Big Winners Include “Gallants” And “Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame” Actress JJ Jia and producer Gordon Lam accepting the Best Film award for “Gallants” (Image: Vincent Yu/AP) The 30th annual Hong Kong Film Awards, sponsored by Piaget, were held on April 17 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, with the big…
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Brand To Watch: Gioia Pan
The “Queen Of Knits” Showcases Individuality And Detail At Top China Trade Fair Next week’s 9th Shanghai Textile & Apparel Trade Fair (April 17-19) is likely to draw the mainland’s top fashion designers—as well as Taiwanese contenders, who continue to make their mark with Chinese consumers. One of the brands to watch this year is…
Chinese Media Giants In War Of Words Over Luxury Consumption
Media Mogul Hong Huang And TV Anchor Rui Chenggang Duke It Out Online Rui Chenggang’s latest target is luxury consumption (Image: ifeng.com) Recently, Rui Chenggang, a regular publicity stunt instigator and anchor of the prime-time television CCTV (China Central Television) program BizChina, posted a series of messages on his Sina Weibo haranguing major global luxury brands…
DSQUARED2 Launches Chinese E-Commerce “Flagship”
Canadian Brand Working With Yoox The new DSQUARED2 Chinese online store Coming off a year in which major luxury and fashion brands continued to build new and increasingly lavish brick-and-mortar stores throughout China, it appears that 2012 could be the year of the online flagship in China. Looking to take advantage of China’s booming (but…
Coach Takes To Weibo With Year Of The Dragon E-Cards
Coach Recently Debuted Collaboration With Artist Zhang Lan Coach launches "Greeting Red Pocket" program through its website (Image: Weibo.com) Continuing its Year of the Dragon collaboration with artist Zhang Lan, Coach recently launched a special e-card feature on its official Chinese-language website, designed to let people share Chinese New Year greetings with friends. The latest…
Yoox China x Naomi Campbell: Fashion With A Cause
Click:motorcycle helmet E-Tailer Taps Campbell & Five Major Designers For Campaign Yoox China x Fashion For Relief To commemorate its launch in China, Milan-based designer discount e-commerce site Yoox recently teamed up with British supermodel Naomi Campbell and her not-for-profit charitable initiative, Fashion for Relief. To benefit the cause, five leading names in global and Chinese fashion…
Reversing 2012 Slowdown In China, Burberry Is Back
Double-Digit Sales Growth For Hong Kong and Mainland China Burberry currently has over 60 stores in China and sees scope for up to 100 Rebounding from a global sales slowdown in September of last year that sent tremors through high-end brands across the Chinese market, this week British luxury brand Burberry reported optimistic tidings for the…
What Gucci’s New Tiered Model Could Mean For China’s Luxury Market
“The Key Is Being Able To Vary Our Product Offering In Line With Your Customers’ Aspirations” Gucci flagship in Chongqing Industry experts have long known that the Chinese market is far from homogeneous. With a tiered socioeconomic landscape, an aspiring middle class, and varying levels of taste, sophistication, and connoisseurship, hitting the Chinese target is…
Chinese Luxury E-Commerce Sites Hitting Wall As Foreign Competitors Close In
Neiman Marcus Recently Announced US$28 Million Investment In Glamour Sales Holding The Outnet recently launched in Chinese Despite booming demand and strong sales, the shakeout in China’s luxury e-commerce market that Jing Daily predicted we’d see at some point in 2012 is already starting to become apparent. Due to a raft of poor fundamentals, including…
10 Minutes With…Shanghai Avant-Garde Tastemaker Yin Jiasheng
More Shanghai Shoppers Turning Away From Mass Market Labels Image: Erica Ji for Jing Daily From Front Row to Alter, Le Lutin to THE VILLA, The Olive Shoppe to Dong Liang, Triple-Major to B.Y., in recent years Shanghai has become the epicenter of China’s growing independent multi-brand boutique scene. Since opening its doors nearly three years ago, SPACESHIP by TIPS has staked out…