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It’s Friday, and it’s time for our weekly round up. This week, reportage from one of the Muslim consumer markets leading fashion exhibitions, plus the best insights from markets around the world.

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Worth an estimated $96 billion, the Muslim fashion industry is an attractive opportunity for brands. For Indonesia, already a leading name in Muslim fashion, the goal is to become the centre of the Muslim Fashion World by 2020. It is home to the Indonesia Islamic Fashion fair, and this year held its fourth annual event, bringing together designers and brands. As such, we were fascinated to attend, and were invited to speak in one of the seminar sessions titled: “Identify Your DNA Branding and Marketing for Fashion Business”. This post is from our team in Indonesia, revealing some of the trends and designers developing Indonesia’s industry, along with our thoughts on creating a unique Indonesian Muslim fashion brand.

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