Labubu Humanity Bags are being small. So its creator already knows how to sell even more

Labubu have become a global phenomenon. In China alone, for 2024, they reached sales for about 355 million euros and, since then, their figures in the rest of the world They grow at a rhythm of 480%. To Spain too The fever arrived: The stores They ran out of stock and many buyers have had to resort to Wallapop or Vind, with the consequent Risk of falsifications. Pop Mart, the manufacturer of the stuffed animals, He has shot in the stock market After affirming the CEO Wang NO that its initial forecast of reaching 2.8 billion dollars in sales for this year can grow 50% to 3,580 million, something that, says “would be quite easy.” He would be able to double the income of 2024. And they have explained how they plan to do it: launching the “Mini Labubu“ From the bag to the mobile. With their rabbit ears and a very sinister smile, the labubu have conquered bags and backpacks of their buyers, after being popularized by influencers like Lisa, from the K-Pop Blackpink groupDua Lipa, Madonna, David Beckham or Kim Kardashian. Now Pop Mart wants to conquer something much more common and transversal than a bag: the smartphone. As the company explained, the Mini Labubu can be placed on phones, and will not take them to launch them. It will happen this week. The ‘Sonny Angel’ taught the way. The mobile accessories market is huge, but none explains so well the step that is going to give Pop Mart with the Mini Labubu like the ”Sonny Angel‘, those little “plastic angels” that after being created in 2004, are now glued to many mobile and even laptops of very young people from Spain after being a viral phenomenon in Tiktok. The key was the version ‘Hipper‘, designed to fit with the mobile and corners and frames of the screens and popularized by celebrities such as Rosaría or Victoria Beckham. And they took steps such as collaborating with covers of covers such as Casetify that show Pop Mart where sales can continue to grow once they launch the reduced size labubu. In fact, They already collaborate With brands such as Disney, DC, Marvel, Minions, Capcom, Garfield, etc. As explained in The Economist, China is now “Cool”and has everything to conquer Europe. Without supplying, but with a plan. Wang said that it is very optimistic for the company’s performance “in foreign markets”, and believes that “there is a very wide space for growth”, predicting that the sales of North America and Pacific Asia will match those of China in 2024. The problem is that Labubus’s production does not give to meet demand. This explains average resale prices of $ 121 (and up to 240 euros), compared to the 30 dollars that are officially sold. It is the same problem that Xiaomi also faces in China with The resale of su7but they are working on expanding the production capacity, and Yuan Junjie, president of the Pop Supply Chain Center Mart, states that produce 10 times more than in the same period last yearwhich translates into 30 million units per month. They plan to continue improving, with two new factories abroad and two in China. At the moment they have benefited from Getting with Labubus is an art. Image | Dushawn Jovic in Unspash and Pop Mart In Xataka | Most brands take decades to leave the “Death Valley.” Xiaomi has taken two electric cars

His two leaders have already made their bags

In recent months, Renault has seen how essential figures in its most recent success gave the company. As advanced Motorpasionthe most recent coup has been the march of Gilles Vidal, the designer responsible for the reinterpretation of the large surpluses of the company in the form of the Renault 5 e-tech, which has signed by Stellantis. This exit comes just weeks after Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault from 2020 and architect of the so -called “RENAULTION“will also announce your game to Assume new challenges Outside the automotive sector, specifically at the head of the Kering luxury group, owner of luxury fashion brands such as Gucci and Balenciaga. The combination of both dropouts supposes for Renault an authentic internal earthquake in full commercial boom of Your star car And just when the firm seemed to have overcome the worst moments after multimillionaire losses derived from the previous management. Gilles Vidal: The designer who redrawed the rhombus Gilles Vidal is not any designer in the European automotive industry. After 25 years in the PSA Group, where he was in charge of the design of projects such as the successful Peugeot 2083008 and 308, signed for Renault in 2020. His arrival coincided with a new era of products and a aesthetic rudder In Renault. With the Renault 5 E-Tech, Vidal’s team made the model named Car of the year in Europe 2025. His formula successfully checked The nostalgia of the 80s providing it with a toe technology: “With the new Renault 5 E-Tech Electric we have given on the nail,” said the design manager In an interview for Hybrids and electric. Now, Gilles Vidal returns to Stellantis, where he spent 25 years designing Citroën and Peugeot cars. Stellantis is reinforced and Renault seeks answers According to A statement From the French manufacturer, the arrival of Vidal to Stellantis will be effective on October 1, 2025, at which time he will assume the position of design director for the European brands of the automobile giant, replacing Jean-Pierre Ploué and reporting directly to Jean-Philippe Imparato, director of operations of Europe. On his new stage, Vidal has declared: “I am excited to return to my roots. In a world where technology and design must go hand in hand to transform the customer experience, I am excited about the challenges and opportunities that await us.” Meanwhile, Renault must face a double vacuum: leadership and design. With the departure of both responsible, the Rhombus brand must demonstrate whether the success that the Renault 5 is living is one day flower, or on the contrary, the fruit of a well -fixed strategy that marks the path of the future of Renault. He Renault 4 e-tech It is already in the exit box to check it. In Xataka | Renault is clear that the electric car is not the only way. Your future proposal: a plug -in hybrid of hydrogen Image | Renault

