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The China Edit | Changing Tastes, Luxury Brands Diet, Travel Market Slows

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.
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  • Kate Abnett

"Hong Kong's Luxury Brands Confronted by Changing Chinese Tastes" (The Financial Times)
"Analysts attribute China's changing habits to several factors, including exchange rate moves, but more importantly to evolving habits and tastes."

"Luxury Brands Go on a Diet" (Bloomberg)
"The world's biggest luxury stores are starting to shutter outlets. The culprit is the Chinese consumer, who is starting to rein in spending at home and abroad."

"China's Luxury Travel Market in 2025: Slower Growth Rate Will Still Be World's Largest" (Jing Daily)
"A new report by travel technology group Amadeus has a cautious outlook on the future growth of luxury trips taken by Chinese consumers based on the repercussions of China's ongoing anti-corruption crackdown."

"JD.com CEO Mocks Alibaba's 'New Found Belief in Protecting IP'" (World Trademark Review)
"'It is becoming clear to all that a business model based on prioritising profits from the sale of cheap counterfeit products no longer resonates with increasingly sophisticated consumers.'"

"Alibaba Insists it Can Help Fight Counterfeit Brand Goods" (Reuters)
"Alibaba has said it still wanted to work with companies fighting counterfeit brand-name products, a week after the Chinese online shopping platform was kicked out of an industry coalition due to long-standing accusations that it has turned a blind eye to counterfeits."

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