Asia’s Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Fair – March 2015 Opens

Asia’s Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Fair - March (3FJ) opened Tuesday at Halls 3, 6 & 8 of AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong. The four-day event gathers more than 440 international exhibitors, presenting the latest designs and collections in fashion jewelry and accessories for Autumn/Winter 2015. 

The exhibitors come from 17 countries, including mainland China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

At the 9th edition of 3FJ, four theme zones and six group pavilions are featured. The four theme zones are “Fashion Accessories Zone”, “Sense Zone”, “Stainless Steel Jewellery Pavilion” and the “Fashion Jewellery Atelier.” The six group pavilions are mainland China, India, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. 

Celine Lau, director of Jewellery Fairs at UBM Asia Ltd said the theme zones and pavilions “offer buyers unique market specialties. Grouping them into pavilions also makes it easier for buyers to navigate the show floor and quickly find what they need.” 

Lau added that 3FJ has been receiving growing support from the industry, as attested by the growing number of exhibitors. “There will be a wider range of product offerings that will cater to buyers with various budgets.” 

The trade fair runs till Friday.

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Amazon and eBay to Tap High-End Fashion Markets

Online giants Amazon.com and eBay are both targeting high-end apparel, shoes and accessories retail segments.

The new initiative for Amazon will rival established high-end online fashion sites Yoox and Net-A-Porter, according to a story in the Financial Times (subscription required). It will improve the experience for shoppers with more viewing options for clothing and will offer free returns for clothing items of more than $25, tapping into the success of a similar program from Zappos, the shoe Web site Amazon acquired this past November. The company reportedly said it will be ready to launch the new site by October, in time for the holiday shopping season.

Meanwhile, eBay relaunched its clothing sales under the eBay fashion brand in April, adding videos and comments from fashion stylists and a “find similar items” image-matching feature, the FT reports. It has also launched a “fashion outlet” site in the U.K. and created “storefronts” in the U.S. with retailers including Brooks Brothers and Timberland selling excess and discounted stock directly to buyers.

Here is a link to the story on the Zacks Web site.