A Hainan duty-free boost lifts premium parka maker, a homegrown rival signs a French screen icon, sportswear giants spotlight local design, and music reshapes Asian holidays.

LVMH, Gucci and Hermès posted soft third quarters, yet Sanlitun and HKRI Taikoo Hui delivered double-digit gains that tougher YoY comparisons will soon test.

Chanel’s penguin clutch and Louis Vuitton’s Dachshund Micro Bag are drawing toy comparisons on Xiaohongshu, as heritage houses court China’s emotionally driven kidult shoppers.

Brands once made malls desirable. Now some are borrowing the appeal of the street.

A quarter-century of light-and-shadow artistry, an HKEX listing and a first Harbour City flagship set the stage for the founder’s next test: winning recognition abroad.

For the Jing 100, founders Liushu Lei and Yutong Jiang explain how ruffles, bows and a streak of rebellion won their Shanghai label devoted Gen Z fans and global stockists.

As milk tea becomes an everyday ritual, Chinese beverage brands are competing not just for collaboration buzz but for more distinctive, lasting cultural identities.

As China’s medical aesthetics market grows, the face is becoming a luxury category of its own. But consumers aren’t looking for imported beauty ideals.

Songmont, Keigan and The Beast Home turned exhibitions into immersive worlds of Shanxi pagodas, Shanghainese mahjong and longtang laundry lines, exporting identity alongside product.