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 digital wholesale platform announced a partnership with the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) to launch virtual fashion event ‘Showcase Japan’ earlier this week.
The event, to be hosted on Joor’s passport platform, will connect more than 30 contemporary Japanese designers and showrooms — a list including Suzusan, Ikiji and Alpha Showroom — with global buyers. Through Joor, buyers will be able to shop across categories such as sustainability, diversity and traditional craftsmanship.
Joor is no stranger to the Japanese market, having hosted virtual fashion events like Tokyo’s Rakuten Fashion Week and the Tokyo Fashion Award. It has also partnered with global industry events like London Fashion Week and Shanghai’s Ontimeshow tradeshow.
Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co are among the brands expanding in Perth, Australia in a bid to tap its mining, oil and gas wealth and newfound status as a travel hub.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Haiti’s sourcing crisis, Brazilian jewellery giant Vivara and Dubai’s Ramadan shopping season.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Supreme’s long-awaited Shanghai flagship opening, India imposes MIP on undervalued imports of synthetic knitted fabric and striking Sri Lankan workers continue to protest.
Imran Amed shares his observations from a trip to the wealthy desert metropolis, home to the most lucrative stores for many of the world’s top fashion brands.