Adidas Shares Plunge After World Cup Spend Dents Profit
Shares in the company fell the most on record after its marketing outlay for the World Cup resulted in lower-than-expected quarterly profit.
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A guide to unlocking opportunity in emerging and frontier fashion markets.
What’s Driving Eastern Europe’s Fashion-Tech Boom?
From the Baltics to the Balkans, Eastern Europe has emerged as a hotbed for online resale players, virtual try-on start-ups and other fashion-tech firms with global ambitions.
What’s Driving Eastern Europe’s Fashion-Tech Boom?
From the Baltics to the Balkans, Eastern Europe has emerged as a hotbed for online resale players, virtual try-on start-ups and other fashion-tech firms with global ambitions.
Dubai’s Community Malls Are a Missed Opportunity for Fashion
Fashion brands have been slow to open stores in neighbourhood shopping centres popular with local residents who see them as a convenient alternative to the ‘chaos’ of the emirate’s mega malls.
Dubai’s Community Malls Are a Missed Opportunity for Fashion
Fashion brands have been slow to open stores in neighbourhood shopping centres popular with local residents who see them as a convenient alternative to the ‘chaos’ of the emirate’s mega malls.
Worldview: Why Yoox Net-a-Porter Is Exiting China
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai’s Etoile Group, Vietnam’s apparel exports and the world’s ‘worst countries’ for workers’ rights.
Worldview: Why Yoox Net-a-Porter Is Exiting China
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai’s Etoile Group, Vietnam’s apparel exports and the world’s ‘worst countries’ for workers’ rights.
Worldview: New Zealand Fashion Week Faces Uncertain Future
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features India’s Good Glamm Group, Chinese counterfeits and off-price retailers in Mexico.
Worldview: New Zealand Fashion Week Faces Uncertain Future
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features India’s Good Glamm Group, Chinese counterfeits and off-price retailers in Mexico.
What High-Street Brands Get Wrong — and Right— in India
H&M and Zara continue to expand in the country but local mass market competitors offer consumers a more complete wardrobe including popular ‘Indo-Western’ style outfits.
What High-Street Brands Get Wrong — and Right— in India
H&M and Zara continue to expand in the country but local mass market competitors offer consumers a more complete wardrobe including popular ‘Indo-Western’ style outfits.
Worldview: Latin American Swimwear Brands Go Global
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai gold smugglers, footwear giant Bata India and Uganda’s used clothing trade.
Worldview: Latin American Swimwear Brands Go Global
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Dubai gold smugglers, footwear giant Bata India and Uganda’s used clothing trade.
Farfetch Owner Coupang: Everything You Need to Know
In its home market of South Korea, the rapid-delivery e-commerce giant sells everything from fashion and beauty products to groceries and a video streaming service.
Farfetch Owner Coupang: Everything You Need to Know
In its home market of South Korea, the rapid-delivery e-commerce giant sells everything from fashion and beauty products to groceries and a video streaming service.
Worldview: Africa’s E-Commerce Giants Hit Turbulence
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japan’s used clothing opportunity, India’s lab-grown diamonds and Chinese textile exports.
Worldview: Africa’s E-Commerce Giants Hit Turbulence
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japan’s used clothing opportunity, India’s lab-grown diamonds and Chinese textile exports.
Worldview: Alibaba’s Earnings Expose China’s Uneven Recovery
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Ghana’s used clothing traders, Asos in India and Brazil’s leather industry.
Worldview: Alibaba’s Earnings Expose China’s Uneven Recovery
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Ghana’s used clothing traders, Asos in India and Brazil’s leather industry.
Why Fashion Magazines Keep Launching Hong Kong Editions
Elle and Harper’s Bazaar have long published local editions that are distinct from their mainland China titles. Now more magazines, from Vogue Man to L’Officiel, are following suit as the city’s luxury market shows signs of bouncing back.
Why Fashion Magazines Keep Launching Hong Kong Editions
Elle and Harper’s Bazaar have long published local editions that are distinct from their mainland China titles. Now more magazines, from Vogue Man to L’Officiel, are following suit as the city’s luxury market shows signs of bouncing back.
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.
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.
Inside Thailand’s Booming Beauty Sector
The growing popularity of ‘T-beauty’ brands across Asia has made their home country an increasingly important market for global players.
Inside Thailand’s Booming Beauty Sector
The growing popularity of ‘T-beauty’ brands across Asia has made their home country an increasingly important market for global players.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Chinese Jeweller Laopu Gold’s Shares Drop on Growth Outlook
The jeweller lost $2.1 billion in market value after forecasting first-half 2026 revenue growth of up to 66 percent, a sharp slowdown from last year that unsettled investors in one of China’s most viral consumer brands.
US Businesses File Lawsuit Challenging New ‘Forced Labour’ Tariffs
Two small businesses, backed by the group that successfully sued over previous tariffs, say the new policy similarly exceeds the president’s authority to tax imports.
India Changes Rule in Win for Foreign E-Commerce Companies
In a major win for Amazon, which lobbied for the change, the government will allow foreign e-commerce companies to buy products directly from Indian sellers and sell them to overseas customers.
Indian Textile Stocks Outperform on Trade Deal Optimism
Suppliers to retailers including Gap and Walmart are beating the broader market as investors bet India’s new trade agreements and shifting sourcing patterns will boost exports.
US Appeals Order Compelling Tariff Refunds
The Trump administration has formally appealed the order directing customs authorities to refund the global tariffs declared unlawful by the US Supreme Court earlier this year.
US Proposes New Tariffs on Dozens of Countries, Citing Forced Labour
The levies would affect imports from 60 trading partners, with rates ranging from 10% for Mexico, Canada and the UK to 12.5% for China, India and Brazil, as the Trump administration seeks to rebuild its tariff wall.
US Finalises Tariff Refunds of $35.5 Billion
US Customs and Border Protection validated over 80,000 applications for refunds covering an undisclosed number of shipments or entries.