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.
JD.com, one of China’s largest online retailers, has signed a partnership agreement with Dubai’s Emaar Malls fashion and lifestyle platform, Namshi, according to an Arab News report.
The Dubai-headquartered e-commerce platform, which sells more than 800 brands and has customers in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, will provide JD.com with local logistics, warehousing and marketing support in the region. In addition, the Namshi platform will launch several fashion and lifestyle brands from China later this month.
Beijing-based JD.com posted revenue of 745.8 billion yuan ($114.97 billion) for the year, beating analysts’ estimates.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features the China Duty Free Group, Uniqlo’s Japanese owner and a pan-African e-commerce platform in Côte d’Ivoire.
Affluent members of the Indian diaspora are underserved by fashion retailers, but dedicated e-commerce sites are not a silver bullet for Indian designers aiming to reach them.
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.
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.