{"id":145776,"date":"2026-02-08T02:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145776"},"modified":"2026-02-08T02:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T02:30:09","slug":"chinas-year-of-the-horse-shoppers-let-emotional-satisfaction-take-the-reins-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145776","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Year of the Horse shoppers let emotional satisfaction take the reins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the Year of the Horse approaches, Chinese consumers are hunting online for mascots, dolls and charms themed after the zodiac animal \u2013 a pursuit industry observers say favours soft, round and playful designs over formal styles and places more weight on emotional fulfilment than material possessions or brand prestige.<br \/>\nThis craze is boosting retail sales for plush toys and gold accessories, as is evident in toymaker Pop Mart\u2019s sold-out Have a Good Run series of plush pendants, as well as brisk&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3342795\/chinas-year-horse-shoppers-let-emotional-satisfaction-take-reins?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the Year of the Horse approaches, Chinese consumers are hunting online for mascots, dolls and charms themed after the zodiac animal \u2013 a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145776"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}