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: 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.
Why Thai Celebrities Are Fashion’s New Power Players
Global luxury brands are signing celebrity ambassadors from Thailand to tap into rising local demand and leverage the stars’ growing appeal across the wider Asia region.
Why Thai Celebrities Are Fashion’s New Power Players
Global luxury brands are signing celebrity ambassadors from Thailand to tap into rising local demand and leverage the stars’ growing appeal across the wider Asia region.
Worldview: Why China’s E-Commerce Giants Withheld Singles’ Day Results
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Russian diamonds, Botswana’s gem trading investment and India’s Diwali fashion ads.
Worldview: Why China’s E-Commerce Giants Withheld Singles’ Day Results
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Russian diamonds, Botswana’s gem trading investment and India’s Diwali fashion ads.
Diwali Takes Its Place as the Next Big Shopping Holiday
India’s five-day festival of lights doesn’t come close to Black Friday or Singles Day in terms of overall sales, but brands see plenty of room to grow. That, plus what else to watch for in the coming week.
Diwali Takes Its Place as the Next Big Shopping Holiday
India’s five-day festival of lights doesn’t come close to Black Friday or Singles Day in terms of overall sales, but brands see plenty of room to grow. That, plus what else to watch for in the coming week.
Worldview: Latin American Fashion Awards Debut in the Dominican Republic
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Indian fragrance manufacturing giant Sacheerome, Uganda’s textile industry and supply chain disruptions at the Panama Canal.
Worldview: Latin American Fashion Awards Debut in the Dominican Republic
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Indian fragrance manufacturing giant Sacheerome, Uganda’s textile industry and supply chain disruptions at the Panama Canal.
Worldview: Lagos Fashion Week Flexes Its International Muscle
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features India’s Reliance Retail, garment worker casualties in Bangladesh and a landmark counterfeiting case in China.
Worldview: Lagos Fashion Week Flexes Its International Muscle
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features India’s Reliance Retail, garment worker casualties in Bangladesh and a landmark counterfeiting case in China.
Why Japanese Beauty Giants Are Buying Up Global Brands
M&A is gathering pace in Japan’s beauty industry as local conglomerates look to diversify their portfolios beyond Asia and target high-growth categories overseas.
Why Japanese Beauty Giants Are Buying Up Global Brands
M&A is gathering pace in Japan’s beauty industry as local conglomerates look to diversify their portfolios beyond Asia and target high-growth categories overseas.
How Mecca Dominates the Australian Beauty Market
The Melbourne-based multi-brand retailer has kept both local and international competitors at bay with a regional store footprint four times larger than Sephora’s.
How Mecca Dominates the Australian Beauty Market
The Melbourne-based multi-brand retailer has kept both local and international competitors at bay with a regional store footprint four times larger than Sephora’s.
Worldview: South African Designers Trial New Business Models
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Chinese investment in Egypt’s textile industry, plans to save Costa Brazil and fresh calls for Bangladeshi garment factories to pay workers more.
Worldview: South African Designers Trial New Business Models
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Chinese investment in Egypt’s textile industry, plans to save Costa Brazil and fresh calls for Bangladeshi garment factories to pay workers more.
Worldview: Indian Film Stars Rule the Lakme Fashion Week Runways
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features the Chinese boycott of Japanese cosmetics, Mexico’s designer showcase and the industry impact of the Middle East crisis.
Worldview: Indian Film Stars Rule the Lakme Fashion Week Runways
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features the Chinese boycott of Japanese cosmetics, Mexico’s designer showcase and the industry impact of the Middle East crisis.
Worldview: Saudi Fashion Brands Secure International Investment
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Pacific India’s growing mall network, Dubai Fashion Week and Alibaba’s denial of espionage allegations.
Worldview: Saudi Fashion Brands Secure International Investment
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Pacific India’s growing mall network, Dubai Fashion Week and Alibaba’s denial of espionage allegations.
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.