”Controversial comments by designers can be devastating for luxury brands.Celebrities including “Memoirs of a Geisha” movie star Zhang Ziyi criticised the brand, while singer Wang Junkai said he had terminated an agreement to be the brand’s ambassador.But there was an increased chance such controversies could affect sales as buyers became more discerning about brands, some analysts said.com Inc were no longer available and searches for the brand returned no products.An airport duty free shop in the southern Chinese city of Haikou said on Weibo it had removed all Dolce & Gabbana products from its shelves.
In Other news Chinese online shopping sites ditch Dolce & Gabbana in ad backlash REUTERS Published: Nov 25, 2018, 10:58 am IST Updated: Nov 25, 2018, 10:58 am IST The ads - released earlier this week featured a Chinese woman struggling to eat spaghetti and pizza with chopsticks.The ads - released earlier this week to drum up interest in a Shanghai fashion show the Italian brand later cancelled - featured a Chinese woman struggling to eat spaghetti and pizza with chopsticks, sparking criticism from consumers.. In one of the worst fallouts from in the fashion world, Christian Dior, now fully part of LVMH, fired designer John Galliano in 2011 after a video of him surfaced hurling anti-Semitic abuse at people in a bar in Paris. But most brands are quite careful, they don’t do things that are humorous.China’s Kaola, an e-commerce platform belonging to China’s NetEase Inc confirmed it had removed Dolce & Gabbana products while luxury goods retailer Secoo said it removed the brand’s listings on Wednesday evening.“A lot of western brands don’t really understand China that well when it comes to cultural sensitivities.
The company declined to comment. The brand said Gabbana’s account had been hacked..(Source).“It’s a different market now – Chinese customers are savvier, and there’s so much more choice,” said Sindy Liu, a London-based luxury marketing consultant. Chinese e-commerce sites have removed Dolce & Gabbana products amid a spiralling backlash against an advertising campaign that was decried as racist by celebrities and on social media.com did not respond to requests for comment, and Dolce & Gabbana did not comment on the retailers’ moves.The gaffe is not the first by Dolce & Gabbana in China, even as it pushes to increase its appeal there.
The unlisted firm does not publish earnings or disclose how much revenue it derives from China. companies working in the country should respect China and Chinese people”.Other uproars have come and gone in China without appearing to cause lasting damage, including at brands like Kering’s Balenciaga, which apologised in April amid a backlash over how some Chinese customers had been treated in Paris.After its China missteps quickly went viral on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform, it apologised in a statement on the site.Alibaba and JD.Amid calls for a boycott, the furore threatened to grow into a big setback for one of Italy’s best-known fashion brands in a crucial market, where rivals from Louis Vuitton of LVMH to Kering’s Gucci are vying to expand.
The blunder was compounded when screenshots were circulated online of a private Instagram conversation, in which the brand’s designer Stefano Gabbana makes a reference to “China Ignorant Dirty Smelling Mafia” and uses the smiling poo emoji China Grommet Manufacturers to describe the country.The Communist Party Youth League, the youth wing of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, said on Weibo “we welcome foreign companies to invest and develop in China .com Inc were no longer available. Dolce & Gabbana items on the e-commerce sites hosted by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and JD. It came under fire on social media last year for another series of ads showing the grungy side of Chinese life.Chinese customers account for more than a third of spending on luxury products worldwide and are increasingly shopping for these in their home market rather than on overseas trips
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