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Chinese Tourists Take Up 27 Percent Of Global Tax-Free Shopping
A new report by Global Blue finds that China's travelers have kept their place as the world's top overseas tax-free spenders. Read More
South Korea’s Shops Struggle To Keep Up With Chinese Tourist Influx
As the number of Chinese tourists visiting South Korea continues to soar, retailers are lagging in meeting the demand for Mandarin-speaking staff. Read More
Sun, Sea, And Shopping: Hainan’s Massive Duty-Free Mall Aims To Keep Tourists On Mainland
A recent announcement that Hainan will hold the world's largest duty-free mall shows that shopping is just as important as sun when it comes to attracting Chinese tourists. Read More
Hainan’s Duty-Free Shops: Luxury Retail’s Newest ‘Battleground’
Chinese vacationers in search of both sun and shopping have made Hainan's tax-free shopping program a major success. Read More
The Thorny Branding Dilemma That’s Giving The Body Shop A Major China Headache
For brands with socially conscious identities, complying with Chinese laws often means harming their images elsewhere. Read More
LVMH-Owned DFS Group Unveils T Galleria Hong Kong
Duty-free retailer DFS introduced its T Galleria rebranding in Hong Kong with aims of attracting China's increasingly sophisticated consumers. Read More
DFS Aims To Attract Chic Chinese Travelers With Upscale Rebrand
As Chinese travelers become more sophisticated in their luxury purchases, the world's largest travel retailer is rebranding its Galleria stores to represent its high-end positioning. Read More
Shanghai To Open First Downtown Duty-Free Shop This Summer
In response to low luxury sales on the mainland due to high tariffs, a new duty-free shop will open this summer in downtown Shanghai. Read More
China To Open World’s Largest Duty-Free Mall
Aimed at stemming the flow of Chinese tourist-shoppers abroad, the pilot duty-free program launched by the Chinese government in Sanya two years ago is about to get a whole lot bigger. Read More
Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Macau…Hainan?
A long-rumored development in China's tropical southernmost province, Hainan, is finally taking shape as gamblers bet "points" at Jesters casino at the Mangrove Tree Resort World on Sanya Bay. Read More
