The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The country’s retail sales dropped, though at a better-than-expected pace, in March, following an 18.1 percent decline in February, Reuters reports.
The figure was boosted by strong fuel sales, while apparel and other amenities continue to lag behind. But optimism is in the air: Bank Indonesia, which expected March sales to reveal at 17.1 percent decline, forecasts that the market will see a 9.8 percent boost in retail sales in April.
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.
From Viviano Sue to Soshi Otsuki, a new generation of Tokyo-based designers are preparing to make their international breakthrough.
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.
Resourceful leaders are turning to creative contingency plans in the face of a national energy crisis, crumbling infrastructure, economic stagnation and social unrest.