Italian Retail Giant RDM Will Build Five “Florentia Village” Outlet Centers The first "Florentia Village" near Tianjin (Graphic: Value Retail News) With pawn shops and second-hand shops specializing in luxury goods growing in number, and a handful of upstarts adapting the “flash sale” model for the Chinese market, it was only a matter of time…
Month: March 2019
New York Fashion Week: Chinese Supermodel Standouts, But “Whitest In Years”
New York Fashion Week Stacks Up As Least Diverse In Recent Years Liu Wen in Jason Wu’s Fall 2011 Show. Photo: Marcus Tondo / GoRunway.com This week, Jezebel released their seasonal report on New York Fashion Week, and found that this year was the least diverse since 2008. While white models walked an 84.8 percent…
Does Japan’s Horiyoshi The Third Have A Chance In The China Market?
Year-Old Company Produces Clothing & Accessories With Designs By Japanese Tattoo Artist, Yoshihito Nakano (Horiyoshi III) Horiyoshi the Third is designed and manufactured in Japan (Image: PR) Only one year after its founding, and weeks after securing $5 million in financing from the Milan-based investment group, Zyndy Trade Corp., the Japanese fashion company Horiyoshi Worldwide…
Weekend Event Roundup: Calvin Klein, Minsheng Art Museum In Shanghai
Increasing Number Of Cultural Events Hope To Strike Balance With Shanghai’s Business Reputation Calvin Klein's Fall collection was debuted in Shanghai this weekend Although Shanghai’s status as a global business hub has been on the rise for years, only recently has the city seriously sought to contend with Beijing for the crown of China’s arts…
A Chinese Demographic Not To Neglect: Trendy, Big-Spending Men
80% Of Wealthy Male Chinese Consumers Between 18-44 Years Of Age One of the faces of "he fashion" in China: athlete Liu Xiang (Image: 163.com) This May, Jing Daily translated an interesting Chinese-language article that outlined an emerging trend it called “he fashion” in major Chinese cities, exemplified by a growing number of relatively wealthy,…
Looking Back: A Decade Of Change In The Chinese Luxury Market
China’s Profile Grows From Insignificant To Industry Driver Within 10 Years Cartier's Treasures exhibition took place at the Forbidden City in Beijing from Sep. 5 – Nov. 22, 2009 (Image: Cartier) This week, the Chinese site Fashion & Beauty takes a look back at the last decade in the Chinese luxury market, illustrating how quickly it’s come…
Video: Chanel’s “Maison d’Arts” Show In Shanghai
Show Puts China’s Burgeoning Fashion Scene On A Global Stage We covered Chanel’s Shanghai fashion show, a follow-up to last year’s Metier d’Arts show in Moscow, last week. According to the following videos (more viewable on Luxuo), the show was a great success, and has given Chanel’s brand new Shanghai boutique some incredibly valuable press. As…
50% Of Luxury Purchases By Chinese In 2009 Were Gifts: Survey
Chinese Luxury Consumers Spend Lavishly On Gifts; Follows Previous Studies Showing Men, Businesspeople Top Buyers Hong Kong is a shopper's paradise. For many mainland Chinese luxury buyers, it's the first stop on their global shopping tour. Last year, in their book “Luxury China: Market Opportunities and Potential,” Pierre Lu and Michel Chevalier wrote that luxury…
Valentino Eyes China Expansion In 2010
Valentino SpA CEO Stefano Sassi Says Retailing Revenue Rose At “Double-Digit” Pace In Last Two Months 华伦天奴SPA CEO Stefano Sassi 说，上两个月的零售收入 Valentino Fashion also includes German suit-maker Hugo Boss AG and licenses for Marlboro Classics and M Missoni. Late last year, the Italian fashion house Valentino SpA announced that China sales of the brands…
Zhao Yunhu: China Should Have Louder Voice In Luxury Industry (Jing Archives)
President Of Shenzhen Copais Calls For Cultivating Chinese Design Talent Zhao Yunhu (Image: dbw.cn) Earlier this year, Zhang Zhifeng, the founder and Chief Art Director of the Chinese fashion house NE-TIGER said that Chinese luxury brands need to be bold enough to break with the prevailing Western-centric fashion order and create and play by their own rules…