🇨🇴 Latin American designers descend on Miami Swim Week. Inexmoda, the organiser of Medellin-based Colombiamoda, has partnered with Paraiso to take part in the latest …
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Worldview: Alibaba’s Earnings Expose China’s Uneven Recovery
🇨🇳 China’s Alibaba Group Holdings sees Q4 profits tumble. The country’s largest e-commerce group by market share has reported an 86 percent decline in net …
Worldview: Australian Fashion Week Taps Textile Innovators
🇦🇺 Australian Fashion Week taps textile innovators. The country’s annual designer showcase kicked off on May 13 in Sydney and continues until May 17, featuring …
Worldview: Istanbul Modest Fashion Week Goes Global
🇹🇷 Istanbul Modest Fashion Week extends its international network. Think Fashion Group, the Turkish organiser behind the travelling runway trade show company Modest Fashion Weeks, …
Worldview: The Growing Regional Clout of South African Fashion Week
🇿🇦 South African Fashion Week proves its regional clout with new showcase. The biannual event, which took place this season from Apr. 18 to 20, …
Worldview: São Paulo Fashion Week Recasts Seamstresses as Designers
🇧🇷 São Paulo Fashion Week recasts seamstresses as designers in Brazil. The 57th edition of the country’s largest fashion week event took place between Apr. …
Worldview: Shanghai Fashion Week Leader Takes on New Role
🇨🇳 Shanghai Fashion Week leader takes on new role. The Autumn/Winter 2024 season of Shanghai Fashion Week took place between Mar. 25 and Apr. 1 …
Worldview: Moscow Fashion Week Pivots to Asia, Africa and Latin America
🇷🇺 Moscow Fashion Week Pivots to Asia, Africa and Latin America. The biannual showcase founded in 2022 by local firm Fashion Foundation to replace Mercedes-Benz …
Worldview: Argentina’s Textile Industry Crisis
🇦🇷 Argentina’s manufacturing hub loses 100,000 textile industry jobs. Mario Giambattistelli, president of a local industry body based in Rosario, the largest city in the …
Worldview: Bangladesh Clashes with India Over Sari’s Intellectual Property
🇧🇩 Bangladesh clashes with India over regional sari’s IP rights. Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed claims that the origins of a specific type …
Worldview: Why Douyin’s CEO Is Stepping Down
🇨🇳 Kelly Zhang Nan steps down as CEO of TikTok’s Chinese sister app Douyin. Zhang, who joined parent company ByteDance in 2014 and was promoted …
Worldview: Seoul Fashion Week Lures Regional Buyers
🇰🇷 Retailers from across Asia descend on Seoul Fashion Week. Buyers from Lane Crawford in China, Runway in Vietnam, Nihow in Taiwan and Singapore’s Shift …
Worldview: Alibaba Group’s Latest Executive Shuffle
🇨🇳 Alibaba Group appoints James Dong as acting CEO of South Asian e-tailer Daraz. The Chinese group has replaced Bjarke Mikkelsen, founder of the struggling …
Worldview: Red Sea Attacks Disrupt Fashion’s Supply Chains
🇪🇬 Red Sea attacks disrupt fashion’s supply chains through the Suez Canal. Fashion and textile companies using the crucial Asia-Europe shipping lane have reported delays …
Worldview: Temu Files New Lawsuit Against Rival Shein
🇨🇳 Temu files new lawsuit against rival Shein. PDD Holdings’ international facing discount e-commerce platform filed a lawsuit in a US District of Columbia court …
Worldview: Li Ning Plunges on $282 Million HK Property Bet
🇨🇳 Li Ning plunges on $282 million HK property bet. Li Ning Co Ltd. shares plunged as investors disapproved of plans to buy a commercial …
Worldview: New Shopping District Opens in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills
🇯🇵 Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills could become a new luxury shopping hub. Japanese property developer, the Mori Building Company, has opened an enormous mixed use complex …
Worldview: Australian Heritage Brand Akubra Acquired by Billionaire Investor
🇦🇺 Billionaire mining magnate acquires Australian hatmaker Akubra. Tattarang, the Perth-based investment company owned by Andrew Forrest, the Australian founder of Fortescue Metals Group, and …
Worldview: Why China’s E-Commerce Giants Withheld Singles’ Day Results
🇨🇳 China’s e-commerce giants withhold Singles’ Day results. For the second year in a row, e-commerce major Alibaba did not disclose gross merchandising value (GMV), …
Worldview: Arab Couturiers Court Balkan Clients in Luxury Resort
🇲🇪 Arab couturiers court clients in resort on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast. Lebanese designer Tony Ward and Dubai-based Syrian designer Rami Al Ali were among those …