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The China Edit | China's Temperature, Magazines, Hong Kong Protests, US Retailers

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

"Taking China's Temperature" (The Business of Fashion)
"When it depends on one nation more than ever before, how concerned should the global fashion industry be about a less-than-feverish Chinese market?"

"Small is Beautiful Too" (The Business of Fashion)
"In China's fashion market, making a statement used to be a matter of muscle and might. But 'doing things big' is no longer the only way to succeed."

"Special Editions Target Chinese Travellers" (The Business of Fashion)
"The French, English and even Arabic editions of the world's most elite fashion magazines are bending over backwards to speak to the rising flow of Chinese tourists in their own language."

"Hong Kong Counts Cost of Protests on Core Shopping Districts(Reuters)
"Hong Kong is expected to report a drop in October retail sales on Monday, providing the first broad look at the impact of pro-democracy protests on core shopping areas after demonstrators blocked key roads and scared off mainland Chinese tourists."

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"Beijing shop bans.... Chinese customers" (The Telegraph)
"Clothing shop in Chinese capital has angered domestic customers by banning them from entering the store."

"US Retailers Target Alibaba over Sales Tax 'Loophole'" (The Financial Times)
"Alibaba is taking on Amazon's habitual role as public enemy number one for traditional US retailers, as the Chinese ecommerce group is dragged into a political fight in Washington over its global ambitions."

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