During the Singles Day shopping spree last year, Tapestry created sales volume records on its Tmall platform, as Coach became the number one brand for handbag, suitcases and leatherware by sales volume, so did Stuart Weitzman in the footwear category.
Not far away in Hunan Yihao Leather Handbag Co Ltd, workers all wear masks to complete production orders since the resumption of work.
Luxury handbag sharing platform MrsB allows its users to rent a Valentino clutch bag for 8 yuan ($1.15) a day.
Shang also wore spotless white gloves as he handed over the expensive designer handbag in a glitzy gift box.
Italian luxury brand Bottega Veneta launched a special edition of its wool handbag for the festival and first released it through a mini-program on WeChat.
"I gave 90 points to this session of the Canton Fair, and we saw better transactions via cross-border livestreaming," said Gong Xilian, the general manager of a handbag factory in Zhongshan, South China's Guangdong province.
Inside a duty-free shopping mall in the resort city of Sanya, Shao Kehui, a tourist from East China's Zhejiang province, lined up for more than 20 minutes before entering the Gucci store for a handbag worth about 14,000 yuan (about $2,082).
"Lin said it costs more to buy the same type of handbag in a department store than at a duty-free shop, but the better shopping environment and service provided by a store compensate for this.
While buyers stand to receive seven giveaways like umbrellas and canvas shopping bags, the 12,300 yuan ($1,818) price tag of the handbag is identical to that offered in the brand's physical store.
"For example, a luxury-brand handbag will be costly, but a lipstick from the same brand would be much more affordable to consumers," Zhen said.
A shared image of one posing with a latest luxury handbag bought overseas may either elicit likes or lead to perceptions of snobbery, but not many appear to dislike pictures of one in front of centuries-old statues or oil paintings.