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The China Edit | Gogoboi, Female Online Shoppers, E-Commerce

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.

Kate Abnett

16 December 2014

"The Business of Blogging | Gogoboi" (The Business of Fashion)
"BoF speaks to the irrepressible Chinese fashion blogger known as Gogoboi."

"Chinese Female Online Shoppers: Not Your Stereotypical Selfless Housewives" (Forbes)
"During this year's Singles Day sale, Alibaba chairman Jack Ma thanked China's "family-impoverishing women" for unleashing their tremendous purchasing power."

"Big Retail Stores In China Are Losing To E-commerce" (Business Insider)
"One of the main challenges facing retail chains is the shopping habits of Chinese consumers."

"Vipshop: The Rising Star of China E-commerce" (Barron's)
"The richly priced online retailer has had a stellar run. But strong earnings growth could see the stock rise another 35%."

"Wealthy Chinese Are Wooed in London as Russians Pack Up and Go Home" (Bloomberg)
"From luxury retailers to law firms to banks, Londoners are jockeying to take advantage of a wave of Chinese investment and tourism."

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