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Despite the massive cost inherent in large-scale advertising campaigns, major luxury retailers still contend with relatively low customer loyalty in Mainland China, as Chinese luxury buyers have a knack for mixing and matching conspicuous brands rather than sticking with one. Read More

China's luxury market has gained a lot of attention this year, mainly because it remains one of the few global markets where more luxury retailers are entering the market, rather than cutting back or leaving it altogether (as we've seen by more than one luxury retailer in Japan this year). Read More

Good economic news in China this year has translated to good news for diamond producers, if figures released recently by China's news agency, Xinhua, are correct. Read More

With upwards of 7 million visitors -- mainly Chinese -- expected at next year's World Expo, newly constructed hotels have added nearly 4,000 five-star rooms to the already vast luxury hotel market in Shanghai. Read More

LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A., the mighty global juggernaut, has had a bit of a rough year in the traditionally reliable markets of North America, Japan and Europe. Read More

An interesting blog post today at the Wall Street Journal, where Robert Frank points out that the global economic downturn has turned a new spotlight onto a once-unlikely savior -- the Chinese [ultrarich] luxury consumer. Read More

With luxury retailers looking for any good news in a still-tough market, studies by several organizations in recent months have shown that things are a little less ghastly than expected, particularly in Asian and other emerging markets. The newest of these studies, carried out by business consulting firm Pao Principle, indicates that recent spending trends in mainland China should please luxury handbag, watch, and jewelry producers. Read More