This document was published in Oct 2018. All economic data is from the end of 2017.Store numbers were collected at the end of June 2018.

Savills China retail cities study, which began in 2014, uses 16 series to determine leaders in two categories: the “economic index” is based on city’s macroeconomic figures and the “retailer index” is based on how many stores that 50 international brands have opened in the city. The series are weighed and aggregated to give a final score to each city.