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Global Enterprise

Shein opens first permanent store amid France move to suspend its website in sex-doll probe

A view shows banners of Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein on the facade of the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville, Le BHV Marais department store, ahead the opening of Shein's fast fashion first permanent shop in Paris.
Global Enterprise

Inside Shein’s fast-fashion fight in France

The exhibition – Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style – will display some 200 clothing items she wore over the course of her 96 years, half of which had never been exhibited before, says the Royal Collection.
International

Late Queen Elizabeth’s fashion to go on show at Buckingham Palace

(FILES) A picture shows the logo Shein during the Urban Ritual fashion show Fall-Winter 2025/26 organized by Chinese fashion giant Shein in Milan, on October 16, 2025. The Asian fast-fashion giant Shein, criticized for its practices, will open its very first permanent physical store on October 31, 2025 at the BHV in Paris, the Société des Grands Magasins (SGM), owner of the BHV, announced on Instagram on October 31, 2025. (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)
Global Enterprise

Shein to open first-ever physical store worldwide in Paris on Nov 5 despite backlash

Linda Anggrea is the Jakarta-based founder and chief executive of Buttonscarves and Modinity Group, a conglomerate of eight other modest brands.
ASEAN Business
THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

‘Patience is the real strategy’: How Indonesia’s ‘LV of scarves’ expands to Singapore and beyond

Tran Hoang Chau, founder of Vietnamese fashion accessories brand Chautfifth, said her stores in Vietnam receive quite a number of sales from Singaporean customers.
SGSME

Vietnam boutique brands expand to Singapore amid rising demand

Singapore shoppers are turning to quiet or experiential luxury.
Features
BRUNCH

Can Singapore stay at the forefront of the global luxury market?

The Artycapucines VII - Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami Collection credit: PHOTO: LOUIS VUITTON usage: Free with credit put into BT EL
Style & Travel
STYLE

Whimsy meets luxury: Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami Artycapucines VII bags debut

Isak Andic, 71, plunged to his death while hiking in mountains outside Barcelona in December last year to widespread shock.
International

Spain probing Mango founder’s death as homicide: media

The Coach Coffe Bar at Resorts World Sentosa.
Food & Drink

Coach makes ambitious F&B push into Asia with 20 outlets as appetite for retail dining grows

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