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English version is now available ! "Luxury Brands in China: A Dashb...

Luxury Brands in China —— A Dashboard by LuxeCO Intelligence & Luxury Brands China Power Ranking 2021 Click here to download the report Over the past decade, LuxeCO Intelligence has kept itself abreast of China luxury market through tracking, reporting ...

An Exclusive Interview with President of Ulysse Nardin: Why Do We L...

This January, Kering announced that it it has completed the sale of its entire stake (100%) in Sowind Group SA, which owns the Swiss watch manufacturers Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux, to its current management. As president and CEO of Ulysse Nardin an ...

Latest Data and Highlights on Seven High-end Commercial Real Estate...

According to the China Luxury Report 2021 issued by Bain & Company in January, the sales of China’s personal luxury goods market still maintained a fast double-digit growth. It was estimated to increase by 36% to 471 billion yuan in 2021, nearly a 100% ...

Guangzhou: A Luxury Market with Potential

As the retail center of the Pearl River Delta in China, Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province ranks third in the total consumption of luxury goods among the cities in Mainland China. According to Luxe.CO’s user survey, Guangzhou is only second to Be ...

What’s the Significance of Deji Plaza’s Adjustment on the Brand Por...

The annual revenue of Deji Plaza in 2021 exceeded 20 billion yuan, a 30% year-on-year growth. Over the past year, Deji Plaza has conducted several rounds of adjustments on stores in the plaza, which amounts to over 400 now. Located in downtown Nanjing’s Xi ...

CHENPENG: Tens of Thousands of Designs Paid Off by 5 Sets of Costum...

The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on February 4, 2022. Costumes for the performances were designed all by Chinese designers. Luxe.CO interviewed three of these designers involved and shared the untold story behind the scene. We’r ...

The Development Trajectory of 14 International Ski Brands in China

An increasing number of international ski brands stepped up market development in China during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Luxe.Co reviewed the growth trajectory of the above 14 brands in China and came up with the following 9 conclusions: Three of t ...

How KOLONSPORT Develops “Glamping”?

In 2021, 14,000 new companies in the camping business popped up in China, upped by 171% year-on-year. 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of KOLONSPORT’s ANTARCTICA down jacket. On January 5th, KOLONSPORT launched an exhibition titled “Born for The Pole” in Be ...

“If you stop creating, somehow you become someone that copy others”...

Among many LVMH-owned century-old brands, HUBLOT, a Swiss luxury watchmaker born in 1980, is quite short in the tooth. Over the past four decades, its secret to being a dark horse is hidden in the three-word brand motto: First, Unique, Different. To uphold ...

BOSIDENG Aligns with BOGNER to Expand in China, Luxe.CO Interviews ...

On December 23, 2021, BOGNER opened its first store in China at WF Central in Beijing. Dekang Gao, chairman, CEO and founder of BOSIDENG attended the opening ceremony. Luxe.CO invited William Yang, BOGNER’s GM for Greater China to an exclusive interview. H ...

Three Luxury Fragrance Salons Opened Their First Stores in China

Over the past months, three high-end fragrance and perfume salons, Creed, L'Artisan Parfumeur and Juliette has a Gun, swiftly established their first stores in China. They’ve also all entered the Chinese market in the beginning of 2021 through Tmall, an e- ...

Will Shenzhen Become the Next Shanghai with 28 Stores of Luxury Bra...

A great number of luxury brands have held unmissable exhibitions and opened first stores in Shenzhen one after another, which could suggest that Shenzhen bears enormous potential for the fashion industry. Unmissable Exhibitions by Luxury Brands To put on a ...

The First Balenciaga Haute Couture Show After 53 Years of Suspensio...

Balenciaga showcased its 50th Haute Couture collection in Shanghai for five days, starting from November 19, 2021. The event was significant both for Balenciaga and the Chinese market for the following reasons: For the first time, Balenciaga reintroduced i ...

DUANMU: Building A Chinese Luxury Brand

“Untold pieces of China’s cultural relics have been scattered through history like stars in the sky. Traditional Chinese aesthetics need no renovation nor transformation into a new form to make it in. It is fashionable in and by itself. Nowadays, what is n ...

How SHANG XIA, A Brand Rooted In Chinese Culture, Explores New Fields

In what way should luxury brands built on Chinese culture emerge and grow？SHANG XIA, created by Ms. Qiong’er JIANG and Hermès has been exploring and trying on this topic for over 10 years. In December 2020, SHANG XIA obtained an investment from Exor Group ...

Snowy Mountain, Desert, Salt Lake… A Map of Chinese Brands’ Fashion...

