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		<title>Chinese luxury purchasers setting global trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a continuing boom in the market and rising demand from the newly prosperous, China&#8217;s luxury consumer market looks increasingly buoyant, according to the 2009 21st Century Deluxe Report.
The report shows a shift in Chinese consumers&#8217; attitudes to luxury purchases, one that has seen them graduate from mindlessly chasing fashion to making far more informed [...]


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		<title>China could save Luxury sales</title>
		<link>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/distribution/china-could-save-luxury-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world&#8217;s largest luxury-goods company, on Monday said its third-quarter sales slipped 0.6%, hindered by the consumer-spending implosion and retailers working down inventories without ordering new merchandise. The luxury-goods industry likely won&#8217;t fully recover from the downturn until 2011 or 2012, consulting firm Bain &#38; Co. said in a forecast [...]


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		<title>Chanel To Open Shanghai Boutique</title>
		<link>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/design/chanel-new-boutique-shanghai/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/design/chanel-new-boutique-shanghai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
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December 3 2009, a 5,160-square foot boutique, brimming with art and hosting a luxurious pre-fall collection will mark the opening of the new Chanel boutique in Shanghai. Placed in the Peninsula Hotel on the famous Bund river frontpromenade, and designed by architect Peter Marino, the Shanghai boutique promises an interior filled with the finest hand [...]


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		<title>Hong Kong Consumers are spending as usual in the current economy</title>
		<link>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/market-strategy/hong-kong-consumers-are-spending-as-usual-in-the-current-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/market-strategy/hong-kong-consumers-are-spending-as-usual-in-the-current-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
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Seventy-seven percent of Hong Kong consumers are spending the same on necessities while 54% continue to spend on luxury items despite the economic downturn, according to a global survey by leading market research firm Synovate. Interestingly, when asked whether they are worried about the economy, 58% of consumers say they are, but they just can&#8217;t [...]


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		<title>Gap is Narrowing Among the Mainland Luxury Markets</title>
		<link>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/market-strategy/gap-is-narrowing-among-the-mainland-luxury-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/market-strategy/gap-is-narrowing-among-the-mainland-luxury-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 China Luxury Forecast, jointly conducted by Ruder Finn Asia and Albatross Global Solutions, shows that the gap between the tier 1 and tier 2 luxury markets is narrowing. Consumers in tier 2 cities are becoming more mature in areas such as consumer perception and purchasing power. The survey interviewed 1,000 luxury consumers with [...]


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		<title>Tokyo Kamon Girls of Shu Uemura</title>
		<link>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/design/tokyo-kamon-girls-of-shu-uemura/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/design/tokyo-kamon-girls-of-shu-uemura/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[asian designer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newest skin care in collaboration with renowned manga artist and beauty expert Moyoco Anno, shu uemura introduces playful new packaging. Inspired by “Kamons” which are Japanese family emblems, Anime artist/fashion writer/beauty guru Moyoco Anno designed each product&#8217;s packaging to depict representations of playfully sophisticated and modern Kamon Girls characters influenced by the color of the [...]


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		<title>Louis Vuitton : A Passion for Creation</title>
		<link>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/design/louis-vuitton-a-passion-for-creation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/design/louis-vuitton-a-passion-for-creation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 13:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Henry Tang, at the opening ceremony of &#8220;Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation&#8221; exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art said, &#8220;During my visit to Paris last year, we reached an agreement with LVMH to bring the &#8220;Louis Vuitton: A Passion for Creation&#8221; Exhibition to Hong Kong. I am [...]


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		<title>Smaller Chinese cities &#8216;key for luxury brands&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/market-strategy/smaller-chinese-cities-key-for-luxury-brands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 10:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI (AFP) — Foreign luxury brands looking to win in China need to reach into cities that are barely known to the rest of the world but are home to startling and fast-growing wealth, a series of studies shows.
The majority of China&#8217;s rich now live outside of the mega-cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, [...]


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		<title>Focus on Luxury in China</title>
		<link>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/market-strategy/focus-on-luxury-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/market-strategy/focus-on-luxury-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting study released by Trendsbüro about luxury and consumer groups in China.



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		<title>Cheap chic in Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.leluxe.asia/2009/distribution/cheap-chic-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yun</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not every part of the globe is feeling the recession. CNN&#8217;s Kyung Lah reports.



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