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A wave of new performance basketball sneakers featuring fresh designs has shoppers once again considering the category for fashion and not just for wear on the court.

This week’s global markets round-up of fashion business news also features H&M’s new partner for Brazil, Chinese sportswear giant Anta and Indian sneaker start-up Flatheads.

The country's streetwear market is heating up, attracting both global consumers and major brand collaborations.

Experts warn global brands to tread carefully as they experiment with new ‘guochao’ strategies amid growing nationalism and local competition in China.

Sponsors, from luxury jeweller Tiffany & Co. to local sportswear giant Anta, have seen major spikes in searches for products worn by superstar skier at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

In sportswear, only Nike and Adidas have a higher market cap than Chinese giant Anta. Having surpassed other international rivals in China, the ambitious group now aims to go global.

This year’s biggest winners may have been China’s uber-wealthy business leaders, who amassed an astonishing amount of wealth despite the global pandemic. Many of them have fashion to thank for part of their fortunes.

Global giants like Zara, H&M and Nike are experimenting with virtual vouchers to get people spending again in China. Should other brands follow suit to avoid the potentially harmful practice of deep discounting?

Crisis management and contingency planning should be top of the agenda, as the coronavirus' ripple effect continues to impact people and businesses around the world.

Two of three new entrants to an exclusive club of 20 high performing fashion companies are Chinese, according to the 2020 edition of The State of Fashion report released today by BoF and McKinsey. How did Anta and HLA do it?