In times of fall in stock market, a luxury investment has become a “shelter”: bags

In times of financial uncertainty, generalized falls In stock markets around the world and the dollar losing credibility as a reference currency, investors seek refuge values ​​to protect their assets. The gold It used to be the safeguard In times of crisis, but a new trend has gained strength in recent years: the Investment in luxury articlesespecially exclusive bags such as Hermès Birkin. Get out of the bag to get into the bag. The attractiveness of these high -end bags signed by Hermes, Louis Vuitton Or Chanel not only resides in its exclusivity and status, but also surprise by their profitability. While actions and gold experience ups and downs, Birkin bags have demonstrated a constant revaluation of their value in the second -hand market. During periods of financial volatilityluxury bags, and in particular Hermès Birkin, has positioned itself as an asset of investment at levels of artthe high -end watches or the Classic luxury cars. According to the report of Art Market Researchin the last two decades, luxury bags have gone from being an accessory to what is now “the only category of collecting women centered.” Scarcity marketing. This investment model is sustained thanks to something as basic as the law of supply and demand. Hermès, like most luxury brands, applies a deliberate scarcity strategy with a very limited production of their pieces in which, curiously, It is the brand who chooses What products sell to your customers. The high demand for these articles causes waiting lists among their clients that can reach six years. The perception of exclusivity increases the desire for the product, which causes automatically revalue in the second -hand market when leaving the store. This is a phenomenon quite common In markets. For example, we live it after launch of the Sony PS5when these consoles arrived with counts to stores and doubled their price in the second -hand market or, at another level, with The Purosangue Ferrari. More Birkin, less gold. The Birkin de Hermès, is considered one of the best investments in the world of luxury, even surpassing traditional assets such as art or gold in terms of profitability and stability. A 2020 study Prepared by Credit Suisse and Deloitte, he revealed that the value of the Birkin increased 38% on average that year, far exceeding the performance of the S&P 500, which grew 16.3% in the same period. A study Baghunter compared the value of Hermès’ bags with respect to the S&P 500 and gold since 1995. The results showed that the financial behavior of the Birkin was much more stable and profitable than the stock market index and the value of gold, with a less volatile market and greater interannual returns. While the S&P 500 offered an average annual return of 8.65%and gold just 1.9%, the Birkin registered an average annual increase of 14.2%. A second -hand birkin: from 9,000 to $ 200,000. As with the market of the Collection luxury watchesthe high demand for certain editions of Birkin has generated spectacular revaluation. A Birkin de Hermès costs between $ 9,000 and $ 12,000, but can reach prices of up to $ 200,000 In auctions or specialized platformsdepending on its rarity, state and materials. In 2015, a pink crocodile skin birkin was sold by a record of $ 223,000, consolidating the reputation of these bags as high performance investments. The most expensive birkin ever auctioned was a Birkin 30 Himalayas with diamonds, than It reached a price of $ 450,000 in 2014. The Chinese offensive: the true value of the Birkin. In a context of commercial warfare like the current one, the boom of the Birkin as an investment has not been exempt from controversy. After the imposition of tariffs by the Trump administration, Chinese influencers networks They have started a campaign To demystify the value of these bags. During the last days, Tiktok and X They have filled with videos of these Chinese influencers directing directly to the customers of these brands by analyzing the manufacturing costs in China. The message indicates the manufacturing price of a Birkin of Hermès around $ 1,400, while luxury brands sell their bags for a price up to ten times higher than its real cost, feeding the perception that there is a speculative bubble around these luxury items. In Xataka | A rare 900,000 clock has marked the end of moderation in goal: Mark Zuckerberg and his fondness for expensive watches In Xataka | Nicolas Puech: Hermès’s Swiss Millionaire who wants to leave a gardener with Spanish ties as the only heir Image | Hermes

The bags in the US have collapsed. “The Magnificent Seven” of technology and crypts are the most affected

