The Growth Of China’s Luxury Market “Is Alluring. But…In The Early Stages” A roundup of news from China’s luxury retail market, from the difficulties facing naïve brands in China to Tory Burch’s digital success and the Luxury Institute’s newest Luxury Brands Status Index. China’s Luxury Market is No Bed of Roses (Wall Street Journal) Chow…
Month: March 2019
Event Watch: Triple-Major + Isis Gallery “Nomad Store” (London)
Beijing Multi-Brand Boutique Made Name For Itself In Record Time Triple Major + Isis Gallery Nomad Store Founded in Beijing in 2010, the multi-brand retailer Triple-Major has quickly become one of China’s most interesting and active go-to spots for young and fashionable urbanites. In addition to the exhibitions and special in-house collections and collaborations that…
Dior Launches Beijing Pop-Up Shop
One-Month Pop-Up Showcases Raf Simons’ First Dior Collection Coming off its recent “Bar Jacket” exhibition at Seasons Place, this weekend Dior launched a monthlong pop-up shop at I.T Beijing Market in Sanlitun, part of a global campaign to promote Raf Simons’ first collection for the luxury house. One of a handful of multi-brand stores to…
Fashion Editor, He Zhi: China Luxury Market Needs Attitude Adjustment
Zhi Outspoken Advocate Of Individual Style Over Brand Worship Men’s fashion editor, He Zhi (Image: YOKA) Although observers of China’s rapidly growing luxury market can sometimes pin urban Chinese fashion lovers down as brand-worshipping consumers one and all, in recent years China’s influential lifestyle and fashion press has produced an increasing chorus of contrary voices,…
Beyond Sales, China’s Luxury E-Tailers Seek Image Consultants
Click:electronic products manufacturer Zhenpin.com Offers Image Consultation Services In Beijing & Shanghai Zhenpin features profiles of its image consultants for customers to peruse First popularized in Europe and the US, image consultation services have started to catch on among China’s burgeoning high-end e-tailers. Facing intense competition from home-grown and global players alike, relative newcomer Zhenpin.com apparently took…
Second-Hand Luxury Losing Stigma In China
“It’s Exactly The Same As The Second-Hand Luxury Market In Japan 10 Years Ago” Fickle gift recipients or regular shoppers have contributed to the rise of the luxury second-hand shop in China What Jing Daily referred to as the “spreading wildfire of luxury second-hand shops in China” last year continues to rage in China’s first-…
Hong Kong Niche Boutique Medium Rare Hits Beijing
Retailer Stocks Emerging Brands Like The Viridi-anne, forme d’expression, incarnation Medium Rare Beijing, at Sanlitun Village With the emergence of a niche buyer base for lesser-known fashion brands and designers in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, a handful of curated multi-designer stores have opened in (or expanded into) the Chinese Mainland in recent years. From…
Topshop Nods To China With “The Lanterns” Mini-Movie
Topshop’s First Chinese New Year Campaign Topshop: "The Lanterns" Though Topshop won’t have a physical store in China until its first flagship in Hong Kong opens this May, the British brand has been hard at work making overtures to what it hopes will be one of its most promising new markets. In preparation for the flagship opening,…
Gucci Artisan Corner Drops By Wenzhou
Gucci’s globetrotting Artisan Corner — at which craftspersons visit select stores to take part in live workshops — makes a stop in Wenzhou this week. Taking place from November 22-25 at Wenzhou Intime Center, the event will give locals a chance to see the assembly and finishing process on handbags like the Bamboo, New Jackie, New…
Alexa Chung Models For Chinese Fast Fashion Brand, ME&CITY
Brand Previously Worked With Orlando Bloom And Agyness Deyn Alexa Chung (C) for ME&CITY This week, the Chinese fast fashion retailer ME&CITY released promotional shots for its A/W 2011 collection, which feature British “It Girl” Alexa Chung sporting the brand’s new looks on a rooftop in Paris. Shot by photographer Feng Zhikai (冯志凯), this campaign marks…