Robb Young is Global Markets Editor at The Business of Fashion (BoF). He is based in London and oversees BoF’s coverage of non-western markets. Previously, Robb contributed to media organisations including The Financial Times, The New York Times International Edition and the BBC. He is a specialist in emerging and frontier markets.
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.
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.
Publisher Condé Nast and license partner Media 3.0 Publishing have tapped him to be the first editor-in-chief of the Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian edition of Vogue magazine.
The Tokyo-based group behind brands such as John Frieda, Jergens and Bioré and the Melbourne company known for its sunscreen and self-tanning products did not disclose terms of the deal.
The Nairobi-based start-up will use the pre-seed funding to trial regional delivery services across the wider East Africa region in markets like Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda.
The Swiss-based group behind the company has tapped the former Unilever executive to manage its portfolio of fashion brands from across the Middle East and Europe.