Hongkong Wang Shop Rent Decline Or Up To 15%

In recent years, the contribution of the manufacturing sector to the local economy has been gradually reduced. There is no need to worry too much. Instead, the retail industry is facing greater challenges. There is still no bottom in this year. It is expected that the rent will drop sharply and the shops will go bankrupt.

Recently, the US brand Coach sent an email notice to all the Hongkong members to remind everyone that the flagship store in the central bank had leased out two years ahead of schedule and formally completed its business in August 31st.

This is not the first luxury store closed in Hong Kong. In early August, Tiger Group, a LVMH group, closed its flagship store in Russell street in Hongkong.

Russell street, which is located in Tiger Street, has one of the most expensive retail rents in the world a year ago.

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In March of this year, the new positioning of tiger's new watch reduced the price of many watches, which meant a decrease in profits, and the high rent in Hongkong would obviously engulf their living space.

Although other groups have no actual action for the time being, they request.

There are many voices, such as the Burberry group.

Zhou Dafu and the group both have some criticisms about the high rent. Kai Yun group has even released tough words, saying that if the rent does not drop again, it will be closed.

In contrast, once the high rent shops rented more frequently, a group of five shops in Tongluowan announced the initiative to reduce rent by 30%.

Data from Colliers International Gao Li international show that in the first half of this year, the average monthly rent of Russell Street decreased by 10.4%, while the average monthly rent of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon decreased by 15%.

In December last year, retail rents in Hongkong hit the biggest drop since 2009.

From the analysis of the structure of Hongkong's retail sales in 2014, 38% of them came from mainland tourists. If the RMB depreciated again, it would have a greater impact. It is estimated that the rent of the shops will drop by 15% this year.

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Prior to 2009, McKinsey had predicted that by 2015, the sales of fashion business accounted for 2% of the total sales of luxury goods, about 4 billion US dollars.

To this end, it has adjusted its view of luxury digital channels. It predicts that in the next ten years, the sales of luxury electric business will increase significantly. By 2025, global online luxury goods sales will reach 70 billion euros, accounting for 18% of the total sales of personal luxury goods (390 billion euros).

The other two luxury goods groups have also explored a lot in the field of e-commerce and digitalization.

As early as 2010, the Swiss luxury group made a full acquisition of Net-A-Porter, a luxury electric business in the UK.

France Kai Yun group and Italy luxury electric business Yoox set up a joint venture in August 2012, which is responsible for managing the e-commerce website of Kai Yun group's brand.

By the end of March this year, the world's first and second luxury electric providers, Net-A-Porter and Yoox, formally announced the merger and set up YooxNet-A-Porter group. The estimated market value will exceed $2 billion 500 million (about 15 billion 600 million yuan), and the two companies will officially complete the merger in September this year.

JohannRupert, executive chairman of Richemont, has said that the group is discussing with two other luxury electronics giant LVMH and Kai Yun, hoping that LVMH and Kai Yun can finance the new luxury YooxNet-A-Porter group.

"The merger of Net-A-Porter and Yoox's two big business platforms will make the two major luxury groups of the peak and Kai Yun go further on the road of electricity supplier convergence". Zhou Ting believes that luxury brand competition has entered the era of competition and cooperation. It is not ruled out that the three major luxury goods groups will further cooperate in the electricity supplier in the future, and once again monopolize the luxury pattern of the control line.

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Lyst is a collection platform of luxury brands and buyers' stores. In 2014, its total sales volume was $40 million, compared with the sales volume of 650 million pounds (1 billion 20 million US dollars) of luxury shopping websites in Net-A-Porter2014, Lyst is still growing.

In China, Benefit, the cosmetics brand of LVMH group, entered Tmall at the end of 2011, but it withdrew after half a year in.

According to Benefit later, Tmall is an attempt by LVMH to China's electricity supplier. Although the feedback data is good, no final conclusion has yet been reached.