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The luxury industry is currently focused on the health problems associated with COVID-19, but further market disruptions also need to be considered. Some other consequences of this crisis include (but are not limited to): a probable global recession, a plunging stock market, inflation/heightened nationalism in China, supply chain disruptions, and a rise in Western Sinophobia. […]

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the new virtual game published by Nintendo, was dropped March 20 and has taken the world by storm since its release amid global COVID-19 lockdowns. While fans are busy dressing up their virtual avatars with fashionable items, the luxury fashion e-commerce company Net-A-Porter has become the first company to monetize this opportunity […]

Months ago, I spoke with one of the most luxurious food sellers about how to prepare for a digital future while creating a more persuasive purpose for the brand. In a rapidly changing world, the owners felt action was needed. Sales were flat, and the company wanted to start attracting more Gen Zers and young […]

Months ago, I spoke with one of the most luxurious food sellers about how to prepare for a digital future while creating a more persuasive purpose for the brand. In a rapidly changing world, the owners felt action was needed. Sales were flat, and the company wanted to start attracting more Gen Zers and young […]

This season, Shanghai Fashion Week’s main stage was not the usual cluster of white tents found at the city’s Xintiandi retail hub. Instead, the entire week was taken online, facilitated by Alibaba’s e-commerce platform, Tmall. Facing unprecedented disruption to brands, stores and supply chains, the fashion industry’s elite chose to work together to pivot to […]

What Happened: Hong Kong has impressed the world with its flattened COVID-19 curve, but the city’s freefalling retail sector is now under scrutiny.  The government reported a record drop in retail sales this Tuesday, with a 44-percent fall during the February lockdown to $2.93 billion (22.7 billion HKD). And across different sectors of retail goods, […]

Update published April 3, 2020: Sergio Rossi, one of the industry’s most respected shoe designers, died this past Thursday at 84 after being hospitalized in Italy with COVID-19, according to WWD. Having learned the trade from his father, Rossi founded his eponymous brand in 1968, which is now headed by Riccardo Sciutto. “Today everyone at […]

The Social Edition is a weekly special-focus Jing Daily newsletter, which deep dives into luxury initiatives in China’s social media landscape. Every week, we highlight brand campaigns distributed on Chinese digital platforms — WeChat, Weibo, Tmall, Douyin, and beyond. Our coverage spotlights global luxury brands, global beauty brands, and local Chinese brands. The latter gives […]

China might be a “nation shaped in consumerism,” but that doesn’t necessarily mean Western-style consumerism. In fact, the country’s cultural and social changes have led to a new context where global brands are negligible, and domestic players are threatening their supremacy. But make no mistake about it: The rise of local brands is not a […]

This post originally appeared on Campaign Asia, our content partner.  About a month ago, the Chinese market was going through its darkest moments after the outbreak of COVID-19. Today, the situation is gradually coming under control in China, giving industry professionals a chance to look back and evaluate what they learned. Meanwhile, the dire conditions […]