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 Singaporean e-tail platform’s $14.2 billion GMV puts it slightly ahead of local giant Tokopedia, with GMV also around $14 billion, while Bukalapak trails behind at $3 billion, according to new research from Singapore-based venture outfit, Momentum Works, as reported by KrAsia.
Between 2016 and 2020, Indonesian e-commerce went from making up 2 percent of total retail sales to 20 percent; Momentum Works’ CEO Jianggan Li estimates that the figure will reach 40 percent in coming years.
Reliance plans to open top-end luxury mall in Mumbai with LVMH and Kering brands set to open stores, marking retail expansion for brands in India.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features South African clothing retailer Woolworths, Bahraini asset manager Investcorp and Indonesia’s threats to curb TikTok Shop.
Reliance Industries and Tata Group have launched multi-brand beauty retailers Tira and Tata Cliq Palette respectively in a challenge to incumbents like Nykaa, Purplle and Sephora.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also reveals the succession plan for an Indian retail billionaire, Kenya’s strategy to revitalise its textile industry and forced labour in Turkmenistan’s cotton harvest.