With limited releases, high resale prices, and celebrity fans, Labubu toys are leading a new wave of Chinese intellectual ...

A popular bakery in Kidderminster is set to open its doors again this weekend to the delight of residents. The Continental Bakery on Stourbridge Road is hosting another open day event on Saturday (May ...

Key move to strengthen the city's role as a global hub for the jewelry industry coincides with the start of the 2025 Shanghai Diamond & Gems Cultural Festival in Huangpu District. Shanghai is ...

Icy Yang, a 30-year-old consultant in Shanghai, is among the Pop Mart mega-fans who helped drive a surge in the company’s profits last year. She already owns dozens of the company’s dolls, and ...

The furry gremlin-like character, created by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung and sold by Chinese toy company Pop Mart, has risen to meteoric heights. Featuring in thousands of TikTok videos, fans are ...

Since then, Labubu fever has taken over the world, with Pop Mart stores – the Chinese toy company behind the in-demand product – regularly swamped by huge crowds of customers all hoping to ...

State Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China College ...

Shanghai is leading a campaign to absorb export backlogs into the local economy. The question remains: How will such a flood merchandise affect the market? On the third floor of Wing On Department ...

Consumers check out Labubu figures at a Pop Mart store in the Siam Center shopping mall in Bangkok on Tuesday. LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP Pop Mart International Group Ltd, a China-based trendy ...

These “ugly-cute” critters have turned into a goldmine for Pop Mart – in 2024 alone, the Monsters IP (which includes Labubu) brought in $419 million, marking a staggering 726.6 per cent year ...

Modern hairdressing in Shanghai emerged in the late 19th century. Records show that in 1876, the Shengfa Barbershop opened on the central Wuchang Road, and in 1887, three French expatriates ...