Originally Posted by
pinniped
I'm not a huge fan of outlet malls myself, but I can see where the standard midscale outlet mall (with Polo, Tommy, etc.) would be appealing to the middle class Chinese. I mean, their teenagers all love to rock the same brands that Western teenagers do...
Exactly. There's a heavy tax on imported designer goods in China, so most Chinese malls are crammed with Chinese labels that no one has heard of outside of China. The opportunity to buy western designer labels is an incredibly powerful magnet, at least among my wife's friends in China.