China's fondness for Italian brands - According to a recent report by the HSBC bank on the luxury goods industry, Italian luxury good brands are enjoying great success in China. A number of companies are particularly well placed to take advantage of this explosion in demand, which is effectively making China the keystone of their respective international growth strategies. Luxottica, the world leader in spectacle frames, Prada and Tod's are the ones best-placed to take advantage of the...