Source: http://money.cnn.com/ India’s fast growing retail market has attracted another global player: Japan’s Uniqlo. The fashion brand will open its first store in New Delhi by the middle of next year, parent company Fast Retailing (FRCOF) said on Wednesday. The store will be its… Read More ›
Source: www.livemint.com Bengaluru: Textile maker Arvind Ltd’s net consolidated profit rose 18.17% in the fourth quarter of 2017-18, mainly propelled by significant profit increases in its branded apparels business. The company’s plan to demerge its branded apparels and engineering business segments is… Read More ›
Source: www.dailysabah.com The Istanbul Apparel Exporters’ Association (İHKİB) signed a deal with the International Labor Organization (ILO) to provide employment for Syrian refugees in Turkey. The project aims to integrate refugees in the workforce. The İHKİB and ILO will cooperate on… Read More ›
Source: https://newrepublic.com In the 2000s, the former Hollywood agent Scott Sternberg’s Los Angeles clothing brand Band of Outsiders was the peak of hipster fashion. It sold quirky oxford shirts, skinny chinos, and skinnier ties by capitalizing on an image of exclusivity—it… Read More ›
Source: www.newvision.co.ug Ahead of this year’s Uganda Festival under the Ugandans in North American Association (UNAA) Causes to be held August 30 to September 3 at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Centre in Washington D.C, it will be the Ugandan fashion… Read More ›
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Kecko/Flickr CC. Source: www.slate.com Amazon’s presence as an online retailer is always evolving. The company’s push into clothing sales illustrates that well. For many years, Amazon’s apparel options and shopping experience were decidedly lackluster…. Read More ›
Source: www.mmtimes.com At the 51st annual general meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila last week, discussions centred on the advancement of new technologies and the impact robotics and AI would have on local jobs. In an interview on the… Read More ›
I am a sucker for a gadget. If it has bluetooth or is spring-loaded in some way, I want it. I recently spent a frankly stupid amount of money on a pair of wireless headphones. But as much as I… Read More ›
Source: www.sharecafe.com.au Everything is down, down, down in Australian retail. It’s 50% off here, closing down sale there. And the news seems to be filled with company statements to the tune of ‘we just couldn’t hack it here’. Overall, the… Read More ›
Source: www.prnewswire.com CHICAGO, May 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The near-term cost to retailers of exiting NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is estimated at $15.8 billion, according to a study released today by global strategy and management consulting firm, A.T. Kearney. How NAFTA Affects US Retail quantifies… Read More ›