Travel was a long, hard and oftentimes tedious affair in Europe two centuries ago. To make a journey more pleasant, aristocrats would bring along their compact travel cases, in which they would pack t ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
By the time American voters go to the polls next year to elect their next president, one thing’s for certain: China will have been put through the wringer. US presidential candidates, you see -- wheth ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
Global luxury brands expanding in China are better off targeting the HENRYs - "high earners, not rich yet" - instead of the ultra wealthy, Reuters said in a report. Slowing economic growth and a gover ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
It is early Sunday morning in the Botanic Gardens, one of Singapore's famous attractions. A woman in her 50s is taking her morning walk. "I am from Jilin. My daughter came here 10 years ago for studie ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
It was eight in the evening on Christmas Eve at the Futian border crossing in Shenzhen. A customs officer saw a white man in his 50s with a large suitcase and a bulging backpack. He called him over fo ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
The Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States slapped a fine of US$135 million on cosmetics direct-selling giant Avon Products to settle a corruption probe in China. The global beauty su ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Guangzhou police have busted a crime syndicate selling fake Louis Vuitton handbags to overseas buyers through the internet. The LV knockoffs seized by the police could be worth more than 1 billion yua ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-19
Shares of Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) tumbled after the luxury brand posted a disappointing report last week. The company said profit from recurring operations fell 5 percent in the first six m ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-29
A couple of restaurant deals are in the news this week, reflecting the big potential of China's dining-out market as consumer tastes broaden beyond fast-food. One deal has an investment arm of luxury ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton got hungry and took a big bite out of Asia's catering sector. L Capital Asia, the private-equity arm of the French luxury goods giant, announced on Wednesday the acqui ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-02
Many international retailers such as San Francisco-based Benefit Cosmetics and Japanese fashion-brand aggregator Zozotown are staying away from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s online shopping site Tmall, ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-26
Taobao.com, the online shopping site of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has teamed up with French luxury house Louis Vuitton to eradicate fake products from the Chinese site, Alibaba said in a stateme ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-11
