New Straits Times

FashionVal­et targets West Asian market as part of growth plans

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KUALA LUMPUR: FashionVal­et, Malaysia’s first online fashion store, aims to penetrate the West Asian market as it sees high demand from the region.

Its founder, Vivy Yusof, said the demand from West

Asia was due to FashionVal­et’s offerings that suited the community.

“As e-commerce operators, our business models need to change to remain relevant and viable.

“So, the move to penetrate the West Asian market is one of FashionVal­et’s growth plans,” she said after a session on “Driving high-impact entreprene­urs” at the CIMB 10th Annual Malaysia Corporate Day, here, yesterday.

Vivy is in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2017 list of top 300 successful individual­s in the region.

Apart from online sales, FashionVal­et also has boutiques in Bangsar Village and Pavilion shopping malls, here. It is the company’s way of extending its products to shoppers

“This year, we aim to open two or three boutiques in the country to support the e-commerce segment as well as FashionVal­et vendors,” said Vivy.

She said since the setting up of FashionVal­et in 2010, the company had recorded growth of between 90 and 100 per cent annually. “Looking at the trend of e-commerce, it is expected to be a more exciting year after a challengin­g 2017. This is because last year, too many new e-commerce stores and fashion brands have emerged, which created stiff competitio­n.” Nabil Basaruddin

As ecommerce operators, our business models need to change to remain relevant and viable.

VIVY YUSOF

FashionVal­et founder

 ??  ?? CIMB Group Holdings Bhd group chief strategy officer Gurdip Singh (left) moderating a session at the CIMB 10th Annual Malaysia Corporate Day in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. With him are FashionVal­et co-founder Vivy Yusof (second from left) and other...
CIMB Group Holdings Bhd group chief strategy officer Gurdip Singh (left) moderating a session at the CIMB 10th Annual Malaysia Corporate Day in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. With him are FashionVal­et co-founder Vivy Yusof (second from left) and other...

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