ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter 6th October 2014 Greetings! While the Golden Week is usually a busy period that Hong Kong retailers look forward to, protests are scaring off Chinese tourists and with it the annual boost in their sales luxury brands rely on. Being the closest alternative, shopping malls in Japan […]
Next Stop London for Chinese HNWI – Hurun Report Conference

Headlined by Rupert Hoogewerf, ‘godfather’ of China’s Rich List and Chairman of Hurun Report, this event is the first of its kind in the UK to draw together premium London-based brands keen to open doors to new Chinese business and leverage this growing market opportunity. Audience: 100 guests including representatives from luxury & premium brands, Chinese […]
The French beating the British to the punch?
This article was initially published in The Standard on 17 January 2014. ChinaContact MD Roy Graff provides his analysis to this vexing issue. Furious London tourism bosses today demanded the immediate scrapping of all “colonial bureaucracy” putting off big-spending Chinese visitors after France unveiled a fast-track 48-hour visa processing system. France has promised to implement […]