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…
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…
7 For All Mankind Launches In Macau As China’s Premium Denim Market Heats Up
Levi’s, Gap, Japanese Brands Localizing For China Market Singer Li Yuchun with 7 For All Mankind president, Barry Miguel (Image: Fashion Trend Digest) As a luxury shopping destination, Macau is often overlooked in favor of nearby Hong Kong, but it appears that the city’s promotion of non-gambling entertainment may be attracting more brands to set…
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…
For Luxury Brands, Raising European Prices To Offset China No Long-Term Fix
Price Tags Remain Significantly Higher In China, Despite Rising Yuan Regular price increases will not push a significant number of Chinese consumers to shop at home, at least in the short term The yawning price gap between luxury goods sold in China and Europe has hit record highs, turning into quite the chronic headache for…
Shanghai Tang Previews New Collection On Pinterest
China Sales Rising, As Brand Pushes Global Campaigns Though China has no shortage of Pinterest clones, from Mogujie to Meilishuo and Fa Xian, the Richemont-owned, Hong Kong-based brand Shanghai Tang decided to go with the original to preview its S/S 2013 collection. Along with men’s and women’s lookbook boards, the brand’s official Pinterest page includes the…
lab concept x American Apparel Pop-Up Launches In Hong Kong
Lucky Draw Giveaways Include Lady Gaga Tickets, Trip To Los Angeles lab concept x American Apparel This week, Hong Kong retailer Lane Crawford rolls out its second partnership with American Apparel, a special pop-up space selling a range of best-selling basics, at the sprawling “lab concept” space in Admiralty’s Queensway Plaza. Having opened in stages, Lane…
In Photos: Shang Xia “A Parcel From Nature” Exhibition
Hermès-Linked Chinese Luxury Brand’s Second “Culture Object” Exhibition "A Parcel from Nature," Shang Xia's second Culture Object exhibition This week, members of the Jing Daily team attended the launch event of Shang Xia’s second annual Culture Object exhibition, “A Parcel From Nature.” On show in the atrium at Hong Kong Plaza Shanghai through May 8,…
Student-Run Fashion Label, RafflesPrivato, Makes China Debut In Shanghai
Brand Aims To Present Home-Grown Design To Wider Audience RafflesPrivato inaugural China boutique After a successful showing at this April’s Shanghai Fashion Week, RafflesPrivato, the first fashion label designed and run by design students, recently launched its inaugural China boutique at Xintiandi Style mall in Shanghai. Established last year by students and faculty from Singapore’s…
Milan, Paris, New York…Songjiang? Shanghai Plans Massive “Fashion Silicon Valley”
City Looking To Build “World-Class Creative Design Cluster & New Chinese Fashion Landmark” “Fashion Silicon Valley” will be cover around 2,000 acres when complete This week, at the otherwise not-very-newsworthy Seventh annual Asian Color Forum (第七届亚洲色彩论坛) in Shanghai, one interesting item managed to come to light. According to the Shanghai Evening News, over the next…