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Jessica Rapp

Passionate about style and design, Jessica has been writing about China’s emerging independent fashion scene and the country’s creative industries since moving to Beijing in 2011. She spent two years covering the capital’s dynamic fashion world as style editor of the Beijinger magazine, with her work also featured in publications including Dwell, Design Sponge and artnet News.

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Jessica
Rapp

Passionate about style and design, Jessica has been writing about China’s emerging independent fashion scene and the country’s creative industries since moving to Beijing in 2011. She spent two years covering the capital’s dynamic fashion world as style editor of the Beijinger magazine, with her work also featured in publications including Dwell, Design Sponge and artnet News.

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DIGITAL6 min read

How Have KOLs & Brands Responded to Coronavirus?

From curating the appropriate tone to choosing the right influencers, luxury brands are figuring out the best ways to move forward during a nearly unprecedented time for the industry. China…
DIGITAL9 min read

10 KOL Marketing Trends in China for 2020

With 2019 having drawn to a close, brands and marketers should be looking ahead and formulating plans for getting ahead of the curve in 2020. Here are ten KOL marketing…
CAMPAIGNS9 min read

Beauty Marketing Trends in 2020 That Will Boost Your KOL Game

With China’s beauty market tipped to reach a value of $62 billion in 2020, brands need to bring their “A” game into the new decade. Here are the six beauty…
DIGITAL7 min read

4 China Marketing Experts: How Can Brands Use Traveling Influencers?

Any travel brand on top of its marketing strategy is no doubt comfortable working with influencers who specialize in travel and tourism. But beyond this pool of travel influencers are social media mavens across a wide range of categories with tremendous untapped potential to work their content magic to reach new audiences.

CONSUMERS6 min read

Chinese Consumers Drive the High-End Athleisure Market

China’s health and wellness boom has driven sportswear growth to a point where it threatens to overtake luxury goods by 2020, according to a Euromonitor International report. Maia Active founder…
DIGITAL3 min read

Tencent’s Online Ad Revenues Soar As WeChat Claims Nearly 1 Billion Users

WeChat’s online ad revenue helped give Tencent’s first quarter results a boost to record-breaking profits.

CONSUMERS5 min read

KAWS: Bridging the Gap Between Luxury and China’s Aspiring Youth

The New York-based artist’s luxury collaborations are drawing in new audiences in the West—are Chinese millennials next? Art and luxury have intersected time and again in China as brands work…
RETAIL4 min read

Report: Luxury Brands Continue to Rein In China Expansion as Malls Shift to ‘Retailtainment’

CBRE’s 2017 Asia Pacific Real Estate Market Outlook highlights retailtainment and other trends in a shopping landscape dominated by e-commerce. Changes in China’s retail landscape continue to reflect the extent…