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Alibaba Beats Quarterly Sales Estimates

The group's core e-commerce business continues to grow post-pandemic.

Alibaba Beats Quarterly Sales Estimates

The group's core e-commerce business continues to grow post-pandemic.


China's Fashion Billionaires Tap the Year of the Pandemic

This year’s biggest winners may have been China’s uber-wealthy business leaders, who amassed an astonishing amount of wealth despite the global pandemic. Many of them have fashion to thank for part of their fortunes.

China's Fashion Billionaires Tap the Year of the Pandemic

This year’s biggest winners may have been China’s uber-wealthy business leaders, who amassed an astonishing amount of wealth despite the global pandemic. Many of them have fashion to thank for part of their fortunes.


The Real Reason Louis Vuitton Is Launching Its Global Exhibition in Wuhan

Choosing the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak to debut the brand’s latest travelling exhibition may raise eyebrows but it’s also a very smart move that reveals a lot about the luxury industry’s post-pandemic playbook.

The Real Reason Louis Vuitton Is Launching Its Global Exhibition in Wuhan

Choosing the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak to debut the brand’s latest travelling exhibition may raise eyebrows but it’s also a very smart move that reveals a lot about the luxury industry’s post-pandemic playbook.


How to Tap the World’s Largest Online Shopping Festival

BoF breaks down the consumer and tech trends luxury brands need to know to maximize their Singles' Day strategies this year.

How to Tap the World’s Largest Online Shopping Festival

BoF breaks down the consumer and tech trends luxury brands need to know to maximize their Singles' Day strategies this year.


Caution: Place Your China E-Commerce Bets Carefully

As this year’s Singles’ Day festival approaches, video apps like Douyin and Kuaishou have joined the throng of tech companies jostling to steal a slice of market share from giants like Tmall and JD.com.

Caution: Place Your China E-Commerce Bets Carefully

As this year’s Singles’ Day festival approaches, video apps like Douyin and Kuaishou have joined the throng of tech companies jostling to steal a slice of market share from giants like Tmall and JD.com.


Which Brands Resonated Most in China This Fashion Month?

This season, labels relied on a variety of tactics to activate the world’s largest luxury market.

Which Brands Resonated Most in China This Fashion Month?

This season, labels relied on a variety of tactics to activate the world’s largest luxury market.


Shanghai Fashion Week: A Barometer for the World’s Largest Fashion Market

China’s fashion capital will be the first to completely return to live, physical shows but insiders concede it’s not quite ‘business as usual.’

Shanghai Fashion Week: A Barometer for the World’s Largest Fashion Market

China’s fashion capital will be the first to completely return to live, physical shows but insiders concede it’s not quite ‘business as usual.’


Can China Save Travel Retail in 2020?

The decline in international travel has hit duty free retail hard this year, but sales to domestic travellers in China with nowhere else to go are booming in places like Hainan.

Can China Save Travel Retail in 2020?

The decline in international travel has hit duty free retail hard this year, but sales to domestic travellers in China with nowhere else to go are booming in places like Hainan.


Is It Game Over for China’s Grey Market Sellers?

A global pandemic is bad news for any number of businesses, but for Chinese daigou agents, strict travel limits and tighter regulations are putting the future of their entire industry at risk.

Is It Game Over for China’s Grey Market Sellers?

A global pandemic is bad news for any number of businesses, but for Chinese daigou agents, strict travel limits and tighter regulations are putting the future of their entire industry at risk.


What Fashion Media Can Learn From the Chinese Model

The country’s media players share many of their Western counterparts’ struggles, but their rapid adoption of digital shifts provides valuable lessons.

What Fashion Media Can Learn From the Chinese Model

The country’s media players share many of their Western counterparts’ struggles, but their rapid adoption of digital shifts provides valuable lessons.


Which Brands Will Suffer Most in the 'New Cold War' Between China and the US?

Fashion brands caught in the crossfire are doing what they can to avoid the worst possible outcomes from the escalating US-China conflict but it will be virtually impossible to emerge unscathed.

Which Brands Will Suffer Most in the 'New Cold War' Between China and the US?

Fashion brands caught in the crossfire are doing what they can to avoid the worst possible outcomes from the escalating US-China conflict but it will be virtually impossible to emerge unscathed.


Why Aren’t More Chinese Department Stores Going Bankrupt?

While consolidation continues in China’s department store sector, the pandemic hasn’t dramatically hastened store closures and bankruptcies the way it has in the US. What’s their secret?

Why Aren’t More Chinese Department Stores Going Bankrupt?

While consolidation continues in China’s department store sector, the pandemic hasn’t dramatically hastened store closures and bankruptcies the way it has in the US. What’s their secret?