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China's Coffee Giants Trade Hyper-Expansion for Premium, Tailored Stores
Luckin Coffee and Starbucks China are easing off breakneck store growth and a 9.9 RMB price war in favor of premium, scenario-based cafés built around local culture. The pivot follows young Chinese consumers' growing appetite for slower, tactile experiences.
Retail Tech Speeds Delivery but Rivals Catch Up Fast, Squeezing Margins
Retail technology can drive rapid growth while simultaneously eroding margins once competitors copy the same capabilities, Flying Fish Lab founder Mário Braz de Matos told the Retail Asia Summit 2026 in Singapore.
WEGO pulls My Hero Academia collection ahead of Shanghai store opening
Japanese apparel brand WEGO has scrapped a My Hero Academia collaboration after a consumer backlash in China, days before it was due to open a new physical store in Shanghai on 29 September.
China’s Gen Z Drives Discount Snack Chains Dubbed ‘Little Sam’s Clubs’
Domestic discount snack stores that charge no membership fee are spreading across Chinese cities, drawing young shoppers who favour low prices and loose, help-yourself layouts over big-box warehouse clubs.
Tmall Enlists ELLE to Turn Its Fashion Category Managers Into On-Camera Tastemakers
Tmall has teamed up with ELLE on a video podcast lineup that puts eight of its fashion category managers in front of the camera as public arbiters of taste, as the platform looks to differentiate on curation rather than selection and price alone.
Gen Z Pulls Back on Mooncakes as Health and Price Pressures Reshape Mid-Autumn Spending
Mooncake sales in China have slipped over recent years as younger consumers weigh sugar content and steep prices against festival tradition. Heritage bakeries are responding with lighter recipes, savory flavors and IP tie-ins.
China's Retail Sector Braces for Falling Prices as Demand Stays Weak
Analysts expect price-led competition to persist in China's retail market, with Bain & Company projecting muted conditions for at least the next three years. Retail sales of consumer goods reached $3.7 trillion (¥24.87 trillion) in the first half.
China's gold jewellery shops close as buyers favour bars and coins
Gold jewellery retailers are shutting stores across China as high but volatile prices and falling marriage numbers curb demand, with sales down by a third in the first half of the year.
China's discount boom squeezes premium brands as Sam's Club and Costco lift share to 2%
Membership clubs, discount chains and private-label goods are winning a larger slice of China's consumer spending, with Sam's Club and Costco raising their combined channel share to 2% in 2025 while overall urban consumer goods value slips.
NikeSKIMS Signals Mainland China Debut With Shanghai Hoardings
NikeSKIMS, the women's activewear brand from Nike and Kim Kardashian's SKIMS, has teased its first mainland China store with hoardings in Shanghai reading 'Coming Fall 2026'.
Staged Marriage of Sticker Characters Drives Record Sales at Nanjing Mall
Chinese sticker IP Siam Lip and Japanese character My Friend Rabbit staged a mock wedding at Jingfeng Center in Nanjing, leading to a pop-up store that sold out many of its 200 limited-edition products within days.
China's Private-Label Foods Outperform National Brands in Margins
Private-label products in China are generating gross margins 12% to 15% higher than national brands in food, and 8% to 12% higher in daily goods, according to the Private Label Shanghai Council. Retailers are embracing house brands as a core profit strategy.