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The China Edit | Condé Nast College, E-Commerce, JD.com, Brushing

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.
Rendering of the Condé Nast Center in Shanghai | Source: Courtesy
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  • Kate Abnett
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"Condé Nast College Opens Center in Shanghai" (The Business of Fashion)
"The education arm of the media company behind Vogue, GQ and Glamour is poised for expansion into new territories."

"The US Just Overtook China as the World's Best Place for E-commerce(Quartz)
"The US has jumped ahead of China, which led the rankings in 2013, because it offers an irresistible mix of market size, growth potential, developed infrastructure, and its residents' eagerness to purchase online—the categories A.T. Kearney measures to compile its index."

"JD.com Sees Growth in Warehouse Services After Uniqlo Agreement" (Bloomberg)
"Chinese e-commerce company JD.com Inc. expects a warehousing and delivery agreement with Japan's Uniqlo Co. will open the door for more companies to use its logistics services."

"China's Online Sales Fakery Problem Might Be Bigger Than You Think" (Forbes)
"The practice of paying people to act like customers, called brushing, is not just an Alibaba problem. Cut-throat competition means merchants on every e-commerce platform are susceptible to the practice."

"Alibaba-Backed ShopRunner Gains Momentum, Eyes China" (Reuters)
"ShopRunner Inc, the e-commerce startup backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd that styles itself in some ways as the anti-Amazon, more than doubled its users over the past year and hopes to do so again in 2015."

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