Multi-Brand Boutiques, Independent Designers Meeting Niche Demand Coterie, Shanghai (Image: Nuandao) A population of well over 1.3 billion, one of the world’s fastest-growing luxury markets, and a well-publicized “myopia epidemic“: for high-end eyewear brands and designers, China looks like a slam dunk. Driven by the same factors as the multi-brand boutique trend now sweeping through…
Month: March 2019
Burberry Stands Out As Bright Spot In China Slowdown News
First-Quarter Downshift Leaves Luxe Brands Pondering New Strategies Burberry’s Beijing flagship store, which opened in 2011. (Timothy Coghlan/The Maosuit) This week’s report of China’s surprisingly slow first-quarter GDP growth has left luxury giants such as LVMH grappling with dismaying headlines and decreasing stock prices. Compounding the worries, the news came amidst a general months-long slowdown in China’s luxury market, sparked…
Birkins And Booze: Chinese Big Spenders Defy Fears Of Luxury Slowdown
Hermès Reported 13.4 Percent Rise In Q2 2012 Sales The Hermes store on Hong Kong's Canton Road remains a must-visit for mainland Chinese tourist-shoppers Following two years of staggering growth in China’s luxury sector, major luxury brands with huge retail footprints in mainland China have had a more challenging year, with Burberry and jeweler Chow…
Mulberry Makes Mainland China Debut In Beijing
British Leather Goods Brand Opens Location At China World Mall Mulberry’s first mainland China boutique at China World Mall in Beijing Perhaps looking to capitalize on the popularity of its “Alexa” bag among China’s younger luxury lovers, recently the British hight-end brand Mulberry made its debut in Beijing. Situated in China World Mall, home to brands…
Michael Kors Hot On Coach’s Trail In China
Brand Aggressively (And Cleverly) Tackling China Market Michael Kors currently has around a dozen stores in Greater China As major luxury brands like Gucci put the brakes on their China expansion efforts in 2013, taking a more wait-and-see approach to new store openings, Michael Kors — a key player in China’s burgeoning “affordable luxury” segment…
Retro Renaissance: Shanghai Brand Ospop. Revives China’s “Blue Work Shirt”
First shown at the JUE NEXT GEN Photography Competition this March, the Shanghai-based brand Ospop.‘s “Blue Work Shirt” hearkens back to the traditional light blue, hard-wearing garment so ubiquitous throughout China from the 1950s through the 1970s. Updated with a more modern cut and details like screen-printed logos and slogans on the back and red accents under the sleeves, the new…
Burberry Jumps On Chinese New Year Bandwagon
Limited-Edition Line Available On Burberry.com Burberry's "Chinese New Year Gifts" sectionFollowing just about every other luxury brand in releasing special Chinese New Year editions, Burberry recently rolled out a campaign aimed at getting Chinese customers to part with additional cash just in time for the holidays. Offered in just about every shade of red imaginable,…
Vivienne Tam Designs Hong Kong Hotel Suite, Mulls China Expansion
861 Square Foot Suite At Hotel Icon In Tsim Sha Tsui Vivienne Tam in her Hong Kong hotel suite (Image: Gareth Jones) This week, the Guangzhou-born, Hong Kong-bred and New York-based fashion designer Vivienne Tam unveiled her latest creation: a one-of-a-kind suite at Hong Kong’s Hotel Icon. Taking up 861 square feet, the Hotel Icon…
The Olive Shoppe: Targeting China’s Fashionistas On- And Offline
Independent Designer & Online Boutique Now In Shanghai Elaine & Stanley of The Olive Shoppe (Image: Erica Ji for Jing Daily) With the demands of China’s fashion-forward demographic becoming more diverse, multi-brand boutiques are eagerly stepping in to fill an increasingly lucrative gap in the market. Along with established brick-and-mortar multi-brand stores like Hong Kong’s…
On The Scene: Adornia Fine Jewelry Joins Leading Shanghai Boutique THE VILLA
THE VILLA Known For Exposing Locals To New Brands Sara Villarreal (2nd left) of THE VILLA with Bex and Mo of Adornia (R) One of the leading high-end multi-brand boutiques in Shanghai, since its launch in 2009 THE VILLA has stood on the cutting edge of the burgeoning local fashion scene. As the only point of…