Hansae apparel OEM

Retail Korean sportswear brand Fila thrives in China, boding well for 2025 profit

South Korean sportswear brand Fila Holdings Corp. posted a loss in the fourth quarter of last year, hit by the downturn in the apparel industry and ...

Fashion Korean indie fashion brands spread wings to Japan, China

Matin Kim, a rising designer brand in South Korea, will open its first offline store in Japan in the first half of next year, joining other Korean i...

Corporate strategy Apparel maker Hansae sets sights on auto parts business as growth driver

HO CHI MINH CITY – South Korean apparel maker Hansae Yes24 Group has set its sights on the auto parts business as a new growth driver to diver...

Fiber & Textile Hansae acquires US textile company Texollini

South Korean garment maker Hansae Co. said on Tuesday that it acquired the US-based textile manufacturer Texollini Inc.Founded in 1989, Texollini is...

Mergers & Acquisitions Hansae Yes24 moves closer to acquiring GM supplier Erae AMS

Hansae Yes24 Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korea’s leading apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Hansae Co., has moved a ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS

The holding company of Hansae Co., a leading global apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM), is eyeing expansion into auto parts production by...

Fashion F&F to expand Discovery brand across Asia

F&F Co., a South Korean clothing company, said on Monday it signed an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) to bring the outdoor bran...

Fiber & Textile SK Geo Centric produces sustainable synthetic fiber

South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. will collaborate with global companies in the petrochemical, textile, and apparel sectors from Japan, Finland...

Fashion Korea's golf apparel market shrinks as golf boom fizzles

The heyday of South Korea’s golf apparel market seems to be over with the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millennials and Generation Z, who had ...

Fashion Korea’s Hansae MK targets global children’s fashion market

South Korean clothing retailer Hansae MK Co. selling National Basketball Association (NBA) apparel in the country aims to expand its presence with i...

Fashion Licensed casual apparel brands' luster fades in Korea

The fad for licensed casual fashion brands appears to be cooling in South Korea, where American sports clubs, broadcasting networks and documentary ...

Fashion S.Korea’s fashion brand Time to debut at Paris Fashion Week

Time, South Korea’s best-selling women’s fashion brand which is owned by Handsome Corp., will participate in Paris Fashion Week fall/w...

Leadership & Management Korean garment maker Hansae targets growth amid economic woes

HO CHI MINH CITY – South Korean garment maker Hansae Co. expects to see decent growth in sales and profits next year despite the global clothi...

Fashion Korea's National Geographic Apparel steps up push into China

South Korean fashion company The Nature Holdings Co. is set to expand the presence of its outdoor clothing brand National Geographic Apparel in Chin...

Fiber & Textile The North Face supplier Youngone hints at succession plan

Youngone Corp., a South Korean outdoor clothing maker to global brands like The North Face and Patagonia, has given a clearer signal that Chairman...

Retail Korean golf club, apparel markets face decline in post-pandemic era

South Korea’s golf equipment and apparel markets enjoyed a boom during COVID-19. But they are facing a downturn this year amid the growing pop...

Retail MLB apparel by Korea's F&F finds favor in China

F&F Co., a South Korean outdoor fashion retailer, has notched a success selling US Major League Baseball (MLB) apparel in China. This comes desp...

Fiber & Textile Hansae to build eco-friendly clothing plant in Vietnam

South Korean textile and clothing maker Hansae on Friday announced plans to build a plant in Vietnam to expand production of eco-friendly clothing u...

Fiber & Textile Hansae: Hidden Korean champion in global OEM apparel market

Hansae is an unfamiliar name to many South Koreans for sure.But among original equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies in the apparel industry, Hans...

Retail Korean E-Land unites fast fashion units for China biz growth

South Korea’s major retailer E-Land Group has consolidated one of its fast fashion brand's operations at home and in China to accelerate growt...

Entertainment Korean apparel retailer F&F to produce global K-pop stars

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. made a foray into the entertainment sector to create a synergy of K-content and fashion, competin...

Culture & Trends Golf apparel goes trendy and upmarket in Korea on rise of young golfers

As the popularity of golf grows in South Korea, particularly among young people, golf clothes are becoming increasingly more expensive and fashionab...

Mergers & Acquisitions Korean firms tapped to buy shoe parts supplier Texon

Southeast Asia-focused Navis Capital Partners is tapping South Korean companies and private equity firms to sell Texon, a Hong Kong-based footwear c...

Retail Korea’s fashion OEM firms eye record sales 

South Korea’s clothing original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are set to see a supercycle or a sustained period of expansion driven by robust ...

Retail Korean apparel retailer F&F returns as market darling after relisting

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. has returned as one of the most coveted stocks on the main bourse, with its share price nearly tr...

Mergers & Acquisitions Apparel retailer F&F joins in $1.7 bn TaylorMade deal

F&F Co., the South Korean retailer of the outdoor clothing brands Discovery Expedition and MLB, has been selected as the strategic buyer of Tayl...

Retail Kodak, National Geographic pivot to become fashion brands in Korea

For more than a century, Kodak was a household name for quality cameras that were treated as valuable possessions -- often kept in the cabinet and o...

Private equity Carlyle Group to exit from Korean OEM apparel exporter in seven years

The Carlyle Group has sold off its stake in South Korea's Yakjin Trading Corp., an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for global brands such a...

Mergers & Acquisitions Unison Capital set to buy Korean OEM dumpling producer

South Korean private equity firm Unison Capital is set to acquire a majority stake in South Korea's leading frozen food company, well known for its ...