china daigou
Keeping Up with the Daigous: an Industry in Flux
Four months after China enacted its first-ever e-commerce law to regulate daigou shoppers, we found the market is far from dead. Read More
Chinese Whispers: Tourists Spend Less on Luxury Goods When Traveling in Japan and Hong Kong, and More
Chinese tourists, who had been spending big on luxury products when traveling abroad, are now becoming more budget-conscious. Read More
Chinese Whispers: Daigou Charged with Money Laundering in Paris, and More
Parisian police arrested six daigou agents from China, accusing them of money laundering, drug trafficking and tax evasion. Read More
Beauty Buyers in China Embrace Pricey Mega Boxes
The goodies-filled Christmas Advent calendar, an increasingly popular product in the Western beauty industry in recent years, has finally made its way into China. Read More
Are Luxury Stocks Overreacting to China’s Daigou Crackdown?
Shares of luxury brands have fallen sharply following news that Chinese border officials are cracking down on daigou reselling. Did the markets overreact to it? Read More
Chinese Whispers: Is the Daigou Business Dying, and More
Chinese government's crackdown on daigou during the past Golden Week is the beginning of China's plan to completely wipe out personal daigou shoppers. Read More
Louis Vuitton Cuts Prices in China As Gov’t Seeks to Boost Luxury Buying
Louis Vuitton has become the first major luxury player in China to lower its prices following the government's cuts on import duties. Read More
Alleged Balenciaga Store Racism Angers Chinese Consumers
The handling of a fight that broke out as buyers reportedly queued inside a Paris Balenciaga store has led to accusations of discriminatory treatment. Read More
Chinese Whispers: Red Streetwear, Anti-daigou initiatives, and the Rise of Multi-brand Stores
In this edition of Chinese Whispers, we share the biggest stories from Chinese news media published from April 2-6, 2018. Read More
Resellers Hit by Global Pricing but They’re Not Giving Up
Poor e-commerce offerings and price-gouging in the casual luxury sector have left plenty of money on the table for online resellers. Read More
