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Luxury Brands (And Shoppers) Converge At World Expo
In addition to the high-tech displays and architecture at the Shanghai World Expo, free-spending shopaholics can feast their eyes (and drop their cash) on rare and exclusive products up for grabs at several pavilions.
Read Full Story »50% Of Luxury Purchases By Chinese In 2009 Were Gifts: Survey
This week, a new study by McKinsey & Company indicates that around 50% of Chinese consumers who bought luxury goods last year did so with the sole intention of giving them to others as gifts.
Read Full Story »How Can Luxury Brands Entice Mainland Shoppers To Buy Locally?
China’s comparatively high luxury tax has been something of a double-edged sword for the government as the number of middle- and upper-middle-class urban Chinese with an appetite for luxury goods has soared.
Read Full Story »Mainland Chinese Shoppers Changing Hong Kong Retail Landscape
Two of the biggest beneficiaries of the outbound shopping boom have been some of the mainland’s closest neighbors: the Chinese special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong.
Read Full Story »The Largest-Ever Chinese Tour Group Hits New York, Spends $6 Million
This week, China’s largest-ever America-bound tour group hit New York in a Chinese New Year tour organized by Continental Airlines and the New York Galaxy Travel Agency.
Read Full Story »Luxury & Culture Collide During Chinese New Year In Hong Kong
Savvy travelers can make the most of Hong Kong’s Chinese New Year activities with a little advance planning, even if they’ll only be in town for a few days.
Read Full Story »Predictions For 2010: The Chinese Luxury Buyer
Vivian Wai-yin Kwok of Forbes suggests that 2010 will be the a year of continued spending on so-called “practical” luxury items in China (contemporary art, luxury cars, and high-end real estate), rather than big-ticket items like yachts or private jets. We would go one step further.
Read Full Story »Hangzhou, China’s Golden City, Shrugs Off Global Economic Woes
Owing to its coastal location and proximity to Shanghai, Hangzhou has managed to strike a unique balance among China’s more developed east coast metropolitan hubs, offering visitors and locals everything from untamed nature to world-class luxury shopping.
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