Recently, the four Italian luxury brands Maison Margiela, Jil Sander, Marni, and Amiri attracted a lot of attention when they opened stores in Shanghai’s JC Plaza. However, not only high-end retailers have their sights set on these shopping centers. Unlike in other global fashion capitals, local up-and-coming names like Shushu/Tong and Calvin Luo are making…
Last year, the South China Sea island documented only two symptomatic COVID-19 cases. The number of cases has risen dramatically this month, triggering a lockdown in Sanya and stranding tens of thousands of tourists. As many as 80,000 tourists were enjoying the island’s beaches at peak season, Sanya declared a lockdown and restricted transportation to…
This week, one of the most popular subjects on Chinese social media is Didi and the company’s dire financial state. On July 21, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) fined Didi Global 8.026 billion yuan [US$1.19 billion] for allegedly violating at least three main laws, notably China’s Network Security Law, Data Security Law, and Personal…
Baidu’s metaverse social app XiRang featured Prada’s Fall 2022 repeat collection livestreamed on Aug. 5 in “Meta Ziwu,” an interactive virtual arena. At the Prince Jun’s Mansion Hotel, a futuristic XiRang was used to broadcast the IRL event. Users from all over the world can access the live display by just logging into Baidu XiRang,…
Shirley Song, head of the Tmall Innovation Center (TMIC) shared information about the retail innovation arm of one of China’s largest ecommerce companies and how it helps ecommerce merchants globally. The Tmall Innovation Center, founded in 2017, is the retail innovation branch of Alibaba’s B2C marketplace Tmall. Using detailed market analysis, real-time consumer insights, and product concept…
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese citizens’ heightened concern for their health has permeated all facets of Chinese society. Even though sportswear and many other fashion categories were severely impacted by retail disruptions, leading players quickly returned to dynamic growth; consumers’ appetite for the sector led to a robust recovery in the second…
China’s property market is in a deep slump, so real estate companies have come up with some strange ways to attract buyers. Due of the severe downturn in China’s real estate industry, real estate companies have devised a peculiar marketing plan to attract homebuyers. China’s real estate developers have begun accepting watermelons and other agricultural…
Despite the effects of COVID-19, China’s e-commerce business models continued to thrive in the first half of 2022. In the last six months, over sixty million live-streaming promotions were held on e-commerce platforms closely monitored by the Ministry of Commerce, the ministry reported at a press conference on Thursday. These live-streaming promotions, which covered over…
The Italian luxury house went all out for the tenth anniversary of Alta Moda, its unique, maximalist showcase designed to highlight exclusive made-to-measure collections in various Italian locations. This year, 750 clients and editors from all over the world, including Asia and China, were invited to Sicily’s Syracuse and Marzamemi to experience the brand at…