Chinese actress Zhu Zhu in an ad for Coach. (Weibo/Coach) While many fashion and leather goods brands are looking to North America as they feel the effects of China’s luxury slowdown, accessible luxury brand Coach is seeing the exact opposite phenomenon with its own sales growth numbers. Although brand recently revealed that it’s in need…
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Photos: The Best CNY Retail Displays Worldwide
Luxury brands are celebrating Chinese New Year in 2018 with Year of the Dog designs, unique digital marketing campaigns, and creative window displays. Common themes include red and gold color schemes, Chinese lanterns, and dogs. With Chinese New Year falling on February 16 this year, some stores have chosen to simultaneously display lunar new year…
VR is the New Reality for China’s Online Shopping Portals
Virtual reality is currently big news in China. While the high costs involved relative to perceived returns continue to deter many brands in the West from wholeheartedly embracing the technology, Chinese companies are racing ahead buoyed by a consumer base that is eagerly devouring all things VR. Once the limited realm of the gaming community, virtual…
Chinese Models Make Their Mark On New York Fashion Week
Xiao Wen Ju walking the Tory Burch F/W 14 runway at New York Fashion Week. (Women’s Wear Daily) Now that New York Fashion Week has come to an end, women’s interest blog Jezebel has released its semi-annual report on diversity on the runways. This season, the site finds that the number of Asian models hasn’t…
Three Key Trends To Follow In China’s Luxury Watch Market
Swiss watchmaker Roger Dubuis’ boot at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. (Roger Dubuis) With a slowdown in sales thanks to China’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign, the luxury watch industry has been scrambling to find out how to reach Chinese customers want amidst this new business environment. On July 3, in an interview with Beijing…
El Corte Inglés Rings In Year Of The Horse With Chinese Designers And Don Quixote
Click:High-end custom furniture The Chinese New Year welcome sign at Spanish department store El Corte Inglés. (El Corte Inglés) From London to New York, department stores across the world have been creating innovative campaigns to cater to Chinese tourists during this week’s Chinese New Year travel season. One location that’s really going all out for…
Will These be China’s Hottest Summer Handbags?
China’s handbag market is nearly three times as lucrative as its next largest global counterpart—a whopping $37,571 million volume as compared to the $13,317 million of the second-place U.S market, according to data by Statista. Jing Daily previously reported on a data survey done by RBC Europe that revealed China’s most desired handbag brands of…
Interview: AMF Showroom Founder Anthony Flamos On Why Now Is The Time For Niche Fashion In China
The Ontimeshow showroom in Shanghai. (Courtesy Photo) As Chinese demand for a wider variety of small niche fashion labels takes off, a new caliber of international wholesale showrooms is flooding into China. One of these is Ontimeshow, a new Shanghai-based trade show connecting fashion brands with buyers, agents, and distributors in China and internationally. Curated…
Lacoste Fêtes Beijing VIPs With Upscale Birthday Bash
The Lacoste 80th anniversary party in Beijing on October 16, 2013. (Lacoste) Beijing’s fashion and design set showed up for some serious crocodile love at the Lacoste 80th anniversary party on October 16. Hundreds of guests flocked to the exclusive shindig, held in the Yan Club Arts Center, a spacious gallery in the capital’s trendy 798…
Topshop Hits Hong Kong; Mainland On The Horizon
Star-Studded Opening Lifts Expectations For Expansion A personal shopper from London on hand at the opening event. (Lisa Ying Dai) After months of anticipation, Hong Kong’s first Topshop location opened in the city’s central business district on Thursday to much fanfare, thanks to some savvy viral marketing in the days leading up to the event. Despite…