DALIAN

Overall, sales in Qingdao got off to an impressive start during the Chinese New Year period. There was a change to the top-selling products, however, with the sales of home appliances and communications products on the up, while there was distinct decline in the sales of gold and silver jewellery. More

As the developed and emerging markets are experiencing widely divergent fortunes, leather goods sales on the mainland are poised for still greater expansion, largely thanks to rising incomes and increased consumerism. As both symbols of fashion and quality in the minds of many mainland consumers, Hong Kong companies should capitalise on this favourable perception as well as their own advantages in design, quality and brand names to tap the mainland leather goods market. More