Leave it to Club America to negotiate a transfer with a team whose coach doesn’t even want the player in question. The player in question, Memo Ochoa, is counting the seconds for 2010 to end. It should have been a breakout year for the Club America goalkeeper. It has turned out to be anything…
Santos Rips Defeat from Victory's Tight Grip
Oswaldo Sanchez let it slip away…literally I thought he had stopped it. Santos coach, Ruben Omar Romano thought he had stopped it. But no, the ball slipped right under Oswaldo Sanchez’s person, and the goalie swatted helplessly at the ball to try and keep it out of the goal. If he had succeeded, Santos would…
Almost Everyone Hates MLS.
Ricardo Clark said a few weeks ago what everyone knew and no one wanted to admit – "MLS" stands for "Must Leave Soonest." Well, that's life in modern big-time football, for everyone below the Big Four (or Big Three, if the Bundesliga is going through one of its periods of self-doubt and ennui). From Scotland…
Hugo Boss Signs JV Agreement With Rainbow Group (Follow-Up)
German Fashion House Expects Modest Growth In 2010 After Dip In Sales Last Year Hugo Boss hopes to open 20 new locations in China annually (Image: 家纳福) This May, Jing Daily reported on rumors that Hugo Boss was thinking of forming a joint venture with the Macau-based fashion retailer Rainbow “to tap rising Chinese consumer…
Shanghai Watch Looks To Join Ranks Of Elite Brands
Brand Has Worked On Reinvention Campaign For Two Years; Factory Has Been In Production Since 1955 Shanghai creative agency Jellymon's collaboration with Shanghai Watch came out in 2009 Although most of the world’s top watchmakers remain cozily ensconced within the borders of Switzerland, as with most luxury industries “the Chinese are coming”…in this case, to…
Selling To The Chinese: Digital & Social Media Marketing
Observations Suggest Brands That Court Younger Customers Digitally Might Come Out Ahead New department stores like Lane Crawford in Beijing have increased the number of luxury brands available to potential buyers in Beijing While many luxury brands are counting on ostensibly luxury- and brand-mad Chinese consumers to bring in steady profits for the foreseeable…
China’s Top 10 Domestic Luxury Brands Of 2010
Netizens Vote On Favorite Brands, Gifts, Celebrities Of The Year The top brand of 2010 among NobleChinese readers: Wuliangye baijiu Now that 2010 is winding down, it’s about that time for the annual “Top 10” lists to start appearing. This week, the Chinese luxury portal NobleChinese went the extra mile and actually posted several top…
Egyptian Suit Maker Tripling Production On China Demand
Arafa of Egypt Reorganizing To Focus On High-End 1 billion black suits China may have its own aspiring luxury suit brands (previously), but the Chinese high-end suit market looks like it’s set to get a little more crowded. This week, the Egyptian textile company Al Arafa Investments and Consulting announced that it plans to triple production…
Louis Vuitton Turns To China For Inspiration
Spring-Summer 2011 Menswear Collection Incorporate Chinese, Asian Design Touches Chinese influence on display One of the interesting effects of China becoming the second-largest luxury market in the world has been the gradual influence of Chinese design in recent collections by major designers. Late last year, we saw this in Chanel’s pre-fall collection (debuted in Shanghai),…
Prada Teams Up With Chinese Artist Yang Fudong For “First Spring”
Black-And-White Film Follows Trend Of Fashion Houses Heading To Shanghai For Inspiration Image courtesy Prada/Yang Fudong It seems that Shanghai is becoming the go-to spot for the world’s top fashion brands, not only for new customers but for inspiration as well. Last month, Karl Lagerfeld held his “Maison d’Arts” show at the new Chanel boutique…