The choice of location for a show demonstrates a brand’s DNA, image and energy, interprets its design style and provides visual resources. More and more Chinese brands have started exploring further into the land, seeking the ideal place that resonates wit ...

Second Generation Italian Eco-Leather Founder: How to Make a Vegan ...

Yatay vegan sneakers are handcrafted in Italy by expert artisans. The price of a pair of Yatay sneakers is around 1.5 times higher than that of Nike’s eco-friendly basketball shoes, Adidas’s eco-friendly sneakers, and sustainable brand Allbirds’ running sh ...

100 Blancpain Watches Sold Out “In One Second”| Luxe.CO’s Interview...

100 limited-edition watches, with a price tag of 77,500 yuan each, recently sold out in one second. On July 28, the Swiss luxury watch brand Blancpain completed the brand's first online product drop in China (and Asia). The brand launched its new “Fifty Fa ...

How to Make the Popular 28-year-old “Dumpling Bun” a “Sustainable” ...

When speaking of the French luxury leather goods brand Longchamp, the first product that pops up in many consumers’ minds is the Longchamp Le Pliage® series of nylon folding bags (also known as “dumpling buns”). Since its introduction in 1993, the Le Pliag ...

How Do International Beauty Brands Ride the New “Hainan” Wave? Luxe...

Consumption of fashion and luxury goods has been returning to China, which has made “duty free” a hot topic. In particular, the introduction of a new duty-free policy for Hainan Islands and the first China International Consumer Products Expo have allowed ...

FEATURE | Why is Hermès Collaborating with a "Mushroom" Company Fou...

Calfskin or “Reishi Fine Mycelium" leather on Hermès bags, which do you think is more precious? In the middle of this month, French luxury group Hermès announced that it will launch a sustainable Victoria travel bag. This travel bag is no longer made of ra ...

From Prada to Loro Piana, the Latest Trends in Down Jackets Are All...

The down jackets of various brands have become a highlight at Milan Fashion Week 2021-2022 Autumn and Winter. These brands are revisiting the oversize fluffy jackets of the 1980s and the cocoon-shaped silhouettes of the 1990s to enhance their practicality. ...

Ten keywords in 2020 and six important trends in China

Affected by COVID-19, the global personal luxury goods market has shrunk for the first time since 2009, but the Chinese market has become the only bright spot. Luxe.CO Intelligence found in its recently-released “Luxury Consumption in China: a 2020 White P ...

SkinCeuticals: Concentration is the way to success of a professiona...

After the epidemic, consumers' demand for skin health upgrade has created a new growth space and huge opportunities for the skincare market. Major brands have formulated more accurate market plans. In the fierce competition, SkinCeuticals, a professional a ...

Coming of Age - Bulgari In-Depth Dialogue with Generation Z

The Roman film city Cinecittà, known as the "Hollywood on the Tiber", not only gave birth to "Cleopatra", "Roman Holiday", "Sweet Life" and other film history masterpieces, it also made the BVLGARI jewelry famous at both home and abroad. Bulgari, an Italia ...

In-Depth｜Why These Japanese Fashion Brands Retreated from China?

The Japanese fashion group, Stripe International, withdrew from the Chinese market on June 30, and all the online and offline sales channels of its seven brands, including Earth Music & Ecology, E Hyphen World Gallery, and Samansa Mos2, were closed. Ea ...

In-Depth｜Why Can't COVID-19 Stop Perfume Brands from Opening Store...

More and more independent stores are selling a single perfume brand in many high-end shopping malls. The opening of international perfume brands in China has not slowed down, even with the impact of COVID-19. Luxe.CO recently visited the Shanghai Internati ...

Go Virtual! CHAUMET's Tipping Point in China

The world-renowned French jewelry and watch designer, CHAUMET, which was established in 1780 and entered the Chinese market 13 years ago, is ushering in an important "tipping point" for its next development which involves presenting the brand’s historical ...

A Close Look at the Chinese Designer Brand Business After the Epidemic

With the Covid-19 epidemic well under control in China, the official trade platform of Shanghai Fashion Week, the MODE Shanghai Apparel Trade Fair (hereinafter referred to as the "MODE Trade Fair"), officially opened its doors on April 27. As the leading e ...

Fashion After The Outbreak: A Special Report From Shanghai

With the gradual stabilization of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, several fashion trade shows such as Not showroom, Showroom Shanghai (时堂),  Ontimeshow, and Tube Showroom (trade shows in Shanghai Fashion Week), all gradually resumed operations in April. ...