{"id":48634,"date":"2025-11-26T10:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/?p=48634"},"modified":"2025-11-26T11:07:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T11:07:57","slug":"how-china-is-redefining-luxury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/how-china-is-redefining-luxury\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The years of the Chinese gold rush are over\u2019 How China is redefining luxury \u2013 an interview with Ari Pugh\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_1700419874012.jpg\" alt=\"Luxury china\" class=\"wp-image-48635 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_1700419874012.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_1700419874012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_1700419874012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_1700419874012-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_1700419874012-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Ari Pugh is a business strategist and sociologist who specialises in luxury in China. She is currently in-house at Louis Vuitton and has been working in high-end luxury for more than a decade. In that time much of her work has been framed by the lens of cultural consumption and the socio-cultural values that were being expressed through luxury. We should add that her views are her own, and don\u2019t represent the views of LV. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How would you describe the current influence of the Chinese market on the global luxury landscape?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>For sure it remains a key battleground. Over the past year and a half, what we&#8217;ve seen is a slow downturn of growth, particularly for Western houses within that market. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And at the same time, we&#8217;re also seeing a maturing market with higher expectations, notably amongst Gen Z and millennial consumers. It&#8217;s creating a competitive space and a tighter battle for Western luxury brands.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/marketing-beauty-to-chinas-gen-z-an-interview-with-judydolls-julie-liu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">They [younger consumers] are considering value for money in a way that people maybe weren&#8217;t 10 or 15 years ago<\/a>. At the same time, there is a growing concern for individualisation. Consumers are thinking more about self-expression, getting that piece that&#8217;s specific to me and not just what&#8217;s being prescribed to me. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would say that trend points to high expectations and strong experiential value. It&#8217;s creating a need to enter the market with a very specific value proposition. You can&#8217;t just walk into China anymore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How has the balance of power shifted or has the balance of power shifted? <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>I think we&#8217;re in the middle of a major power shift. Obviously, China is a key battleground, the largest, if not one of the largest markets for most luxury brands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re seeing China, or \u2018made in China,\u2019 move from a centre of production to the centre of trends themselves. We\u2019re seeing a Chinese cultural identity that&#8217;s really finding its voice and sense of self-expression. All of this is contributing to more balance in terms of where creative cultural capital is coming from.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the most striking ways in which Chinese consumers are shaping global brand behaviour?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Global brand behaviour is shaped in the sense that you now need to enter the market with a lot more strategy. You need to have a balanced cultural persona. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For<strong> <\/strong>a really long time, brands had Chinese New Year campaigns, mid-Autumn festival campaigns and so on. But now we&#8217;re kind of seeing entire brand revisions. I love this example: Lululemon adapts something 40% of its product assortment to the Chinese market. At this point it&#8217;s not just like, \u2018Oh, we&#8217;re Lululemon, we&#8217;re gonna open a store in China.\u2019 It&#8217;s \u2018we&#8217;re gonna enter the Chinese market almost as a Chinese brand.\u2019 &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How about in terms of style and trends? <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>So far it&#8217;s happening kind of softly, I would say. On one hand the major luxury brands show collections in China. And this drives the visibility of Chinese design and also brings those two languages together. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now you also have Chinese brands that are showing in the West and this Chinese diaspora. I think like the less siloed it gets, the more you see kind of a natural creative dialogue emerging between the two groups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How is China&#8217;s digital ecosystem now setting benchmarks for global marketing innovation?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Emotional storytelling: individualisation, customisation, personalisation, and all of that are absolutely paramount. I also think we&#8217;re seeing Chinese brands specifically learn how to quickly adapt to regional preferences.&nbsp;<br><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Brands now know that Rednote is a key driver for discovery and we know that Douyin [TikTok] is kind of a key driver for purchase. And so what we&#8217;re seeing is that brands are building platform specific strategies that tell a shared coherent story through different lenses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I think, you know, we&#8217;re seeing a lot of these brands really embrace digital innovation. AI especially is sort of a tool for creativity and collaboration and customization at scale. It\u2019s creating a scenario in which brands need to sort of think five steps ahead to be competitive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What lessons are western luxury houses learning from the new generation of Chinese high end brands, if any?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>I think that Western luxury houses are becoming aware that they have stronger localised competition I think. It\u2019s now something like over 50% of luxury consumption in China is domestic brands, which is crazy, yeah and it&#8217;s like 6% year-on-year growth which is not insane, but it&#8217;s that&#8217;s pretty significant, right?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three key takeaways I think western brands now need to know for the Chinese market: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Know your cultural relevance. Where do you fit in?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Localisation is key. So know your markets. Adapt to cities, adapt to the specific culture of a city, whether that&#8217;s in terms of communications, posture, retail product assortment and all of that.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter with something that makes sense.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How are Chinese brands redefining what \u2018Made in China\u2019 means in the luxury context?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously we&#8217;re seeing a lot of growth in domestic brands. We&#8217;re also seeing China move from a purely producer space to a creator space.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I love to do when we talk about this is to look outside fashion and look at art and design, which are also exploding in China right now and I think are actually almost more impactful on the western market as of right now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese contemporary art and Chinese design are attracting collectors and western interest in a way that is starting to happen in fashion but isn&#8217;t quite there yet. Probably because average consumer in this segment is more of a VIP client, so they\u2019re not really getting that aspirational segment. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more we see brands or creators start to express themselves with a Chinese approach to design, the more that we&#8217;ll see that crossover into fashion and other elements of luxury \u2013 it\u2019s an exciting prospect. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What challenges do you see ahead for Western luxury brands in the Chinese market? <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, maintaining growth in an increasingly competitive landscape \u2013 competition for market share is going to be a lot more significant going forward. I think there&#8217;s more scrutiny on Western luxury brands too. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese consumers are just more sensitive to quality perception towards what they&#8217;re getting, not just buying a label. And then I think probably most significantly, economic headwinds. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re for sure not out of the woods. So, targeting aspirational consumers and getting that growth by volume is gonna remain a challenge specifically when you have that VIP client, that&#8217;s more and more and more targeted by kind of every luxury brand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I think in that context, figuring out how to rebuild interest and engagement with younger generations, adapt to new norms and behaviours and operate in context. It\u2019s not like before, let&#8217;s say. The years of the Chinese gold rush are over.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can you highlight some luxury brands to keep an eye on Chinese luxury brands, the rising stars, if you will?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah, sure. I think Icicle is probably the one that is really getting a lot of visibility in the west. EXCEPTION de Mixmind \u2013 I know it is a huge favourite of the Chinese First Lady.<strong> <\/strong>Pronounce, for a movement in the menswear space. And then, my absolute personal favourite because&nbsp;<br>It&#8217;s sort of the ultimate signal to me of what&#8217;s going on in this market and summarises our entire conversation: Kim Jones, the designer, just went to Bosideng, which is a Chinese sportswear brand and outdoor active wear brand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ari Pugh is a business strategist and sociologist who specialises in luxury in China. She is currently in-house at Louis Vuitton and has been working in high-end luxury for more than a decade. 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