NPR Interview With Nicholas Lardy Of The Peterson Institute for International Economics Discusses How To Make “‘Made In China’ Mean Luxury” High-end fashion brands like Shanghai Tang are part of the first wave of Chinese luxury brands from the mainland and Hong Kong We’ve written before about domestic Chinese luxury brands, and the way these…
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China A Key Market For Canadian Fur Producers
Popularity Of Fur In Emerging Markets Offsets Plummeting Demand In Western Markets, Overcapacity Feared Growth in demand for fur has been a godsend for many Canadian furriers. But will this demand last in the face of growing competition and luxury fatigue? Canada’s Globe and Mail recently posted an interesting article about the fur trade in…
Confusion On Brand Origin Reigns Among Chinese Consumers
Lack Of Clear Understanding On Brand Origin Imperils Large-Scale Brand Launches In China 90% of Chinese consumers surveyed by McKinsey mistakenly believed the Chinese retailer Metersbonwe was foreign Recently, Jing Daily looked at the growing ubiquity of “fast fashion” retailers throughout China, noting that some home-grown Chinese companies (particularly ME&CITY) are taking advantage of a…
Chinese Luxury Brand NE-TIGER Bursts Onto Shanghai Scene
New Boutique Sits Alongside Louis Vuitton, Zegna And Others At Lippo Plaza NE-TIGER's new boutique is located in Lippo Plaza on Huaihai Road M In a New York Times article today on the Chinese luxury market, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau wraps up her look at the Chinese obsession with Western labels by asking: “Where are the…
Marc Jacobs Opens New HK Flagship On Canton Road
Marc Jacobs Expands in Hong Kong With Second Flagship At Harbour City Marc Jacobs flagship on Canton Road Located on the popular Canton Road in Hong Kong, Marc Jacobs recently opened a new flagship location in Hong Kong. The store was designed by Stephan Jaklitsch Architects, who also designed the existing Marc Jacobs Collection store…
Will London Luxury Boutiques Soon Stock Chinese Yuan?
British Retailers Buoyant About Increasing Chinese Tourist-Shoppers, But Limitations Remain Coming to a luxury boutique near you? This week, the New York Times covered the gradual internationalization of China’s currency, the renminbi (RMB) or yuan, noting that the country has taken several tentative steps towards making the RMB a global currency in recent years, from…
Burberry Set To Open Largest Asia Flagship In Beijing
1,200 Square Meter Flagship At Sparkle Roll Plaza To Open December 16 Burberry's flagship at Sparkle Roll Plaza will be its largest in Asia It’s been a good year for Burberry in China, with the British luxury brand expanding at a breakneck pace throughout the country and sales rising 25% since July, when Burberry bought…
Hermès Launches Shang Xia In Shanghai: Jing Daily’s Exclusive Coverage
Media Event Attended By Jing Daily, Noblesse, Hong Kong Journal, Time Out Magazine, FHM And More Shang Xia, three years in the making Today in Shanghai, Jing Daily had the privilege of attending a media event hosted by Hermès’ new “created in China” luxury brand Shang Xia, the first-ever Chinese high-end lifestyle brand built from the ground…
Japanese Lingerie Brand Peach John Launches In Shanghai
Bund Retail Location Is Brand’s First In Mainland China Mika Noguchi (L) and "Angelababy" (R) (Photo courtesy OnlyLady) While it may be virtually unknown in the West, the Tokyo-based lingerie brand Peach John has quietly become Japan’s answer to more established companies like Victoria’s Secret or Triumph. Focused primarily at the teen-20s demographic and priced…
China’s Middle Class: The Luxury Market’s Long-Term Engine
Already Numbering Over 100 Million, The Chinese Middle Class Is Powering China’s Luxury Market Luxury brands like Louis Vuitton often employ larger-than-life marketing techniques in the Chinese market, as their Shanghai location reflects China’s luxury market has gained a lot of attention this year, mainly because it remains one of the few global markets where…