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Discrete is profitable, and fashionable
If you have already read the Fashion and Accessories section in this month’s Luxury Insights China, you will be aware if you weren’t already, that most of the big brand names in China posted results for Q3 that were lower ...
A tale of two ‘homes’
The concept of a brand ‘home’ is not new to China, and Shanghai in particular, Dunhill opened their home on HuaiHai Road in 2008 to great acclaim. Others have tried to make their stores in modern shopping malls feel like ...
Even when compared to directly owned and operated fashion stores, the number of watch stores per city remains high, again an indication of the potential volume of interest in watches relative to other sectors. The distribution of jewellery stores is ...
2011 was a hugely successful year in terms of sales for both the watch and jewellery sectors in China; consumers in tier 1 cities purchased both as investments and in the case of watches, as gifts. Sales in tier 2 ...
Hangzhou city report
Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province and is the provincial center of economics, culture, science and education. It is a historically and culturally famous city and also an important national tourist destination known for its beautiful scenery. Located at ...
According to the National Tourism Bureau, China's 2011 hotel turnover for all star hotels totaled 235.4 Billion RMB, an increase of 10.8% compared to 2010. A recent statistical bullet in of star graded hotels in the second quarter of 2012 ...
High-end tourism is becoming a significant trend in China, and represents another market segment with great development potential; however, we expect that market competition will become increasingly fierce in the hotel industry especially in the luxury hotel market over the ...
Improving hotel standards in China
At the National Tourism Bureau meeting held in June 2012 in Shenyang, a clear statement was issued that efforts must be made to improve the level and standard of star hotels in China and build a professional team of high- ...
In recent years, China has embarked on a five-star hotel construction spree. There has been a rapid expansion in the number of Chinese domestic and international hotel groups entering China's large, medium and small cities. In Shanghai alone, there are ...
From the 8th to 11th November, the Florence Gucci Exhibition ran in the Gucci boutique in Zhuozhan Times Square in Shenyang, and from 15th November, it moved to the Zhengzhou Gucci shop in Dennis Department Store for a further four days... The ...