The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
"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."
The French beauty giant’s two latest deals are part of a wider M&A push by global players to capture a larger slice of the China market, targeting buzzy high-end brands that offer products with distinctive Chinese elements.
Post-Covid spend by US tourists in Europe has surged past 2019 levels. Chinese travellers, by contrast, have largely favoured domestic and regional destinations like Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan.
While travel to Europe remains muted, Chinese shoppers are flocking to Singapore, Thailand and other Southeast Asian destinations where fashion retailers are hoping Lunar New Year marketing investments will pay off.
Local fashion designers experimenting with puffers and other down clothing have scored collaborations with outerwear companies like Moncler and attracted the attention of prominent international retailers like H.Lorenzo.