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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — which consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — is proving a bright spot for the fashion and
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BoF sits down with Snap Inc.’s vice president and general manager of the Middle East, Hussein Freijeh, to learn more about the changing social media landscape in the Gulf, its impact on consumer behaviour, and the new opportunities it presents for fashion and beauty brands to reach audiences in the region.
Annabel Bolton is the Content Strategy Senior Associate at The Business of Fashion (BoF). She is based in London and executes commercial partnerships, knowledge reports and writes careers advice.
Shenel Wickramaratne is a Content Strategist at The Business of Fashion (BoF). She is based in London and briefs global fashion, beauty and retail businesses on the key trends and content shaping industries today.
The country’s manufacturing capacity is fast disappearing, with only 3 percent of all garments sold in Australia made onshore.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Japanese department stores, Brazil’s Lojas Renner and Middle East luxury sales.
In pursuit of new audiences, greater autonomy and ever more dramatic backdrops, a growing number of Indian designers are turning to independent shows beyond the traditional fashion week circuit.
At Soho House Mexico City, Mexican fashion designers Carla Fernández, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane and Camila Banzo joined BoF’s Yasmine Dahlberg to speak candidly about identity, innovation and what it takes to build an independent fashion business in Mexico — as part of both Women’s History Month and the House’s ongoing Women Shaping the Future initiative.
The Swedish fast-fashion retailer is one of a shrinking number of companies that’s still drawing attention to its emissions goals. Plus, a Shanghai Fashion Week preview.
Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
Fashion’s enfant terrible is trading exclusivity for the mass market. Is it the ultimate fashion coup, or the final surrender of prestige?
Textile hubs are already feeling the cascading risks of the conflict in Iran as Washington ramps up forced labour probes to revive tariffs, while decarbonisation in fashion’s factories might finally have a standard to go off of.
