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SMCP expands recruitment activities in Asia with FashionUnited

Since 1984, SMCP has been spreading Parisian chic across the world with three brands, Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot. The brands are known for on-trend high-quality products with a short and reactive cycle from design to production. The leading global company wants to provide its clients with a superior personal shopping experience in premium...

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10 largest Chinese viscose producers to miss on responsible production promise

New York – Changing Markets Foundation’s recent report confirms China’s viscose producers’ failure to meet global expectations for sustainable production of the textile material. ‘Dirty Fashion: Spotlight on China, by the Changing Markets Foundation’ unveils that the largest Chinese producers of the most common fabric won’t be able to meet the...

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Lukewarm trading debut on the New York Exchange for Mogu Inc.

New York - Chinese fashion and cosmetic retailer Mog Inc. debuted its trading in the U.S. stock exchange on December, 6. The company’s stock’s price closed its first trading day unchanged from its 14 dollars apiece IPO’s price. Mogu Inc.’s American depositary shares opened at 12 dollars in New York last Thursday, well below the 14 dollars IPO...

Fashion

Kering teams up with Plug and Play to launch sustainability award in China

Kering wants to boost Chinese startups with the potential to bring a positive environmental and social impact to the apparel and textile industries. Together with startup accelerator Plug and Play, the luxury conglomerate is launching the Kering Sustainable Innovation Award, offering mentorship and networking trips to the USA and Europe for...

Retail

Macy’s exiting the Chinese market

Macy’s is withdrawing from China completely by the end of this year. After shutting down its Shanghai store in 2015 and taking down its standalone Chinese website in June, the American department store has decided to also stop operating within Alibaba’s marketplace Tmall. In a statement published on its soon-to-be-closed page, the company...

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Chinese stores remove Dolce & Gabbana’s products, founders release apology video

Dolce & Gabbana’s image crisis in China is far from over. A series of retailers, including JD.com, Tmall, Y-closet, Secoo and Net-a-Porter, have taken down all Dolce & Gabbana’s products from their platforms, according to local news platform Sina. Andrew Keith, president of luxury department store Lane Crawford, is quoted by the South China...

Culture

Louis Vuitton’s exhibition “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” arrives in Shanghai

After Paris, Tokyo, Seoul and New York, Louis Vuitton has brought its exhibition “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” to Shanghai. Curated by Olivier Saillard, the expo tells the history of the label from 1854 to the present, from trunk maker to fashion house. It occupies 15 rooms, each dedicated to a chapter in Louis Vuitton’s history. Some of the items...

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Dolce & Gabbana's show in China canceled over controversial ad and alleged racist remarks by Stefano Gabbana

Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana has come under fire for its “DG loves China” advertising campaign -- so much so that its upcoming fashion show in the country has been canceled by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Shanghai. The brand posted a video on the Chinese social network Weibo in which a Chinese woman has trouble trying to eat Italian...

Business

Michael Kors trying to drive business via Chinese tourists

Michael Kors might be a billion dollar business, but he's continuing his race further to the top by targeting Chinese tourists. The designer and business mogul is using WeChat, a popular app across China, to market towards Chinese shoppers coming to the U.S. So far, it has worked to drive sales. Beginning in 2017, Kors began investing in...

Retail

In Graphs: Impossible Growth of Singles Day in China

Started as a anti-valentines joke amongst university students, and later on adopted by Alibaba as a sales event to buy themselves a gift to celebrate the beauty of being single, it has since burgeoned into the world’s largest online shopping festival. Rarely do we see financial graphs that points so dramatically upward, and so consistently - but...

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5 main hazardous chemicals in clothing from China named

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (BCP) has published a list of the main chemicals used in the manufacturing of low-cost clothing, mainly from China. China is the world's largest manufacturer of textile products, however, Chinese manufacturers are not the only offenders. Many global fashion brands outsource their production to countries...

Retail

French label IKKS expands childrenswear line to China

French fashion label IKKS has opened four brick-and-mortar stores in Shanghai and Beijing, as the brand expands their childrenswear lines to the Chinese market. The ambitious move begins with their Junior line, which was released on 8 September, and comes after IKKS signed a joint-venture contract with with Fung Kids Limited, an associated...