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In the News | 25 July 22

Catch up on recent African fashion headlines, events and other announcements.

New South African omnichannel fashion & lifestyle e-tailer Bash.com's homepage (public beta)

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Superbalist & Truworths are hiring for several design, production, buying and merchandising roles, and applications close tomorrow for The Next Wave, a 2-day talent development program for aspiring musicians, photographers & fashion designers. Applications close today for CIAFE's 2 new capacity building training programmes in fashion data science and fashion business consultancy.

TFGLabs' omnichannel retail project, Bash.com, is South Africa’s newest fashion and lifestyle shopping platform, now in public beta. MRP will acquire the Studio 88 chain for R3.3bn after getting the competition tribunal's approval this week, and has once again enlisted the young designers who worked on Team SA's Olympic kit for the Commonwealth Games.

South Africa

Bash.com is live: TFGLabs' omnichannel retail project is South Africa’s newest fashion and lifestyle shopping platform, now in public beta.

MRP's R3.3bn acquisition of Studio 88 chain approved this week by Competition Tribunal – Moneyweb

MRP Sport re-enlists young designer team behind Team SA Tokyo Olympic kits for Commonwealth Games – BizCommunity

Amazon prepares to launch marketplace platform that would bring Prime membership to South Africa & Nigeria in April 2023 – BizCommunity

Ecommerce.co.za to host Sandton conference covering logistics, AI, funding and more in September – ecommerceLIVE

Superbalist.com is hiring buying managers, visual merchandisers, garment technologists and more – Superbalist.com

Truworths is hiring designers, merchandise planners, a house model, a sample room team and more — Truworths

CIAFE to offer 2 new 6-month capacity building training programmes in fashion data science and fashion business consultancy; applications close today – CIAFE.org

The Next Wave – Just another WordPress site

Patta, Mamakashaka and Nike SHAPA Soweto partner for 2 day creative exchange to develop emerging talent in music, photography and fashion design; applications close tomorrow. UNKNWN PRJCTS will lead an upcycling workshop and share brand building insight. – The Next Wave

Global

Why fashion's cultural transformation cannot depend on collaborations – WWD

Adidas partners with Spinnova to make a dual bet on sustainability and performance innovation in textiles – Glossy

Zalando, Yoox Net-a-Porter & About You partner with Quantis to bring stocked brands climate tools

Sustainability consultancy Quantis announces new, free greenhouse emissions measuring tool for brands stocked by Zalando, Yoox Net-a-Porter & About You – Business of Fashion

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