Good Opportunity For Second-Tier Brands? VIPstore is China’s answer to Gilt and other flash sale sites As global luxury brands continue to turn to the booming Chinese market, domestic e-commerce players are increasingly hoping to launch more high-end brand portfolios to cater to more sophisticated wealthy Chinese consumers. As one of China’s largest e-commerce platforms, VIPStore…
Q&A: Haizhen Wang Closes London Fashion Week
“The West And East Will Always Be Seductive To One Another” Designer Haizhen Wang (Image: Alessa Beatriz) Following Haizhen Wang‘s AW 13/14 catwalk show, which closed out this installment of London Fashion Week, Jing Daily was invited backstage to speak to the Fashion Fringe Award-winning designer. Seductively structured and unlike anything we have seen from…
China’s Top 50 Most-Searched-For Luxury Brands Reveal Changing Demand
Auto Brands Dominate In Top 50 Ranking Quentin Shih for Audi This week, the Luxury Society and Digital Luxury Group released their new index of the top 50 most-search-for luxury brands in China. The first installment of the World Luxury Index, the ranking covers more than 400 brands within six key segments (fashion, beauty, jewelry, cars,…
Hugo Boss Goes Global With China-Centered Campaign
Video Campaign, Live Webcast, Social Media To Showcase Shanghai Runway Show To World Audience Taiwanese model and actress Lin Chi-ling in a still from Hugo Boss’s new video campaign to promote its upcoming Shanghai fashion show. (Hugo Boss) German label Hugo Boss recently launched an online video campaign with a cosmopolitan flair to promote its upcoming May 30…
China And Italy To Meet At Milano Fashion Global Summit 2012
Two Tailors In A Global Market Discuss The Future Of Business & Fashion Milano Fashion Global Summit 2012 This September, two titans of the world’s luxury fashion industry, China and Italy, will come together at the 2012 Milano Fashion Global Summit — an international gathering of fashion’s key players and other leading personalities at Milan’s Palazzo Mezzanotte….
Trussardi Turns Eye To China Market
Century-Old Italian Brand Opened First China Store This Year Trussardi This week, China Daily speaks to Thomaso Trussardi, fourth-generation helmsman of Italy’s Trussardi Group, which specializes in apparel and accessories. Having recently opened its first mainland China location in Shanghai, the brand is now looking for continued expansion in the country to offset slower growth…
The Best Of Jing Daily’s “10 Minutes With…” Series (Part Two)
A look back at the best of Jing Daily’s Q&A series, from designer Paola Sinisterra and painter Hong Ling to rising fashion star Haizhen Wang, coffee evangelist Mike Fung, and foodie extraordinaire Janice Leung. 10 Minutes With…Paola Sinisterra Of HK Label Tangram Brimming with infectious energy, Colombia-born, Hong Kong-based Paola Sinisterra has become one of…
Swatch To Collaborate With Chinese Designer Uma Wang
Wang Recently Won Audi Progressive Designer 2011 Award Uma Wang was profiled earlier this year by VOGUE Italia Following previous collaborations with designers like Jeremy Scott, Manish Arora and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, the art-focused Swiss watchmaker Swatch has tapped the Chinese fashion designer Uma Wang for its next international partnership. One of the most high-profile…
Survey: More Chinese Luxury Consumers Shopping Locally
Chinese Shoppers Prefer To Buy Watches, Cosmetics, Apparel, Shoes, Wine & Cigars In Mainland China The Hermes store on Hong Kong's Canton Road remains a must-visit for mainland Chinese tourist-shoppers Bucking one of the defining trends of China’s luxury market, that of mainland Chinese luxury consumers traveling abroad or to Hong Kong to stock up…
Galeries Lafayette Details 2013 Beijing “Reboot,” China Expansion
Galeries Lafayette Beijing Will Reportedly Open September 1, 2013 Chinese tourist-shoppers congregate at shopping malls like the Galeries Lafayette in Paris 15 years after the Parisian luxury shopping mainstay Galeries Lafayette opened a Beijing outpost on Wangfujing, and nearly 14 years after the location shuttered due to disappointing sales, more details are emerging about its…