-delivery e-commerce giant sells everything from fashion and beauty products to groceries and a video streaming service.

Farfetch Owner Coupang: Everything You Need to Know

In its home market of South Korea, the rapid-delivery e-commerce giant sells everything from fashion and beauty products to groceries and a video streaming service.


Worldview: Africa’s E-Commerce Giants Hit Turbulence

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japan’s used clothing opportunity, India’s lab-grown diamonds and Chinese textile exports.

Worldview: Africa’s E-Commerce Giants Hit Turbulence

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japan’s used clothing opportunity, India’s lab-grown diamonds and Chinese textile exports.


Worldview: Alibaba’s Earnings Expose China’s Uneven Recovery

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Ghana’s used clothing traders, Asos in India and Brazil’s leather industry.

Worldview: Alibaba’s Earnings Expose China’s Uneven Recovery

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Ghana’s used clothing traders, Asos in India and Brazil’s leather industry.