Author(s)

Yiyao Zhu^*

School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

Recent years, more and more independent designer brands have stepped into public’s awareness, becoming a newly emerging force of online apparel sales. In this context, brand managing company and corresponding electronic business platform only for independent designer brands emerge gradually as the time requires. Brand managing company means a company who possesses or cooperates with many independent designer brands. Some of these brand managing companies are originated from traditional fashion apparel company. The objective of this research is to describe and explain the developing trend of the apparel industry, brand managing company and independent designers in China. And the outline is also according to these three parts.

Independent Designer Brand, Online Platform, O2O, Apparel Industry, Brand Managing Company, Developing Trend

Zhu, Y. (2015) The Developing Trend of Independent Designer Brands and Brand Managing Company in China. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 3, 106-110. doi: 10.4236/jss.2015.311013.