consumption

A new study reveals that Chinese millennials have become accustomed to spending on credit, and pay on time, offering China's economy a boost. Read More

The rising number of upper-middle-class male shoppers in China are showing a greater interest in more individual luxury segments such as apparel, leather-goods, and personal accessories. Read More

A new report by Bain & Company estimates that China has surpassed the US to become the world's largest luxury market. Read More

Though annual per-capita consumption sits at less than five cups, coffee is becoming a daily addiction rather than an occasional splurge for a growing slice of the Chinese population. Read More

Today, Hong Kong is a city of incomparable individual taste. Mainland China is following the same path. The early adopters are making way for the more confident style-seekers. But what does this mean for brands? Read More

Apparently, fierce competition with BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz and other luxury automakers in China hasn't been too much of an issue for Indian-owned Jaguar Land Rover, which only three years ago almost resorted to a government bailout. Read More

From waiting in hours-long lines to stock up on luxury goods to causing controversies at the Dolce & Gabbana flagship in Tsim Sha Tsui to making a rental-space bidding war break out between Abercrombie & Fitch and Shanghai Tang, the effects of more visits (and more spending) by mainland Chinese in Hong Kong are being felt throughout the city's retail landscape. Read More

An increasingly important trend that can't be ignored by brands and marketers in China is the growing individualism emerging among the country's younger consumers. Read More

The reality of the situation is that the Chinese market is not an easy one to crack. If history is anything to go by, it’s a lesson in patience more than anything else. Read More

Jing Daily's 10 favorite wine & spirits posts from 2011, a year in which Chinese wine lovers shifted from Bordeaux to Burgundy, and whisky and vodka producers rushed into the China market. Read More