conspicuous consumption
Made [For] China: Growing Luxury Demand Buoys US Manufacturers, Brands
Going against the decades-long trend of lower-priced Chinese imports flooding the US market, a growing number of American manufacturers, fashion brands and family-run wineries are looking to China's luxury consumer… Read More
Let’s Be Real: This Is Not The End Of China’s Luxury Market
Over the past several months, the compounding financial woes of leading British luxury house Burberry has become the go-to sob story in business and luxury media alike. Read More
Luxury Brands Kick Up Perks For Chinese VIPs
Private shopping sprees, flights to Paris for fashion shows, custom-made one-of-a-kind items -- for major luxury brands looking to lavish perks on notoriously brand-disloyal Chinese VIPs, the sky's the limit. Read More
No China Slowdown For Hermès
Shifting consumer demand in China and the broader effects of slower economic growth in 2012 may be hurting the likes of Hugo Boss and Burberry, but Hermès continues to cash… Read More
The Hottest Ride For China’s Business Elite: A Buick Minivan
In recent years, the business elite in China has been fixated on a particular Buick model that most Americans would see as a soccer mom must-have rather than a high-powered… Read More
Declining Swiss Luxury Watch Demand In China: Blip Or Bust?
Though the overall China luxury market is expected to register comparatively strong growth in 2012, a tighter political and economic climate is having the same chilling effect that we saw… Read More
China Demand For Jewelry, Watches To Buoy “Hard Luxury” Brands
Conspicuous consumption may be on the decline in China's "soft luxury" market, as some wealthy Beijingers and Shanghainese buy more "logo-lite" handbags and apparel, but major luxury brands see China… Read More
Which Luxury Brands Will Benefit From China’s “Savvy” Shoppers?
Though Chinese shoppers "still like an extra dose of bling on everything," a trend that we expect to see continuing to spread from top-tier to second- and third-tier cities is… Read More-
Interview: Chinese Tastemaker, Ye Qizheng Of Fashion Trend Digest
Jing Daily recently spoke to the Shanghai-based editor of the influential news site Fashion Trend Digest, Ye Qizheng (叶琪峥) about the current status of China's fashion industry, luxury consumption, and… Read More -
“Black Gold” Fueling Luxury Demand In Third-Tier Daqing
Founded in 1959 to house workers from the Daqing oilfield and as a model industrial center, the city of Daqing in northeast China's Heilongjiang province remains focused primarily on one… Read More
