Decked out in a red suit, traditional Sahelian boubou robes, multi-coloured African bogolan prints and a blue tunic with printed motifs, the models showed off the latest creations of Abidjan designers in an event dubbed “Strong and Beautiful Together.”Grace Beho had her right forearm amputated after a road accident.
Six months ago, she created the Mougnan Foundation, an organisation set u…
Read moreAmazon in February abruptly scrapped plans to build part of its second headquarters in the New York borough of Queens after opposition from local leaders angered by incentives promised by state and city politicians.The five-member Arlington County Board voted 5-0 in favor of Amazon receiving the financial package after a seven-hour meeting held in a room filled with up to about 150 citizens and…
Read moreThe study, the Cross-border eCommerce (Haitao) Opportunity in China, is based on research amongst over 1,000 online shoppers in China and interviews with over 100 international retailers and brand owners.”The research revealed the strong interest and expenditure amongst Chinese consumers in buying online from overseas retailers, with the average online shopper in China spending almost US$850 pe…
Read moreThere was a broad bounce in earnings after China ended its zero-Covid policy involving city-wide lockdowns and extensive quarantine in December, but consumer caution over global growth and job prospects have dented confidence and overall demand.China A-shares posted 3.2% growth in earnings in the first three months from a year earlier, rebounding from a 5.7% drop in the fourth quarter of 2022,…
Read moreA new report from Rakuten shows that marketers in the UK, France and Germany see international growth as their top priority for 2020, perhaps as a reaction to muted opportunities at home.The company spoke to 610 marketers in the luxury fashion, mainstream fashion, retail, travel and finance industries and found that despite Brexit and trade wars raising the spectre of higher tariffs for exports…
Read moreThe French parliament infuriated the administration of President Donald Trump in July by adopting a law taxing digital firms like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon for revenues earned inside the country.Talks to resolve the issue have so far failed, and on Monday Washington threatened to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on $2.4 billion in French goods including handbags, cosmetics and champ…
Read moreBack in 2002, France passed a law stipulating that the word ‘diamond’ can only be used to identify a natural diamond, and that French retailers are obliged to use the ‘synthetic’ designation to describe stones that are “entirely or partly man-made.” Also, the term ‘laboratory diamond’ could only be used outside France.Following a request by a company active in the synthetic diam…
Read moreThe contracts include the direct purchase by L’Oreal Group of electricity from renewable sources with EDF Renouvelables under a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (C-PPA), from the production of two solar farms aggregated by EDF’s subsidiary Agregio.They also include an electricity supply contract with EDF over 2024 and 2025 to supply L’Oréal’s production sites in France, including volume from…
Read moreDesigned to foster sustainable fashion skills and develop new business models, the three-year initiative is funded by Erasmus+, the EU’s programme for education, training and youth.Glasgow Caledonian University will be working with industry partners to develop intensive study workshops for students and staff within the fashion industryคำพูดจาก Read more
These concerns are especially focused on young Chinese consumers. Not only because China has been one of the main growth drivers for the luxury sector in recent years, but also because consumers of high-end products in the world’s second-largest economy are younger than those in other countries. The global average age for luxury consumers is 38, but it is a decade less in China.Young adults t…
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