Wall Street is having a 2025 especially black. In the last two years, the S&P 500 index, which brings together 500 of the most important companies in the US, has suffered a 7.39% drop in a month and is at levels of six months ago, just before the US presidential elections. The debacle has been especially notable for large technological ones, and cryptocurrencies have also suffered a remarkable collapse. What is happening? A drop of 5.5 billion dollars. According to The Kobeissi Letterin the last two months both the S&P 500 index and the cryptodivsis segment have seen how 5.5 billion dollars have evaporated. Most of these losses have occurred in the last month, and For example The Nasdaq is just 8% of falling to entering a bearish market for the first time since 2022 “. Investors don’t feel like risk. These experts speak of a sudden change in the “appetite for risk” and we have gone from “extreme greed” to “extreme fear”, which has made many investors rescue their positions to collect benefits. Risks to the US economy in 2025. The investment firm Apollo Global Management He pointed out in December that foresee a 0% probabilities of recession in the US in 2025, but that there was also 90% chance of tariffs starting (as it has been). To this is joined by the fact that cryptocurrencies, which had generated great expectation in 2024, now seem to be generating concernfor example after Trump’s announcement to create a strategic cryptor. Tariffs and fear of recession, probable causes. These forecasts are of course potential arguments to explain these great falls. The Aggressive tariff policy by Donald Trump and the fear of a recession – which the president himself He did not rule out– They are there, and have affected both the stock market values ​​and cryptocurrencies, which have been especially impacted. The “seven magnificent” in free fall. Apple (5%), Microsoft (2%), Alphabet (4%), Amazon (2%), Nvidia, Meta (4%) and Tesla (15%) have experienced significant falls. According to CNBC They lost 750,000 million dollars on Monday: it was the worst day of Nasdaq since 2022. These shares are 14% below their (recent) maximum values. And the crypts, even worse. In the last month Bitcoin has lost more than 15% of its value and It has passed of $ 97,000 levels to the current 81,000. Ethereum is having even worse: It has fallen almost 28 % in the same period. Other crypts such as XRP, Sun or Doge have recorded milder falls between 3% and 6%, but one thing is clear: the crypto segment continues to spread what happens in the technological one. In Europe (for the moment) the bags are not so affected. That volatility of the US Stock Exchange has impacted European stock markets, but for now it has not done so remarkably. The France of France and the FTSE of London fell about 0.9% and the Dax of Germany 1.75%. Meanwhile, in Spain Ibex 35 fell 1.41%, but the next few days and weeks will undoubtedly decisive for the march of markets. Image | Maxim Hopman In Xataka | The United States has decided to start a tariff war. Videogames in physical format will pay Caro

If almost nobody pays for their software, at least they can buy their new official bags and jackets

There are so few private users who pay for Winrar that the company has no qualms about admitting it. Each license costs 29.95 euros, but Your “Test before Buy” model Allows you to use the program during 40 days for free. This is usually more than enough to decompress that punctual file that they sent you by email or that you went down from the Internet. Win.rar GmbH, the company behind the legendary software, has surprised these days with curious publications in X. “What better way to support the software for which you have never paid that buying a Winrar bag? Do it! We challenge you to do it! ” can be read in a message. Yes, Winrar is not only in the software business, but also of merchandising. Winrar bags and jackets The most striking of the catalog is the bag Winrar Archive Messenger. We are facing a product whose design perfectly mimics the characteristics three stacked files of the compression tool. As explained by the manufacturer, it has been manufactured with 100% vegan leather, it has an adjustable clip strap, and a magnetic closure system. Its measures are 21.4 cm x 14 cm x 7 cm. If you are wondering how much this computer fans accessory costs, the answer is simple: more than a Winrar license. Its price is 115 euros, although depending on where you live, the shipment can raise the bill. If you want it in Madrid, for example, the cheapest shipment costs 15.90 euros, leaving the total at 130.90 euros. There are also A Winrar hunteradorned with patches of the software icons. According to the description, it is made of 100%wool, with a padded satin lining that improves comfort and thermal insulation. The price does not go unnoticed: 224.90 eurosmore shipping costs. For the manufacture of these products, Winrar has been associated with Tern, a company that will produce them in China. With this strategy, the company seeks to generate extra income, although its main business remains the Sale of licenses to corporate and government customerswhich are the ones who really pay for the software. Winrar’s roots date back to Russia, where Eugene Roshal launched the first version In the 1990s. Today, the program is managed by Win.rar GmbH, a company registered in Bremen, Germany. Images | Winrar | Tern In Xataka | The unknown history of Winrar, the king of file compressors that we have almost all used In Xataka | The possible closure of Tiktok is awakening an exciting world: that of Chinese social apps

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