Turning Up In Style With MBT

Andy Chaw, Founder, Trendz360

15-Oct-24 10:00

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On this episode of Open For Business, we speak with Andy Chaw, Founder of Trendz360. They’re a global lifestyle group with wholly owned subsidiaries in 8 markets, with Singapore being their central base of operations. Andy will be giving us a sense of the growth and evolution of Trendz360 from inception to the global brand distributor that the business is today, the challenges of managing a global company and how they have evolved over the years as well as his vision for the future of lifestyle retail and wholesale distribution with Trendz360.

Produced by: Kishan Sivaswamy

Presented by: Richard Bradbury

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Categories: markets, managing, international, sports, entrepreneurs

Tags: Style360, global lifestyle group, brand distributor, retail, wholesale,

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