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.
January’s online shopping transactions were up 22.4 percent compared to 2020, according to data from Statistics Korea released Friday. Mobile shopping accounted for over 70 percent of online sales, The Korea Herald reports.
January’s 15.1 trillion won ($13.3 billion) in transactions slipped from December’s record high of 15.9 trillion won, but nonetheless marks the second-highest number on record.
Just this week, an amended filing by the country’s top e-commerce platform Coupang, which sells household goods alongside fashion brands like Nike and Adidas, revealed that the company could raise up to $3.6 billion in its upcoming IPO, signalling a market capitalisation between $46 billion and $51 billion.
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.
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.