Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, inaugurates fifth edition of Dubai Design Week, the largest creative festival in the Middle East.
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Dubai start-up selling second-hand designer goods expands to Hong Kong
The Luxury Closet has acquired Hong Kong-based Guiltless.com, which also sells pre-owned designer goods
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The world of fashion according to Zuhair Murad
Fashion designer to the stars Zuhair Murad reveals the good, the bad and the ugly side of the Arab fashion world, where he says investment, education and talent are missing
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2019 outlook: Consumer connections sit at the heart of the Middle East fashion industry
Rami Al Ali, fashion designer, said consumers are getting smarter and becoming more selective, choose brands according to the design, quality and price, as opposed to just the name
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Entrepreneur of the Week: Kunal Kapoor, The Luxury Closet
When the former Louis Vuitton sales manager realised his customers wanted to use high-end products but not keep them, he hit upon a business idea that has the potential to be truly disruptive
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Video: Could pre-owned luxury save high fashion brands from copycats?
With millions worth of fake designer goods being destroyed in Dubai every year, Arabian Business explores whether platforms that sell and buy discounted and pre-owned luxury clothes, bags, shoes and accessories can fix brands’ authenticity problem.
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Biggest problem facing luxury brands is authenticity, says Dubai retailer
Concepts such as The Luxury Closet will shift consumer practice from buying counterfeit to buying pre-owned luxury products, says CEO Kunal Kapoor
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Oversupply of ‘unwanted’ luxury products in Dubai, says pre-owned designer retailer
Supply for pre-used luxury goods in the GCC is “so great it can cover demand not just in the Gulf but also internationally,” says Kunal Kapoor, CEO of The Luxury Closet
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Video: How can MENA countries tap into the $3trn global fashion market?
Alanoud Al Mubarak saw the need for a platform that connects fashion buyers with designers, so decided to launch a non-transactional online navigable directory based in one of the region’s most promising yet untapped markets, Saudi Arabia.
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Entrepreneur of the Week: Fashtory’s Alanoud Al Mubarak
The fashion app that supports emerging designers and tackles current challenges while offering a free-to-user service
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Fashion ‘directory’ launched in UAE
The non-transactional platform connects designers and buyers