Uniqlo Aims to Grow Tenfold in India With Summer-Centric Clothes
The Japanese brand is accelerating its expansion in India to capture a greater share of the rapidly growing apparel market and affluent consumer base.
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Worldview: Red Sea Attacks Disrupt Fashion’s Supply Chains
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features the Dubai Mall, Brazil’s Havaianas and a legal battle between JD.com and Alibaba.
Worldview: Red Sea Attacks Disrupt Fashion’s Supply Chains
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features the Dubai Mall, Brazil’s Havaianas and a legal battle between JD.com and Alibaba.
Will Bangladesh’s Tainted Election Serve as a Wakeup Call for Fashion?
A vote widely seen as rigged could spark another round of protests and violence, with the country’s millions of garment workers on the front lines. The fashion industry has been reluctant to get involved, but may find it has no other choice.
Will Bangladesh’s Tainted Election Serve as a Wakeup Call for Fashion?
A vote widely seen as rigged could spark another round of protests and violence, with the country’s millions of garment workers on the front lines. The fashion industry has been reluctant to get involved, but may find it has no other choice.
What Fashion Should Understand About New Sanctions on Russian Diamonds
Nearly two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, a group of the world’s biggest economies have imposed a rolling ban on stones from the country, starting this week.
What Fashion Should Understand About New Sanctions on Russian Diamonds
Nearly two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, a group of the world’s biggest economies have imposed a rolling ban on stones from the country, starting this week.
The Best of BoF 2023: Opportunities and Threats in Global Markets
Fashion businesses operating in diverse markets across Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa spent much of 2023 navigating a complex and delicate set of trade-offs.
The Best of BoF 2023: Opportunities and Threats in Global Markets
Fashion businesses operating in diverse markets across Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa spent much of 2023 navigating a complex and delicate set of trade-offs.
Worldview: Temu Files New Lawsuit Against Rival Shein
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features interest payments outpace spending on clothes in Korea, Alibaba loses senior cloud executive as uncertainty persists and COP28 ends with deal on a transition away from fossil fuels.
Worldview: Temu Files New Lawsuit Against Rival Shein
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features interest payments outpace spending on clothes in Korea, Alibaba loses senior cloud executive as uncertainty persists and COP28 ends with deal on a transition away from fossil fuels.
Worldview: Li Ning Plunges on $282 Million HK Property Bet
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dior teams up with rising Japanese artist Otani, Unilever ventures doubles down on Australian hair care brand Straand and Chennai manufacturing limps back after cyclone flooding.
Worldview: Li Ning Plunges on $282 Million HK Property Bet
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dior teams up with rising Japanese artist Otani, Unilever ventures doubles down on Australian hair care brand Straand and Chennai manufacturing limps back after cyclone flooding.
Worldview: BRICS Fashion Summit Debuts in Moscow
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features PDD’s ascent in China, Kenya’s controversial suit ban and subterfuge in India’s jewellery trade.
Worldview: BRICS Fashion Summit Debuts in Moscow
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features PDD’s ascent in China, Kenya’s controversial suit ban and subterfuge in India’s jewellery trade.
The Year Ahead: Fashion Executives Brace For Unsettling Times
According to The State of Fashion 2024, a potentially volatile global economy and geopolitical tensions in the coming months could further dent consumer confidence in key markets, requiring fashion brands, retailers and suppliers to bolster contingency planning and double down on operating efficiencies, among other measures.
The Year Ahead: Fashion Executives Brace For Unsettling Times
According to The State of Fashion 2024, a potentially volatile global economy and geopolitical tensions in the coming months could further dent consumer confidence in key markets, requiring fashion brands, retailers and suppliers to bolster contingency planning and double down on operating efficiencies, among other measures.
How to Survive Argentina’s ‘Perpetual Crisis’
Despite decades of volatility in Latin America’s third-largest economy, some local fashion entrepreneurs have found success thanks to a combination of grit, determination and hyper-adaptability.
How to Survive Argentina’s ‘Perpetual Crisis’
Despite decades of volatility in Latin America’s third-largest economy, some local fashion entrepreneurs have found success thanks to a combination of grit, determination and hyper-adaptability.
Worldview: New Shopping District Opens in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Hong Kong jewellery giant Chow Tai Fook, Ghana’s travel retail move and Brazilian apparel retailer Lojas Renner.
Worldview: New Shopping District Opens in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Hong Kong jewellery giant Chow Tai Fook, Ghana’s travel retail move and Brazilian apparel retailer Lojas Renner.
Worldview: Australian Heritage Brand Akubra Acquired by Billionaire Investor
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japanese cosmetics group Kosé, Pakistan’s e-commerce market and JD.com’s management shakeup in China.
Worldview: Australian Heritage Brand Akubra Acquired by Billionaire Investor
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japanese cosmetics group Kosé, Pakistan’s e-commerce market and JD.com’s management shakeup in China.
Can Global Brands See Beyond Bollywood in India?
Actors are a particularly effective way of reaching Indian consumers, but fashion brands should consider widening the net to include other famous faces like local musicians, athletes and celebrity influencers, say marketing experts.
Can Global Brands See Beyond Bollywood in India?
Actors are a particularly effective way of reaching Indian consumers, but fashion brands should consider widening the net to include other famous faces like local musicians, athletes and celebrity influencers, say marketing experts.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Iran Strikes Snarl E-Commerce Delivery Times to Middle East
Major e-commerce platforms such as Shein and Amazon warn of longer delivery times after the US-led bombing campaign against Iran disrupted key air and sea routes in one of the industry’s fastest-growing markets.
Elle Launches African Edition with Naomi Campbell Cover
Publisher Lagardère has partnered with Innsaei Sarl to introduce a fashion magazine for French-speaking markets on the continent including Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon and Senegal.
Indonesia Seals Tiffany Stores on Suspicion of Illegal Imports
Customs authorities have sealed three Tiffany & Co. stores in Jakarta as part of a crackdown on undeclared high-value imported goods.
India Textiles to Get US Benefits Like Bangladesh, Official Says
Textile exports to the US will receive the same benefits Washington has extended to Bangladesh, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.
US Cuts Tariffs on Bangladesh Goods, Exempts Some Apparel
President Donald Trump will lower the country’s overall reciprocal tariff to 19 percent.
AGOA Extension Offers Temporary Reprieve for African Exporters to the US
US President Donald Trump signed legislation on Tuesday extending the lapsed US duty-free trade programme for 32 eligible African countries through Dec. 31.
China Luxury Market Forecast to Rebound in 2026, Bain Says
The consultancy expects a ‘modest’ expansion of the mainland luxury market this year but warned that recovery would be fragile and uneven across brands and categories.