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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US Prices Continued Rise in July as Trump Tariffs Impact Consumer Costs
Trump has spent the last few months directing his ire at economic officials — first at the Fed, and now at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which collects and reports economic data.
US Prices Continued Rise in July as Trump Tariffs Impact Consumer Costs
Trump has spent the last few months directing his ire at economic officials — first at the Fed, and now at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which collects and reports economic data.
Worldview | Small Indian Apparel Exporters Face ‘Death Knell’ From US Tariffs
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Bluestone’s IPO, LPP’s big Uzbekistan push and a reprieve for Lesotho garment factories.
Worldview | Small Indian Apparel Exporters Face ‘Death Knell’ From US Tariffs
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Bluestone’s IPO, LPP’s big Uzbekistan push and a reprieve for Lesotho garment factories.
Can India Become the World’s Fashion Factory?
As US president Donald Trump’s punishing new tariffs come into force, India is working towards becoming an apparel manufacturing powerhouse despite long-standing obstacles.
Can India Become the World’s Fashion Factory?
As US president Donald Trump’s punishing new tariffs come into force, India is working towards becoming an apparel manufacturing powerhouse despite long-standing obstacles.
Can Hong Kong Reclaim Its Luxury Crown?
Fashion and jewellery brands are playing the long game in Hong Kong, investing in high-profile events and store upgrades despite an exodus of big spenders to rival shopping hubs and the city’s diminishing status as a regional gateway.
Can Hong Kong Reclaim Its Luxury Crown?
Fashion and jewellery brands are playing the long game in Hong Kong, investing in high-profile events and store upgrades despite an exodus of big spenders to rival shopping hubs and the city’s diminishing status as a regional gateway.
Worldview | Colombia’s Record-Breaking Fashion Event
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features ultra-fast-fashion brands in Mexico, China’s JD.com and the latest US tariffs on India, Bangladesh and Cambodia.
Worldview | Colombia’s Record-Breaking Fashion Event
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features ultra-fast-fashion brands in Mexico, China’s JD.com and the latest US tariffs on India, Bangladesh and Cambodia.
China’s Fast-Fashion Capital Slows Down Under Trump’s Trade War
Garment factories in Guangzhou are struggling to manage a tempest of geopolitical and economic headwinds.
China’s Fast-Fashion Capital Slows Down Under Trump’s Trade War
Garment factories in Guangzhou are struggling to manage a tempest of geopolitical and economic headwinds.
Worldview | Bridal Couture Dominates India Couture Week 2025
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Bangladesh’s apparel growth and India’s Kolhapuri chappals tech makeover.
Worldview | Bridal Couture Dominates India Couture Week 2025
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Bangladesh’s apparel growth and India’s Kolhapuri chappals tech makeover.
Worldview | Deportation of Afghan Workers Poses Challenges to Iran’s Fashion Industry
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features ByteDance’s move into the Indonesian online marketplace, Botswana challenges Anglo over De Beers divestment and Industrie Africa marks five years with luxury retail push in Zanzibar.
Worldview | Deportation of Afghan Workers Poses Challenges to Iran’s Fashion Industry
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features ByteDance’s move into the Indonesian online marketplace, Botswana challenges Anglo over De Beers divestment and Industrie Africa marks five years with luxury retail push in Zanzibar.
Trump Says Indonesia Goods to Face 19% Tariff Under New Pact
Indonesia also agreed to purchase $15 billion in US energy, $4.5 billion worth of agricultural products and 50 Boeing Co. jets, “many of them 777’s,” Trump said later on social media.
Trump Says Indonesia Goods to Face 19% Tariff Under New Pact
Indonesia also agreed to purchase $15 billion in US energy, $4.5 billion worth of agricultural products and 50 Boeing Co. jets, “many of them 777’s,” Trump said later on social media.
Worldview | Fashion Sourcing Countries Hit by Even More Tariff Uncertainty
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japanese resale giant Valuence, Brazilian footwear exports and the disaster facing Lesotho’s denim workers.
Worldview | Fashion Sourcing Countries Hit by Even More Tariff Uncertainty
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japanese resale giant Valuence, Brazilian footwear exports and the disaster facing Lesotho’s denim workers.
Crunch Time for South Asia’s Fashion Manufacturers
Factory owners and garment workers in countries like India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are feeling frustrated and nervous as their governments scramble to negotiate trade deals to stave off the highest US tariffs ahead of president Donald Trump’s shifting timeline.
Crunch Time for South Asia’s Fashion Manufacturers
Factory owners and garment workers in countries like India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are feeling frustrated and nervous as their governments scramble to negotiate trade deals to stave off the highest US tariffs ahead of president Donald Trump’s shifting timeline.
Worldview | Turkish and Chinese Fashion Factories Invest in Egypt
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Nykaa’s Hong Kong investor, Reliance Retail in India and Nigeria’s mooted textile hub.
Worldview | Turkish and Chinese Fashion Factories Invest in Egypt
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Nykaa’s Hong Kong investor, Reliance Retail in India and Nigeria’s mooted textile hub.
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.