It's been a sobering quarter for luxury.

Gucci sales fell 20%. Its parent, Kering, saw $9bn wiped off its market value. Swiss watch exports dipped 3.8%. Their connecting thread? A slowdown in demand from China bloomberg.com/news/articles/… with Shirley Zhao and Andy Hoffman

I’ve been visiting residential-housing exhibitions in second-tier Chinese cities recently. This one in Wuhan was kinda weird …

Ah Blighty, you haven't changed.

Gloomy weather kept Brits away from shops in February bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

SCOOP with Irina Anghel Bain is offering staffers in London the option to leave with multiple months pay or to transfer to another overseas office as consultancies navigate an uncertain macroeconomic environment bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Happy to share I've moved to London to fill in for Katie Linsell this coming year. I'll be covering UK retail (think Sainsbury's, ASOS) so do get in touch with tips or to meet up!

Grateful to Bloomberg's Taiwan team for their support this past year. I'll be watching from afar.

Heard a lot of Cantonese being spoken at the DPP event last night, much like four years ago, except a lot has changed for Hongkongers now.

An insightful piece by Irenechan2019 hongkongfp.com/2024/01/13/i-a…

Hou Yu-ih has congratulated Lai Ching-te for his victory and apologized for disappointing his voters, in an admission of defeat bloomberg.com/news/live-blog… via Bloomberg

It's 6pm and the KMT's 2,000~ seat venue is still only about 15% full. Some of the same attendees have been approached by multiple journalists looking for interviews.

In 2020, President Tsai Ing-wen confirmed her re-election at a 9pm presser. Follow our live blog for updates into the night bloom.bg/48Bzp3p via Bloomberg

The crowd at the KMT rally is still pretty sparse, though thankfully there are food trucks.

Our Bloomberg team in #Taiwan will also be feeding election tidbits into a live blog, check it out here bloomberg.com/news/live-blog…

For all those writing & commenting on Taiwan's election, some data to counter some common misconceptions.
Taiwan's wages are not 'stagnant.' We've seen the fastest wage growth since the 1990s. Inflation has eroded the gains over the past 2+ years but prices will ease this year.

It's been almost two months since Terry Gou dropped out of Taiwan's presidential race. But his campaign posters still linger around the city...

Read this throwback: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

It's a beautiful day for an election.

My indefatigable colleagues and I will be on site at each party's rally: Cindy Wang will be at the DPP, Betty Hou at the TPP and I at the KMT. Follow us and Bloomberg for the latest. Let's gooooo! #Taiwan

賴清德Lai Ching-te My colleagues Cindy Wang, Jennifer Creery 紀寳瑩 and I will be at the party HQs, reporting first-hand, on the ground news on the high-stakes vote watched from Beijing to Washington. Here’s a colorful piece by Cindy Wang on how dynamic the #TaiwanElection has been: rb.gy/w60hp7

If you have any questions about the Taiwan election, and I know you do, you can put them to me in an AMA on @reddit r/worldnews today at 9pm Taiwan time/8amET.