Consumers
Worldview: Why China’s E-Commerce Giants Withheld Singles’ Day Results
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Russian diamonds, Botswana’s gem trading investment and India’s Diwali fashion ads.
Worldview: Why China’s E-Commerce Giants Withheld Singles’ Day Results
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Russian diamonds, Botswana’s gem trading investment and India’s Diwali fashion ads.
TikTok’s New Amazon Copycat Is Full of Cheap Chinese Goods
The app’s Shop feature, which has gone live for some US users, is plagued by the same problems with a free-for-all marketplace Amazon has faced.
TikTok’s New Amazon Copycat Is Full of Cheap Chinese Goods
The app’s Shop feature, which has gone live for some US users, is plagued by the same problems with a free-for-all marketplace Amazon has faced.
How Worried Should Fashion Be About China’s Weakened Economy?
As the country’s economy moves into deflationary territory, manufacturing output declines and a real estate crisis worsens, some consumers are becoming increasingly cautious.
How Worried Should Fashion Be About China’s Weakened Economy?
As the country’s economy moves into deflationary territory, manufacturing output declines and a real estate crisis worsens, some consumers are becoming increasingly cautious.
How to Tap China’s Luxury Market As Recovery Falters
Luxury brands are betting on store upgrades, tax-free shopping and VIC strategies to drive sales in China, writes Pierre Mallevays.
How to Tap China’s Luxury Market As Recovery Falters
Luxury brands are betting on store upgrades, tax-free shopping and VIC strategies to drive sales in China, writes Pierre Mallevays.
BoF Masterclass | Dynamic Journeys: China’s Luxury Shoppers at Home and Abroad
This Masterclass explores how global luxury brands and retailers can adapt to China’s shifting shopping landscape.
BoF Masterclass | Dynamic Journeys: China’s Luxury Shoppers at Home and Abroad
This Masterclass explores how global luxury brands and retailers can adapt to China’s shifting shopping landscape.
BoF Insights | Dynamic Journeys: China’s Luxury Shoppers at Home and Abroad
Chinese fashion and beauty customers — long pivotal for the global luxury market — are reshaping how and where they shop, according to BoF Insights’ new report.
BoF Insights | Dynamic Journeys: China’s Luxury Shoppers at Home and Abroad
Chinese fashion and beauty customers — long pivotal for the global luxury market — are reshaping how and where they shop, according to BoF Insights’ new report.
Explainer: Why Consumer Sentiment Remains Subdued in China
A real estate slump, high youth unemployment and lingering anxiety over Covid-19 are some of the factors behind the tepid results from this month’s 618 shopping festival.
Explainer: Why Consumer Sentiment Remains Subdued in China
A real estate slump, high youth unemployment and lingering anxiety over Covid-19 are some of the factors behind the tepid results from this month’s 618 shopping festival.
Why Luxury’s Recovery in China Is Uneven
The wealthy may be in a mood to splurge but middle-class consumers remain cautious six months after the end of ‘zero-Covid’ policies due to mixed signals in the Chinese economy.
Why Luxury’s Recovery in China Is Uneven
The wealthy may be in a mood to splurge but middle-class consumers remain cautious six months after the end of ‘zero-Covid’ policies due to mixed signals in the Chinese economy.
Why Adidas’ China Comeback Is Lagging Nike’s
Both brands saw sales decline during the Uighur forced labour controversy but Adidas is more vulnerable to competition from local sportswear giants Li Ning and Anta.
Why Adidas’ China Comeback Is Lagging Nike’s
Both brands saw sales decline during the Uighur forced labour controversy but Adidas is more vulnerable to competition from local sportswear giants Li Ning and Anta.
Luxury Braces for the Return of the ‘Daigou’
Grey market resellers that frustrate global brands in China by exploiting cross-border price gaps have been unleashed by the end of pandemic-era travel restrictions.
Luxury Braces for the Return of the ‘Daigou’
Grey market resellers that frustrate global brands in China by exploiting cross-border price gaps have been unleashed by the end of pandemic-era travel restrictions.
Brands Look To China’s Tropical Duty Free Island Paradise for Consumer Comeback
Representatives of over 3,000 brands including Burberry and Estee Lauder descended on China’s Hainan this week to show off their latest wares, hoping to cash in on a post-Covid consumer rebound that has kicked off on the island known for its duty free shopping.
Brands Look To China’s Tropical Duty Free Island Paradise for Consumer Comeback
Representatives of over 3,000 brands including Burberry and Estee Lauder descended on China’s Hainan this week to show off their latest wares, hoping to cash in on a post-Covid consumer rebound that has kicked off on the island known for its duty free shopping.
Luxury Set for a ‘Bumpy Ride’ in China
Beijing’s Covid-19 policy shift will give the sector a boost in 2023 but a surge in infections and sluggish economic growth could dampen the recovery after an uplift from Chinese New Year.
Luxury Set for a ‘Bumpy Ride’ in China
Beijing’s Covid-19 policy shift will give the sector a boost in 2023 but a surge in infections and sluggish economic growth could dampen the recovery after an uplift from Chinese New Year.