Fast Fashion Garments Pile Up in South Asia as Middle East Conflict Grounds Planes
Shipments of garments for major retailers are stranded at airports in Bangladesh and India as the conflict in the Middle East forces airlines cancel flights.
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Worldview: Chinese Exports Suffer Worst Fall Since Start of Pandemic
This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features Advent to buy Zimmermann in a $1 billion deal, Amyris to shut down Costa Brazil and Onda Beauty and cotton yarn demand stagnant in north India.
Worldview: Chinese Exports Suffer Worst Fall Since Start of Pandemic
This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features Advent to buy Zimmermann in a $1 billion deal, Amyris to shut down Costa Brazil and Onda Beauty and cotton yarn demand stagnant in north India.
Explainer: How Russia’s Wartime Fashion Market Works
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been devastating for businesses in Kyiv and changed the dynamics of the fashion industry in Moscow more profoundly than anyone expected early last year.
Explainer: How Russia’s Wartime Fashion Market Works
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been devastating for businesses in Kyiv and changed the dynamics of the fashion industry in Moscow more profoundly than anyone expected early last year.
How E-Commerce and SMEs Are Transforming Africa’s Fashion Industries
The potential of the African continent as both a manufacturing hub and consumer market is still largely untapped. BoF shares key insights from sector specialists on the driving forces behind the evolution of Africa’s fashion industry and identifies what opportunities exist for local and international businesses.
How E-Commerce and SMEs Are Transforming Africa’s Fashion Industries
The potential of the African continent as both a manufacturing hub and consumer market is still largely untapped. BoF shares key insights from sector specialists on the driving forces behind the evolution of Africa’s fashion industry and identifies what opportunities exist for local and international businesses.
The Brands Taking Indian Fashion to the World
Indian designers are showing in Paris and opening flagship stores in New York, London and Dubai but how many will become global luxury brands that appeal to clients beyond the diaspora?
The Brands Taking Indian Fashion to the World
Indian designers are showing in Paris and opening flagship stores in New York, London and Dubai but how many will become global luxury brands that appeal to clients beyond the diaspora?
Worldview: Arab Couturiers Court Balkan Clients in Luxury Resort
This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features Indian department store chain Shoppers Stop, Puma’s cautious note on China and Burkina Faso’s patriotic fabric trade.
Worldview: Arab Couturiers Court Balkan Clients in Luxury Resort
This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features Indian department store chain Shoppers Stop, Puma’s cautious note on China and Burkina Faso’s patriotic fabric trade.
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.
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.
Inside the Future of Footwear Manufacturing
BoF and the Portuguese Footwear Association co-hosted a panel discussion on the rapidly evolving footwear industry with CLINTS founder Junior Clint, Maria José Ferreira, head of research and development at the Portuguese Footwear Research and Technical Centre, and The Future Laboratory’s Marta Indeka.
Inside the Future of Footwear Manufacturing
BoF and the Portuguese Footwear Association co-hosted a panel discussion on the rapidly evolving footwear industry with CLINTS founder Junior Clint, Maria José Ferreira, head of research and development at the Portuguese Footwear Research and Technical Centre, and The Future Laboratory’s Marta Indeka.
Worldview: Afghan Women Protest Taliban’s Closure of Beauty Salons
This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features H&M’s new partner for Brazil, Chinese sportswear giant Anta and Indian sneaker start-up Flatheads.
Worldview: Afghan Women Protest Taliban’s Closure of Beauty Salons
This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features H&M’s new partner for Brazil, Chinese sportswear giant Anta and Indian sneaker start-up Flatheads.
Worldview: India’s Jewellery Giants Accelerate International Expansion Plans
This week’s round-up of fashion business news from global markets also features Japanese apparel major Sanyo Shokai, Dubai’s lab-grown diamond sector and Mexico’s beauty services start-up Glitzi.
Worldview: India’s Jewellery Giants Accelerate International Expansion Plans
This week’s round-up of fashion business news from global markets also features Japanese apparel major Sanyo Shokai, Dubai’s lab-grown diamond sector and Mexico’s beauty services start-up Glitzi.
China’s Shein Denies Filing for IPO in US
Also in this week’s Worldview, De Beers strikes a deal with Botswana over rough diamond production and Lotte Duty Free opens a Korean fashion pavilion in Japan.
China’s Shein Denies Filing for IPO in US
Also in this week’s Worldview, De Beers strikes a deal with Botswana over rough diamond production and Lotte Duty Free opens a Korean fashion pavilion in Japan.
Is India the Next Frontier for Luxury Department Stores?
Industry leaders are divided on whether Galeries Lafayette’s expansion into India will spur other luxury department stores to enter the rapidly growing market.
Is India the Next Frontier for Luxury Department Stores?
Industry leaders are divided on whether Galeries Lafayette’s expansion into India will spur other luxury department stores to enter the rapidly growing market.
‘We’re Contemporary, We’re Traditional, We’re Unique’: The African Photographers Rewriting the Rules
From female bikers decked out in pink to dreamy desert tableaux, a new exhibition replaces two centuries of western influence with Africans’ own liberated visions.
‘We’re Contemporary, We’re Traditional, We’re Unique’: The African Photographers Rewriting the Rules
From female bikers decked out in pink to dreamy desert tableaux, a new exhibition replaces two centuries of western influence with Africans’ own liberated visions.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
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.
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.