J.Crew Flagship Reopens in Soho
The American apparel chain has returned to the Manhattan retail neighbourhood for the first time since 2017.
While travel to Europe remains muted, Chinese shoppers are flocking to Singapore, Thailand and other Southeast Asian destinations where fashion retailers are hoping Lunar New Year marketing investments will pay off.
Despite the country’s protracted property crisis, deflationary pressures and other economic headwinds, its domestic luxury market is expected to grow 4 to 6 percent in 2024, outpacing both Europe and the US.
Wholesalers and online platforms like Dewu have taken a larger share of China’s growing grey-market for luxury goods — formerly dominated by individual sellers.
Brands looking to invest in new developments and rapidly changing shopping districts across China’s major cities are scrutinising locations harder than before the economic slowdown.
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This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Russian diamonds, Botswana’s gem trading investment and India’s Diwali fashion ads.
Luxury brands are betting on store upgrades, tax-free shopping and VIC strategies to drive sales in China, writes Pierre Mallevays.
This Masterclass explores how global luxury brands and retailers can adapt to China’s shifting shopping landscape.
Chinese fashion and beauty customers — long pivotal for the global luxury market — are reshaping how and where they shop, according to BoF Insights’ new report.
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A real estate slump, high youth unemployment and lingering anxiety over Covid-19 are some of the factors behind the tepid results from this month’s 618 shopping festival.
Luxury brands are optimising their store networks in the mainland to better target shoppers in both unconventional and prime locations amid an increasingly worrying outlook.
Buyers, showrooms and trade shows are adapting to booming domestic demand by adopting new ways of working. Here’s what global brands selling to China need to know.
With demand trapped in the mainland, brands must seize domestic travel spend, improve their clienteling in lower-tier cities and create exciting events to make local retail more attractive.
The American apparel chain has returned to the Manhattan retail neighbourhood for the first time since 2017.
Revenues totalled 227 million euros ($244.5 million), below analyst expectations of 237 million euros according a LSEG consensus.
Researchers have expressed concerned that AI-generated content could be used as misinformation in an attempt to interfere with US elections this fall.
Sticky inflation has forced shoppers in various categories to trade down to more affordable products.
The company’s net sales came in at $1.48 billion in the quarter ended March 30, compared to analysts’ average estimate of $1.50 billion, according to LSEG data.
The company’s main growth driver was its continued store openings, with eight new locations during the quarter and a total of 40 anticipated for 2024.
New analysis shows that 162,000 tourists from outside the European Union sought refunds on VAT — a sales tax — exclusively in Britain in 2019. One fifth of those tourists are now claiming rebates in other parts of the EU, where the tax break still applies.
Fabiola Torres, who has also held leadership roles at Nike and Apple, will oversee the group's marketing, merchandising and store experience functions.