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Nordic lifestyle brand ARKET opens in China on 19 August

ARKET expands outside of Europe with the opening of a digital flagship store in China on 19 August 2020. The new online store on Alibaba Group’s B2C e-commerce platform Tmall will introduce ARKET’s collections of modern Nordic design to the Chinese audience for the first time. Ahead of the launch, ARKET has established a presence on the social...

Aug 19, 2020

Retail

Arket to open digital flagship in China

Nordic fashion and lifestyle brand Arket is opening a digital flagship store in China on August 19, marking the retailer’s first expansion outside of Europe. Arket’s new online store will be on Alibaba Group’s business-to-consumer e-commerce platform Tmall, and will feature a “special selection” of its collections including seasonal...

Aug 19, 2020

Business BACKGROUND

Sourcing: How the pandemic is affecting global fashion supply chains

The Corona pandemic has hit the apparel industry’s global supply chains hard. How are they recovering? What changes will the pandemic bring? Clothing manufacturers, sourcing platforms and buyers talk about their expectations for the future and whether they believe in the nearshoring trend. Cancellations: premium manufacturers profit In...

Aug 11, 2020

Business

China’s patent office invalidates Chinese company using Asics striped logo

Like most athletic brands and companies, the Asics four-stripe logo that dominates its sneaker designs is instantly recognizable. The company holds global trademarks for its distinctive logo, including in China. But in an odd turn of events, Chinese sportswear brand Qiaodan Sports Co. Ltd. was granted also granted a patent in the same category...

Aug 7, 2020

Fairs

Why luxury groups are betting on the West Bund Art Center in Shanghai

The first cases of Covid-19 were discovered in China, but ironically it is in China that the major fashion and luxury groups will seek their salvation. The reason is quite simple: on the one hand, the recovery has already taken place in China, even if the reality is mixed across the country. Beijing, for example, is at half mast, but Hong Kong...

Aug 5, 2020

Fashion

China to open market to beauty brands that don't test on animals

If you ever wondered why Aesop, purveyor of the most iconic plant-based beauty products, has many stores in Hong Kong yet none in China, it is because it doesn’t test its products on animals. China has to date required all perfume, skin, hair – the entire spectrum of beauty products from shampoo to moisturizer – to be tested on animals. But this...

Aug 5, 2020

Business

Volcom targets China following new local partnership

California-born board sports brand Volcom, owned by Authentic Brands Group, is targeting expansion in China after signing a partnership with the China Ting Group, a leading China-based lifestyle company specialising in retail development and brand building. Through this partnership, the China Ting Group will become a “pivotal partner” states...

Jul 21, 2020

Management INTERVIEW

How China's clothing industry is emerging from the pandemic

The Chinese clothing industry has been hit hard by the corona crisis – not only in terms of production, where China remains an important global player, the internal market, too, has also been impacted by store closures and curfews. How is the Chinese clothing industry doing today? Which developments are emerging and how are Chinese consumers...

Jul 17, 2020

Retail

Malone Souliers launches e-commerce in China

Luxury British footwear label Malone Souliers has launched e-commerce in China with a WeChat store, which features a curated edit of both seasonal and core styles. This marks the brand’s first ‘social commerce’ presence globally and is part of its renewed focus on the Chinese market. The new e-commerce store embedded within China’s most popular...

Jun 16, 2020

Retail

Canali expands its direct retail footprint in China

Italian luxury menswear brand Canali has further expanded its direct retail network into seven more Chinese cities after taking over from a franchise partner. The move assuming full control over the ten stores in Changsha, Changchun, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanning, Taiyuan and Xi’an is as a result of what the luxury brand calls a “growing importance...

Jun 3, 2020

Business

Trump announces probe of Chinese companies listed in US

US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a probe into the actions of Chinese companies listed on American financial markets as tensions flared anew between the world's two biggest economies. The announcement followed Beijing's move to implement a new security law on semi-autonomous Hong Kong that critics say would stifle freedom, as well as...

Jun 2, 2020

Business

Prada says May sales are up 10 percent in China

Prada is seeing a rebound in sales as it saw an increase of more than 10 percent in China this month. But while the Chinese market is rebounding, sales in Europe are lagging, specifically in the luxury sector which depends on visitors. In a television interview with Bloomberg, Prada’s chief executive Patrizio Bertelli said: “The European market...

May 29, 2020