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More Luxury Stores Closed in China Over the Last Year Than in Any Other Country
China has seen the largest number of luxury brand store closings since July 2016, a recent report by the investment research firm Bernstein says. Read More
Alibaba Expands Portfolio in Bid for ‘New Retail’ Model
China's e-commerce giant is buying more stakes in offline stores in an effort to merge online shopping with a brick-and-mortar experience. Read More
Alibaba’s “New Retail” Model: A Better Omni-Channel Experience for Luxury Consumers?
Alibaba is partnering with brick-and-mortar retailers in an effort to change the retail experience consumers in China are currently familiar with. Read More
Tech Spotlight: Shopping App New Arrival Brings Brick-and-Mortar Boutiques to China’s Mobile Shoppers
Chinese shoppers focused on niche brands now have another tool for finding independent boutiques both abroad and at home. Read More
Luxury Retailers Scale Back China Brick-and-Mortar Expansion in 2016
A new survey finds that 94 percent of retailers now have a "moderate" attitude toward store expansion in China as growth slows. Read More
Why Brick-And-Mortar Retail Doesn’t Mean ‘Low-Tech’ In China
New technology aimed at enhancing customer experience and collecting data is changing the way retailers think about their offline boutiques. Read More
Luxury Retailer Lane Crawford Aims At Second-Tier China
Originally announced in 2011, the China expansion efforts of Hong Kong-based luxury department store Lane Crawford are set to gain pace with the opening of two new stores in Shanghai and Chengdu by the end of this year. Read More
What Gucci’s New Tiered Model Could Mean For China’s Luxury Market
With a tiered socioeconomic landscape, an aspiring middle class, and varying levels of taste, sophistication, and connoisseurship, hitting the Chinese target is not always point-blank. Read More
Zara Jumps On China’s E-Commerce Bandwagon
Now with more than 100 brick-and-mortar locations in more than 40 cities in China, on September 5 the Spanish fast fashion juggernaut Zara will launch its mainland Chinese online store, jumping on the country's multibillion-dollar e-commerce bandwagon. Read More
Alexander McQueen Takes Shanghai
Following the opening of the inaugural Beijing Sanlitun boutique in October 2011, Alexander McQueen is making a second foray into China with the launch of a womenswear store in Shanghai. Read More
