(Where can you get this for the lowest price?)
I decided to compare the prices of some popular Jill Stuart products in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Have a look!
Loose Powder
Japan: 4725 JPY
Taiwan: 1350 NTD (3955 JPY)
Hong Kong: 330 HKD (4132 JPY)
All eye palettes
Japan: 5250 JPY
Taiwan: 1450 NTD (4248 JPY)
Hong Kong: 370 HKD (4633 JPY)
Jelly Eye Color
Taiwan: 680 NTD (1992 JPY)
Hong Kong: 160 HKD (2004 JPY)
Mix Blush Compact
Japan: 4725 JPY
Taiwan: 1300 NTD (3809 JPY)
Hong Kong: 330 HKD (4132 JPY)
Blush Powder
Japan: 4410 JPY
Taiwan: 1250 NTD (3662 JPY)
Hong Kong: 310 HKD (3882 JPY)
Compact Mirror
Japan: 2625 JPY
Taiwan: 650 NTD (1904 JPY)
Hong Kong: 170 HKD (2129 JPY)
(based on today’s exchange rate:
1 JPY = 0.34 NTD = 0.08 HKD)
It seems that Jill Stuart products are currently the cheapest in Taiwan, but the prices in Hong Kong are quite good too. (Japanese beauty products do tend to be slightly cheaper in Taiwan, but currently the prices seem particularly good in the relative sense since Taiwanese Dollar has recently been quite weak against Japanese Yen.) It will be interesting to see the prices of Jill Stuart’s spring 2009 items in Taiwan later on…
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{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }
I think it sucks that Taiwan is always getting the good deals. Compared to other countries in the world, Taiwan actually has a very small market for cosmetics and beauty products. But it seems like they are always getting the good deals. For example every year the department stores have an anniversary sale around November (some of them are still on now), and the prices get discounted to a rediculously low amount, some are at 90% off their original price. Beauty companies should have those sales in every country and not just in Taiwan.
whereabouts is JS avail in hongkong?
Hi Sheila,
I think a natural explanation to this is that beauty companies need to make sure that the prices are as competitive as possible in order to stay afloat in Taiwan. I cannot say this in relative terms (in comparison with customers in other countries), but it seems clear that most beauty fans in Taiwan are very shrewd customers. They don’t easily part with their money unless they know they are getting the very best possible deal. So I think the good deals and discounts are certainly partly down to customer power. (The rest of it is simply a snowball effect, with all the brands, western and Japanese, fight to offer better deals.)
Also, Taiwan is a good market for department store brands to invest in because it has been suggested that the spending on department store brand products (as opposed to drugstore products) per capita is higher than that in many other countries in the west. (The customers in Taiwan are very brand-concious and are willing to experiment with high-end products.) So the overall profit margin can be very high because of the strong individual buying power.
Moreover, the strong buying power is combined with the fact that Taiwan is geographically a small place and is very densely populated, which works for rather than against retail investment.
All these may explain why, as I have mentioned in my earlier post on beauty shopping in Taipei, Taiwan is one of the best places in the world to shop for beauty products in terms of value for money.
Thank you very much for your comment.
Hi,
At the moment I don’t really know which department store in Hong Kong will carry Jill Stuart. But perhaps a reader will post a comment on this later on.
Thank you for stopping by! :)
I read that JS’s store will be at Faces in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Hi Katrina,
Thank you so much for letting me know! :)
dame!! i just came back from Tai Wan and didn’t buy any of those! i thought we’d be getting similar prices so i didnt bothered…omg i feel so depressed…..
Hi Keely,
Don’t be so depressed. :) I actually think the prices in Hong Kong are quite good. At least they are also lower than those in Japan, according to the exchange rate at the moment.
Thank you for your comment! :)
Hi PJ!
Just wondering if you know whether the HK counters sell the Jill Stuart Skincare line?
E.g. the cleansing oil, hydro fillers, facial scrubs.
Thanks! :)
Hi Rukawa,
At the moment, I don’t think the skincare line is available in Hong Kong. But I am guessing it will be available later. (Sometimes it takes more time for skincare products to pass through all the paperwork to be sold in another country/region.)
Thank you for your question. :)