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On June 3rd, the Beijing municipality government announced that it is going to issue electronic vouchers (e-voucher) to boost its consumer market recovery. Beijing is far from the only Chinese city government promoting e-vouchers, though, as most cities and provinces are rolling out initiatives to boost consumer confidence and ensure that shoppers return to retail […]

What Happened: Paris couture shows are being staged online from July 6 (today) to July 9, where household luxury names like Chanel, Dior, and Valentino will present their Fall/Winter couture collections. In this first-ever digital haute couture presentation for Chinese audiences, Dior premiered its pre-recorded, 14-minute film (directed by Matteo Garrone) on Weibo alongside the […]

Taking advantage of China’s recovery momentum, many established luxury brands have either released exclusive collections in the country or rushed to get on its online sales channels. Pouncing on this trend, the Italian down jacket brand Moncler created a series of online and offline events as a way to maximize exposure for a new product […]

This week, the US saw a record number of COVID-19 cases. Businesses that hoped to leave lockdowns behind and participate in an economic rebound now have to think twice. States like Texas have halted their reopenings, and regardless of their state’s official lockdown measures, many consumers are afraid to go out in public. Many shopping […]

Despite the quickly-booming market for homegrown brands in China, learning to develop and deliver brand value and identity is a common obstacle for many of them. Yet, Xiaolu Liu, the founder of the Chinese lingerie brand NEIWAI, seems to have a decent grasp of it. She started her career consulting in the female consumer products […]

On June 29, China’s State Council officially issued the Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulation, which was approved back on January 3 of this year. First filed in 1989, changes to the former cosmetics regulation have been in the pipeline for years and will now be enforced thanks to a recent beauty market boom in China. […]

Li Chao, a class of 2021 fashion print student at Central Saint Martins, recently returned to his hometown of Nanjing, since the COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt on his summer internship plans. “Everyone is thinking about taking a gap year,” he told Jing Daily. “Why would anyone want to [study] if we can’t use the […]

Despite the emergence of so much talent, the main challenge for the China fashion world is dealing with three simple words that for decades have meant inferior rather than fashion-forward: “Made in China”. In fact, the term Made in China – with all its negative connotations – does not communicate the full picture. Most European […]

Capri Holdings, the fashion group that owns Michael Kors, Versace, and Jimmy Choo, reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results, ending March 28, on Wednesday. Its total revenue for Q4—amid the early devastation brought on by COVID-19—amounted to $1.2 billion dollars, a 11.3 percent drop compared to last year.  Among the three brands, Versace had the […]

What Happened: Since 2012, for brands that have a presence in China, WeChat articles have become an ubiquitous tool to engage with potential customers. But the super app decided to take away “Like” at the bottom of articles last August and replaced it with “Wow,” which pushes the articles to a separate section called “Top […]