Alibaba accuses IP firms of filing fake counterfeit claims

The company called for a boycott of these IP agencies, also known as “reputation-protection” firms, which are hired by businesses to help manage their IP rights.Alibaba singled out Hangzhou Wangwei… Read more

EU’s Digital Markets Act hands boost to Big Tech’s smaller rivals

The DMA is Europe’s attempt to rein in Alphabet’s Google, Amazon, Apple, TikTok owner ByteDance, Meta Platforms and Microsoft and create a level playing field for smaller rivals and ultimately… Read more

GST should boost India’s long-term growth prospects, says Fitch

Nevertheless, it is far simpler than the previous system, under which each state set its own sales taxes – in addition to the central government – and imposed border taxes… Read more

Hong Kong April retail sales rise 12%, tourism surges

Retail sales jumped to HK$39.5 billion ($5.03 billion) in April, government data showed on Thursday. In volume terms, retail sales grew 11.1 percent.For the first four months of 2018, total… Read more

Holiday wish list- U.S. states count on extra online sales tax to boost budget

Take, for instance, its overly optimistic assumptions about savings, such as a voluntary pension benefit buyout that retirement systems have yet to actually start.For fiscal 2019, which began July 1,… Read more

Bangladesh garment workers pack streets to demand wages during coronavirus lockdown

Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest apparel producer after China, is set to lose about $6 billion of export revenues this fiscal year as retailers and brands across the world cancel orders,… Read more

Kering teams up with Black in Corporate

The month-long training pairs Black professionals at different stages of their careers with a mentor at Kering Americas or one of its fashion houses. Departments includes Marketing/Advertising, Project Management/Operations, Human Resources,… Read more

Lexy Silverstein, the student who said no to Shein x FIDM’s partnership

FashionNetwork.com: What is your background and how would you like to work in fashion? Lexy Silverstein: I’m a fourth-year digital marketing student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. I’ve loved fashion… Read more

Italian textile and fashion industry set to exceed revenue forecasts for 2017

“In the current market situation, it is hard to make a six-month forecast. More so than in the past, we are facing a stilted, highly variable rate of growth, with… Read more