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Factory to Fashion: China’s Fashion Industry in Transformation

In addition to being the world's largest market for clothing and footwear sales, China has been the world's top producer and exporter of clothing for more than ten years. More than 8 million people were employed by 170,000 clothing enterprises in China as of 2021.

Chinese brands, ranging from large enterprises to freelance designers, are experiencing growth both domestically and internationally. Growing e-commerce, local customers' evolving tastes, and firms' need to go global are what are propelling China's fashion industry's growth. We discuss the latest developments in the fashion industry with insiders and a Chinese designer in this episode of the podcast. We examine how a young fashion designer might establish a brand and discover whether the Chinese fashion business may have a greater influence on your life than you may have realized. /BGNES

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