The UK might be lagging when it comes to attracting average Chinese tourists, the country is certainly successful in attracting the wealthy section of the Chinese. Key driver were the Olympics, estimates Hurun rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf in the Telegraph.Read More →
Expensive watches and liquor are on the watch list, as China is going through an anti-corruption drive, tells Hurun Rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf Reuters. Less-expensive gifts are the trend.Read More →
Crisis or no crisis, luxury cars are doing very well, also in China where the number of super-rich keeps on growing. China’s rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf bets on the country’s luxury market and especially German cars, he tells The National.Read More →
Shopping in a secluded environment of private houses for sometimes personalized high-end items adds a new feature to the way how wealthy Chinese prefer to spend their money. Retail analyst Paul French comments in the Sydney Morning Herald on a new feature.Read More →
Rich Chinese are massively leaving China, obvious politically “a hot potato”, tells China’s rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf in The Telegraph. Although the effect might not be as devastating as the figures suggest.Read More →
China’s rich have just found another thing they love to have, the European butler, explains Hurun rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf to Aljazeera. But not for long, as Chinese butlers are getting European training too.Read More →
Getting on Hurun’s rich lists, some consider to be dangerous. Rupert Hoogewerf, the composer of the rich lists, denies at the BBC, but admits his list is far from comprehensive.Read More →
Much of the speculation on China’s economic and also political future focuses on the emergence of a middle class. But whatever you call “middle class” in China, is very different from the middle class in the US, warns business analyst Shaun Rein in CNN. In China everybody wants to be rich.Read More →
The important segment of rich Chinese sees a wide range of changes, splitting the group in at least three sections, tells retail analyst Paul French in Quartz. And all are planning better in how to spend their money as the fight against corruption turns serious.
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The fourteen-year old Hurun China rich list has this week also launched into India, announced its founder Rupert Hoogewerf. The important milestone was widely reported in India’s media. Read More →
Previous darlings of the luxury industry like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Omega, Versace and Hugo Boss are out of grace, as the country’s really rich focus on high quality, the real stuff, in stead of those parvenu brands. Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf explains in the China Daily what has changed.Read More →
China’s economy resembles a roller coaster in many ways, and especially China’s rich in real estate had a very rough year, some falling down, other still moving up, tells Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf in the Wall Street Journal.Read More →