Milan Label Evades Slowdown Woes After Year Of Expansion Last year’s Armani runway show in Beijing. (Women’s Wear Daily) Providing further evidence that some companies have not been hit by China’s luxury slowdown as hard as others, Armani just reported 39 percent profit gains in the country, giving a boost to its overall 20 percent…
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Amid Market Turbulence, More Chinese Investors May Turn To Art
Click:Hair chalk Gift set Global Market Turmoil, Few Investment Options, Rampant Inflation Should See More New Chinese Collectors Bidding This Fall Art, watches, wine: Chinese collectors flock to auction hotspots like Hong Kong and Beijing in their search for stable portable investments With global financial markets around the world reacting violently to the debt problems…
Louis Vuitton “Paris-Shanghai” Exhibition Travels To Hangzhou
Hangzhou MixC Location Was Louis Vuitton’s Eighth China Flagship Louis Vuitton exhibition, Hangzhou Commemorating the journey of the Louis Vuitton Express from Paris to Shanghai this July, LV’s “Paris-Shanghai” exhibition recently hit the luxury giant’s Hangzhou flagship at MixC mall. Designed to resemble a set of vintage Louis Vuitton luggage, the exhibition is located in…
Hong Huang’s Beijing Boutique, Brand New China (BNC) Signs First In-House Fashion Designer
Hong: “There Is Hope For China’s Fashion Industry” Young designer Xiang Yaodong Hong Huang, publisher of the influential lifestyle magazine iLook, tireless promoter of home-grown Chinese fashion design, and proprietress of the “designed in China” boutique Brand New China (BNC), has signed the fresh ESMOD Beijing graduate Xiang Yaodong (项耀东) as the first in-house designer for her…
Label Overload: How Many More Western Brands Can The Chinese Market Sustain?
“Doing Business In Greater China Has Become Very Expensive” Abercrombie & Fitch opened its inaugural Hong Kong flagship on August 11, 2012 Abercrombie & Fitch, Jack Wills, and COS are just a few of numerous mid- to high-end Western brands to open stores (and offices) in Hong Kong last year, with iconic British brand Topshop…
Chanel Looking “50 Years” Ahead In China
Recent Comments Emphasize Company’s Long-Term China Strategy Karl Lagerfeld with models in looks from the Chanel Resort 2014 collection. (Women’s Wear Daily) The importance of Asia’s fashion market was front and center Thursday night as Chanel presented its 2014 resort collection in Singapore. Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel fashion, told Women’s Wear Daily that Asia as a…
American Shoemaker Allen Edmonds To Be “Soled” In The USA, “Sold” In China
Allen Edmonds Banking On Greater Interest In Hand-Made American Goods On wing(tip)s to China: Allen Edmonds Long a favored brand among quality-minded Americans, several presidents among them, the Wisconsin-based shoemaker Allen Edmonds today announced plans to expand into China while keeping its manufacturing base planted firmly in the USA. Though the American Apparel & Footwear…
Eying Mainland China, Balmain Debuts In Hong Kong
New Boutique Opens At Harbour City Balmain at Harbour City (Image: Butterboom) Previously sold only at local multi-brand retailers Lane Crawford, Joyce and Swank, recently the Parisian fashion label Balmain unveiled its first dedicated boutique in Hong Kong. Located at luxury magnet Harbour City — a favorite stop in the city among visiting mainland Chinese…
Richemont Counts On Europe-Bound Chinese Tourists
Luxury Group’s European Sales Rose 19 Percent, Driven By Free-Spending Chinese Travelers Regular price increases will not push a significant number of Chinese consumers to shop at home, at least in the short term Despite massive investment in expansion throughout Asia, particularly in emerging markets like mainland China, major luxury groups continue to find that many Asian…
Hong Kong Retailer JOYCE Launches Romeo Gigli Pop-Up In Venice
Pop-Up Features Photos By Chen Man Romeo Gigli x JOYCE pop-up Following its unveiling in Beijing and Hong Kong last month, Italian designer Romeo Gigli‘s comeback collection for Hong Kong retailer JOYCE hit Venice last week as filmmakers, celebrities and VIPs descended upon the city for its annual film festival. Located at Calle de Ridotto,…