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Biden Just Won a Narrow Victory. Is Washington Gridlock Good for Fashion?

7 November 2020 • By Brian Baskin

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Biden Just Won a Narrow Victory. Is Washington Gridlock Good for Fashion?

This week, everyone will be talking about the results of the US election, the booming resale market, Singles Day and Farfetch's results. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

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Alibaba Beats Quarterly Sales Estimates

5 November 2020 • By Reuters

The group's core e-commerce business continues to grow post-pandemic.

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Alibaba Beats Quarterly Sales Estimates

The group's core e-commerce business continues to grow post-pandemic.

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Amazon Kicks Off the Holiday Shopping Season Early

11 October 2020 • By Brian Baskin

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Amazon Kicks Off the Holiday Shopping Season Early

This week, everyone will be talking about Amazon Prime Day, efforts to revive US economic stimulus negotiations and Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing's expansion plans. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

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Luxury Brands Bank on a Raring China Market

30 September 2020 • By Reuters

The economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic means high-end brands now depend more than ever on Chinese consumers for sales.

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Luxury Brands Bank on a Raring China Market

The economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic means high-end brands now depend more than ever on Chinese consumers for sales.

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Can China Save Travel Retail in 2020?

24 September 2020 • By Casey Hall

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Can China Save Travel Retail in 2020?

The decline in international travel has hit duty free retail hard this year, but sales to domestic travellers in China with nowhere else to go are booming in places like Hainan.

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Is It Game Over for China’s Grey Market Sellers?

17 September 2020 • By Casey Hall

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Is It Game Over for China’s Grey Market Sellers?

A global pandemic is bad news for any number of businesses, but for Chinese daigou agents, strict travel limits and tighter regulations are putting the future of their entire industry at risk.

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What Fashion Media Can Learn From the Chinese Model

10 September 2020 • By Zoe Suen

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What Fashion Media Can Learn From the Chinese Model

The country’s media players share many of their Western counterparts’ struggles, but their rapid adoption of digital shifts provides valuable lessons.

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The Pandemic Has Created a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Counterfeits. Just Ask Louis Vuitton.

9 September 2020 • By Casey Hall

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The Pandemic Has Created a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Counterfeits. Just Ask Louis Vuitton.

As if Covid-19 hasn’t already done enough damage to the fashion industry, intellectual property experts are now warning that it has also left the door open for counterfeit products to proliferate at an unprecedented pace.

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Which Brands Will Suffer Most in the 'New Cold War' Between China and the US?

3 September 2020 • By Casey Hall

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Which Brands Will Suffer Most in the 'New Cold War' Between China and the US?

Fashion brands caught in the crossfire are doing what they can to avoid the worst possible outcomes from the escalating US-China conflict but it will be virtually impossible to emerge unscathed.

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Why Aren’t More Chinese Department Stores Going Bankrupt?

27 August 2020 • By Casey Hall

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Why Aren’t More Chinese Department Stores Going Bankrupt?

While consolidation continues in China’s department store sector, the pandemic hasn’t dramatically hastened store closures and bankruptcies the way it has in the US. What’s their secret?

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