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 “funsumer” trend for retro product packaging and cross-sector partnerships, is causing plenty of buzz in Korea, The Korea Herald reports.
A milk powder scented body wash, the product of a collaboration between supermarket Homeplus, LG Household & Health Care and Seoul Dairy Cooperative, with packaging that resembles cartons of the country’s best-selling milk, has been the latest example to get people talking.
Though the nostalgic elements and the unexpected nature of some of these collaborations (another example, between a brewery and flour company became a huge hit last year), are driving the trend, not everyone is a fan.
Some netizens voiced concern about the body wash after a photo emerged of it being sold alongside actual milk cartons. An accompanying tweet raised fears that elderly consumers might not be able to tell the body wash apart from milk.
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.