Retail in Asia

Foreign fast fashion swoops into HK

Foreign luxury brands are well acquainted with Hong Kong’s consumer market, but now cheaper foreign labels are moving in too.
In September, Swedish brand Monki, a low-priced womenswear line, ope…

Fast Retailing logs 24pc profit rise

Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Japan’s largest clothing chain Uniqlo, said on Friday its group net profit rose 23.9 percent to JPY61.68 billion (USD752.6 million) in the business year that …

CSR gains ground in Asia

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the second and third richest men in the world respectively, have announced that 40 US billionaires have followed their lead in pledging to give half of their fortunes to…