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  • Chinese luxury market trends for 2015

    Chinese luxury market trends for 2015

    The Chinese luxury market has gone through changes in 2014 driven by changes in consumer behavior and the government crackdown. What can we expect in 2015?

    The recent Ruder Finn and Ipsos’s China Luxury Forecast survey provides a glimpse into what we can expect in luxury consumer trends for 2015 in domestic retail, travel, duty free shopping, and e-commerce.

    Ruder Finn and Ipsos surveyed over 1,900 consumers in mainland China and Hong Kong from first, second, and third tier cities, reports Luxury Daily. The average annual household income for those surveyed was $125,000 for those on the mainland and HKD126,900 in Hong Kong.

  • Sheng Siong signs joint-venture deal to run supermarkets in China

    Sheng Siong signs joint-venture deal to run supermarkets in China

    Singapore-listed Sheng Siong Group has signed a conditional joint-venture (JV) agreement with Kunming LuChen Group Co Ltd to operate supermarkets in China.

    Under the conditional agreement, the proposed JV company will be incorporated under the laws of China with a registered capital of USD10 million.

  • Peugeot and China Changan Automotive in joint venture

    Peugeot and China Changan Automotive in joint venture

    French car giant Peugeot has agreed a new joint venture to manufacture light commercial vehicles and cars in China.

    Peugeot has signed an initial agreement with domestic carmaker China Changan Automotive Group. If it goes ahead, the deal will give Peugeot a bigger foothold in the fast-growing Chinese car market.

  • China’s JD.com vying with Alibaba to woo Western brands

    China’s JD.com vying with Alibaba to woo Western brands

    China’s JD.com Inc has partnered Gap Inc to sell the US clothing retailer’s apparel online in China, as the Beijing-based e-commerce company goes head to head with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to woo big foreign fashion names.

    Alibaba and JD.com, China’s number one and two e-commerce companies respectively, are vying to ink deals with some of the world’s most recognised brands, which offer big boosts in both sales and image at home and overseas.

    By announcing its partnership with JD.com in a joint statement on Thursday, Gap, which already has a store on Alibaba’s Tmall website, would be the latest foreign company to sign with some of China’s biggest Internet firms, including Tencent Holdings Ltd.