Monthly Archives: February 2020

The Jing Daily Fashion Week Score evaluates how a brand’s collection resonates with the Chinese audience through a range of parameters. Our lens is now on Milan Fashion Week.  Last Wednesday, Milan Fashion Week opened on a high note, featuring the solidarity event “China, We Are With You.” Targeting at the majority of China who […]

While walking around China’s hi-tech cities, from Shenzhen to Shanghai, Beijing to Chengdu, it is impossible to ignore the signs of consumer culture. The country has come a long way since its impoverished and socialist past — being now the quintessence of a consumer society. In fact, it built the contemporary economic boom on the […]

For a number of years, Shanghai Fashion Week had been growing its reputation. Touted by many as the newest global capital of fashion creativity, it has transitioned into a key landmark on the fashion week schedule. Eclipsing Seoul and Tokyo, the city has been nudging its way towards the mainstream, perhaps even a contender to […]

What happened: Sunday night, while much of China was dealing with repercussions from the Covid-19 virus, a breaking news item that had nothing to do with the ongoing crisis quickly dominated Chinese fashion insiders’ news feed — Raf Simons was joining Prada as a co-creator with Miuccia Prada, starting April 2, 2020. The news immediately […]

One of the toughest tasks for luxury brand leadership teams today is how to turn a brand around that’s been lagging behind expectations. This is because time is of the essence when a brand’s numbers are weak, especially now that the Covid-19 virus is impacting consumer markets in mainland China and Hong Kong. A lot of […]

“We acted fast by leveraging different groups on Weibo and WeChat. We saw that over 10,000 people donated 600,000 yuan within an hour,” recalls the leader of idol Cai Xukun’s fan group to the Chinese newspaper, Nanfang People. Prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, fan groups have played a unique role in the […]

In “Headlines from China,” we share the biggest news stories about the luxury industry in China that have yet to make it into the English language. In this week’s edition, we discuss: Procter & Gamble’s Global Supply Chain Affected by Halted Factory Work in China Taobao’s Monthly Active Users Reached 800 Million While Livestreaming Viewers […]

Easily one of the most well-known luxury brand names in the world, Bvlgari has established a strong presence in mainland China by researching and catering to the individual tastes of the market. Owned by luxury conglomerate LVMH, Bvlgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin says that he recognizes how China has been the fastest developing luxury market in […]

Countries have implemented travel restrictions, and airlines worldwide have suspended flights between China and various destinations around the world to help combat the Covid-19 virus. And while the success rate of these attempts is debatable, the negative economic outcomes are clear. In the recent past, countries such as the US, Australia, the UK, Japan, Cambodia, […]

This post originally appeared on Parklu, our content partner.  Some people may have noticed a new feature in their WeChat “Discover” tab called “Channels”. With WeChat Channels, users can explore media accounts, videos from stars and bloggers, all from users that are not in their contacts. If you were as curious as I was after […]