Shopee Indonesia will hold the Shopee 11.11 Big Sale with Stray Kids to begin a series of collaborative projects with K-pop boyband Stray Kids. 

The Natsumi Clinic specializes in restoring much-loved teddies and other cuddly toys to their original glory, delighting deeply attached owners like Yui Kato, who brought in the sheep, Yuki-chan.

A recent online survey conducted by the Los Angeles-based market research company Alter Agents and social media company Snap Inc., which manages Snapchat, between July and September this year, found that the pandemic had changed friendships around the globe. 

For the first time, the number of active social media users in the world passed the 4 billion mark.

With the pandemic still not letting up, annual creative industry festival IDEAFEST shifts to an all-online format for its ninth edition.

BLP Beauty has announced seven new shades for its Face Base line, with all 12 shades to be available both online and offline starting this Thursday.

From raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Thai protesters to inspiring the youths who join demonstrations through dances and social media, K-pop fans have emerged as a potent political force in Thailand's anti-government movement.

When Um Feras realized there were no leisure spaces for women in her city in Yemen, she founded her own cafe and hopes to change attitudes about women-led businesses.

C3AFA Singapore will be held online in early December. 

With regard to reasons for shopping online, Twitter data showed 56 percent of users said free shipping was among the top reasons to make online purchases, followed by discounts at 55.6 percent and buyer reviews at 54.1 percent.

Online fashion retailer Zozo Inc unveiled a successor to its "Zozosuit" body-measuring suit, one of a string of failed projects ahead of the exit of founder Yusaku Maezawa, promising greater accuracy through design and software changes.

British charity Comic Relief said on Wednesday that it will stop sending celebrities to Africa to raise funds following criticism that figures like singer Ed Sheeran acted like "white saviors".

France's LVMH will pay slightly less to acquire US jeweler Tiffany & Co after the two companies agreed to end a bitter dispute triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and salvage the luxury sector's biggest-ever deal.

Whether by repetition, rupture or reinvention, fashion has always maintained a complex relationship to time, a link New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is exploring in a new exhibition opening Thursday.

E-commerce platform JD.id has launched a feature on its app that gets as close as possible to an in-shop experience of trying makeup.

The trend was born in Germany in April, where the first in-vehicle raves sprang up after music festivals and clubs were shut down. 

With more than 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in sales last year on its platform and a new acquisition under its belt, second-hand clothes innovator Vinted believes it is starting to scare fashion retailers -- for the good of the planet.

There's a growing tribe of Japanese ink aficionados who defy deeply-rooted taboos associating tattoos with crime, turning their skin into vivid palettes of color with elaborate full-body designs, often featuring characters from traditional legends.

Restrictions to contain the new coronavirus, or even just fears of contagion, have prompted many people to give up training at their local gym. 

She's been a princess, a president, a Marine Corps sergeant, an astronaut and a Star Wars stormtrooper. In Mexico for the Day of the Dead festival, Barbie is even a skeleton.

Jakarta Content Week 2020 celebrates a plethora of content creatives in Indonesia. 

Austria's postal service has united two aspects of the coronavirus pandemic in a stamp printed on toilet paper that people can also, at a push, use for social distancing.

The limited-edition G-SHOCK x One Piece watch will soon greet its fans in Indonesia.

Apple Inc is expanding a new physical store format as it tries to get iPhone 12 models into customers' hands.

The family owners of Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo have held informal talks with financial investors to sell a minority stake in their holding firm as they seek to turn around the luxury brand and cope with the fallout of COVID-19.

Road to BeautyFest Asia 2020 features four beauty influencers in a series of virtual events prior to the annual BeautyFest Asia. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has made vending machines less essential -- so much so that monthly sales of drinks dropped by over 35 percent earlier this year.

Like much of Europe, Bulgaria has seen a surge in COVID-19 infections this autumn, and this has quickly dented the numbers of visitors coming to the 2,000-seat venue.

With regard to health and safety protocols, hotels have been following government recommendations. 

Recent hires often are working from home, which means employee learning, socializing with colleagues, integrating into teams and starting on projects are all taking place in a fully virtual environment.