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Proposed Innovation Strategy for Streetwear MSMEs using TOWS: Asbhoel

MSMEs in Indonesia, especially in the fashion sector, have experienced significant growth. One of the fashion lines that continues to grow and is popular among Indonesians is streetwear. As a fashion center, Bandung has one of the leading streetwear founded in 2013, namely Asbhoel. A company ideally has stable sales because it shows that the company has the right strategy to maintain sales levels. At Asbhoel, there is a problem of decreasing turnover from 2019 to 2022 due to changes in consumer behavior after the Covid-19 Pandemic. This research was conducted to provide proposed strategy innovation on the problem limitations of the suitable business strategy in dealing with changes in consumer behavior after the Covid-19 Pandemic, which decreased Asbhoel’s turnover. The research method used is qualitative. Data were obtained by exploring literature studies on the development of the fashion industry, streetwear trends in Indonesia, increase in the number and revenue of fashion MSMEs, the contribution of the fashion industry sector to Indonesia’s GDP, business development, and business strategies to increase sales. The data was also obtained from interviews with owners to get sales data for 2019 to 2022 and other analysis-supporting data. The data brought were then analyzed using PESTEL, Porter’s Five Forces, dan Competitor Analysis as an external analysis method to determine environmental conditions outside the company as well as Resource-Based View and Value Chain Analysis as an internal analysis method to determine environmental conditions within the company, which is then processed using TOWS to formulate strategic innovations for UMKM Asbhoel.