South Korean financiers invested $2.34 billion in Vietnam in the first seven months this year, according to the Vietnam’s Foreign Investment Agency under the ministry of planning and investment. The…
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Onitsuka Tiger Opens Concept Store for Yellow Collection in Tokyo
Japanese fashion and footwear brand Onitsuka Tiger has opened its first-ever concept store for its Yellow Collection, first presented at Milan Fashion Week in February. The concept store in Ginza,…
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Former Nisa Staff to Fundraise to Restart The Ethical Clothing Business
Former staff members of a Wellington clothing brand that created jobs for women migrants and refugees, are trying to claw the company back into businesses. Nisa, an ethical brand manufacturing…
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Ralph Lauren on Thursday forecast current-quarter sales largely below Wall Street expectations, as demand for its pricey sweaters, shirts and outdoor wear tapers amid a broad slowdown in US luxury…
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Finnish Lifestyle Brand Marimekko to Enter Singapore This Year
Finnish fashion and lifestyle brand Marimekko is set to make its Singapore debut with the first store and a cafe concept to open in the Ion Orchard shopping mall at…
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Private equity firm Advent International has bought a majority stake in Zimmermann from the founding family and Italy’s Style Capital, in a deal which sources said values the Australian fashion…
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H&M to Close its Beijing Flagship Store in Sanlitun
by Lola Martinby Lola MartinSwedish fashion brand H&M announced on Sunday it would close its flagship store in Beijing’s Sanlitun area on June 11 as the lease contract is set to expire. Its public…
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Staff of a Wellington ethical clothing businessthat closed last month are fundraising to restart the venture that operated to employ migrants and refugees. Nisa, which manufactures underwear and swimwear, was…
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As French luxury fashion house Dior expands its portfolio of Korean brand ambassadors, K-pop music band Tomorrow X Together, aka TXT, is named the new face of the label. The…
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North Korea Punishes Women for Wearing Shorts, Declaring Them ‘Capitalist Fashion’
by Jude Turnerby Jude TurnerNorth Korea is punishing women who try to beat the summer heat by wearing shorts, with authorities saying shorts with a length above the knee are an infiltration of capitalist…