On top of being the factory of the world, having the resources, the manpower & productivity, Asia is also a place with heritage, culture, design and art. What about the influence of Asian craftsmanship and design? How to shed light on it?

This is Krizia's ambition with Vermillion, Asia's first B2B e-commerce marketplace for crafted lifestyle luxury.

Vermillion curates designs from Asian artists and creators, caring to represent Asian countries, women-owned businesses, socially-driven companies.

With Krizia, we talked about the strong values of Vermillion and the responsibility businesses have in terms of the values they convey.

To find out more:

Vermillion - https://www.vermillionlifestyle.com/

Vermillion's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vermillion.lifestyle/

What's the role of Data in the decision-making process? How to collect Data, keep it and use it? To what extent can we rely on it? How to balance it with what we call our "gut feeling"?

In this special episode, listen to a Panel Discussion with Florian Gaudel, founder of Standard Insights, an AI-powered Market Research company and Jacopo Pesavento, co-founder of Branding Records, Global Creative Agency.

Let me know if you like this format and if I should do more panel discussion episodes. Happy listening and don't forget to give me 5 stars!

To find out more:

Standard Insights - https://standard-insights.com/

Branding Records - https://www.brandingrecords.com/

Florian's LinkedIn - https://hk.linkedin.com/in/floriangaudel/en

Jacopo's LinkedIn - https://hk.linkedin.com/in/jacopo-pesavento-2339ba20

Have you ever bought a preowned item? It's a sustainable way of consuming.

How has the image of shopping second-hand evolved over the years? What about the specificities of the Hong Kong market towards sustainability?

These are some of the questions we discussed with Sarah Fung, founder of HULA, second-hand luxury fashion company that makes fashion sustainable.

Sarah shares the lessons she learned as an entrepreneur, how she grew her business and how she apprehended the challenge of bringing sustainability to the Hong Kong fashion scene.

To find out more:

HULA - https://thehula.com/

HULA's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joinhula

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