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Worldview: Australian Fashion Week Taps Textile Innovators

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Burberry’s trademark dispute in China, pan-African e-tailer Jumia and South Korea’s investigation into Coupang.

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A model poses backstage ahead of the Bec & Bridge show during Australian Fashion Week on May 14, 2024 in Sydney, Australia.

Worldview: China’s May Holiday Sees Domestic Travel Spending Recover

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Senegalese investors, an Indian menswear giant and workers’ rights in Myanmar.

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Passengers crowd at the waiting hall of Hangzhou East railway station on the fourth day of the five-day Labour Day golden week holiday on May 4, 2024 in Hangzhou, China.

Fashion to Die For

Kalpona Akter is worried for her life. Her support for the Bangladeshi garment workers who produce more than $30 billion worth of fashion for Western retailers every year puts her at odds with powerful factory owners and the country’s ‘industrial police.’

Kalpona Akter. (Benjamin A. Huseby for BoF)

Worldview: Istanbul Modest Fashion Week Goes Global

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Korean shopping app Ably, Kenya’s second-hand clothing trade and the EU’s bid to curb forced labour in Chinese cotton.

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Somali-American model Halima Aden walks the runway in a design by Indonesian brand Buttonscarves with founder Linda Anggrea during Istanbul Modest Fashion Week 2024 at Fisekhane Gallery on April 26, 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Worldview: The Growing Regional Clout of South African Fashion Week

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Latin American mall giants, Nigerian craft entrepreneurs and the mixed picture of China’s luxury market.

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The finale of the SS24 season show of designer Mzukisi Mbane's brand Imprint at South African Fashion Week in Johannesburg in April 2024.

Lagardère Group Launches Egyptian Edition of Elle Magazine

The French publisher has appointed Tunis-based firm Nissa Editions Group as the local licensing partner and Cairo-based fashion media veteran Susan Sabet as both managing director and editor-in-chief of the new title.

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Lagardère Group and its licensing partner, Tunisian firm Nissa Editions Group, have launched the digital edition of Elle Egypt, based in Cairo.

Worldview: Australian Luxury E-tailer Cettire Faces Investor Scrutiny

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Brazil’s JHSF, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the impact of Taiwan’s earthquake on textile supply chains.

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Australian grey market luxury e-commerce site Cettire reportedly partners with third-party wholesalers to offer products from major brands, including Prada, Burberry and Gucci, to global consumers at steep discounts.

Worldview: Shanghai Fashion Week Leader Takes on New Role

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai’s Majid Al Futtaim, a Polish fashion giant‘s Russia controversy and the bombing of a Malaysian retailer over blasphemous socks.

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Chinese actresses Angelababy, Yang Chaoyue and Hu Lianxin attend Le Fame show during the Autumn/Winter 2024 season of Shanghai Fashion Week on Mar. 25, 2024 in Shanghai, China.

Worldview: ComplexCon Lures Asia’s Streetwear Stars to Hong Kong

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Haiti’s sourcing crisis, Brazilian jewellery giant Vivara and Dubai’s Ramadan shopping season.

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Local artist Zoei Lam paints a mural onto a wall in the Sheung Wan district of Hong Kong.

Worldview: Moscow Fashion Week Pivots to Asia, Africa and Latin America

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features India’s textile industry, Chinese beauty major Yatsen and Ghana’s newest garment factory.

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A model presents an outfit by Chinese fashion brand Zhihua during the Moscow Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia on March 06, 2024.

Worldview: Argentina’s Textile Industry Crisis

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Australia’s billionaire investors, garment workers in Vietnam and China’s latest economic forecast.

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Workers sewing products at the Sonder textile factory in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, in April 2020.

Worldview: Bangladesh Clashes with India Over Sari’s Intellectual Property

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Amazon’s Saudi scandal, China’s watch market and recent gains made by jewellery giants from Turkey and Australia.

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Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaking to the media, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024.

Worldview: Why Douyin’s CEO Is Stepping Down

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Saudi investors, Nykaa’s soaring profits in India and a boost for the Ethiopian textile industry.

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Kelly Zhang Nan is stepping down as CEO of TikTok’s Chinese sister app Douyin.

Worldview: Dubai Fashion Week Extends Its Designer Mission

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Mexico’s wholesale market, Indian textiles M&A and South Korea’s ‘Dior bag political scandal.’

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Malaysian designer duo Rizman Ruzaini show during Dubai Fashion Week in February 2024.

Japan’s SixtyPercent Secures Investment from Kuroneko Innovation Fund

The e-commerce platform selling Asian fashion brands to Japanese consumers has raised 460 million yen ($3.1 million) in a series A funding round led by the corporate venture arm of Yamato Holdings.

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E-commerce platform SixtyPercent sells Asian fashion brands to Japanese consumers.

Worldview: Seoul Fashion Week Lures Regional Buyers

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features an Indian denim manufacturing giant, the fate of China’s InTime and Budapest’s regional trade show.

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The FW 24 collection of Sun-woo Chang’s brand Sun Woo at Seoul Fashion Week in Seoul, South Korea in Feb. 2024. Seoul Fashion Week.

Worldview: Alibaba Group’s Latest Executive Shuffle

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Chile’s Cencosud, the Timbuktoo Africa Innovation Fund and a Kuwaiti retail giant in Egypt.

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Eddie Wu Yongming, CEO of Alibaba Group, speaks during the 2023 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit.

Worldview: Davos Leaders Address Fashion’s Waste Problem

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai Duty Free, Mexican garment workers and Hong Kong beauty giant Sa Sa International.

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A small group of fashion industry leaders has joined the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which takes place between Jan. 15 and 19, 2024.
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