Secoo deal underlines China's growing luxury appeal

L Catterton Asia, together with JD.com, is taking a substantial stake in the high-end online platform and sees many opportunities to leverage its other luxury brands, its chairman explains.

'Tuhao' is the Mandarin slang for it – China's nouveau riche – and below them are the tens of millions of people who make up the country's expanding middle classes; together they encapsulate the burgeoning spending power catalysing the rise of high-end online retailers in China.

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