Luxury houses, streetwear and the Asian designers shaping global style.
Luxury watchmaker Longines is the latest international retailer to secure a flagship store on Melbourne’s Collins Street after striking a deal with the landlord to modify the property’s façade to meet its global standards. The property at 256 Collins Street…
Burberry says it has entered into an agreement to acquire a luxury leather-goods business from longstanding Italian partner CF&P. CF&P employees, including the craftsmen who have worked with the British luxury fashion house for more than a decade, will…
Amorepacific has partnered with Marie Claire magazine to open its first global beauty pop-up, in New York City. Open for 10 more days, the shop features products from such Amorepacific brands as Amorepacific, Annick Goutal, Iope, Laneige, Mamonde and…
Uniqlo Philippines will open a global flagship store this year, saying it will be the biggest in Southeast Asia. The Japanese fashion giant says the new flagship will be in Glorietta 5 in Makati. It will be the brand’s 15th global flagship store in 11…
Fashion and lifestyle goods retailer Mumuso Vietnam has been accused of selling Chinese goods as Korean products. The allegation surfaced on South Korean SBS News, which reported that the Shanghai-based company has been duping customers into thinking it is a…
Chanel is about to release its first full-fledged winter-sports clothing line, Coco Neige (Coco snow). Performance garments for sub-zero mountain weather with water and windproof qualities are imbued with house codes of tweed, quilting and camellia motifs.…
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP (YNAP), the world’s leading online luxury fashion retailer, announces the appointment of Olivier Schaeffer as Global Chief Operating Officer for the Group. Starting May 21st, Olivier will lead all Operations and Technological…
Noni B will acquire the Millers, Katies, Crossroads, Autograph and Rivers brands from Specialty Fashion Group (SFH) for $31 million in a major shake up of Australia’s discretionary retail sector. The all cash deal comes at the end of a structural review into…
A sharp drop in Chinese tourist numbers has seen South Korean cosmetics maker Amorepacific’s profit slide 20.9 per cent in the first quarter. Net income came to KRW176.7 billion (US$163 million) in the January-March period, down from KRW223.5 billion won.…
Dunhill describes the launch of its new Dunhill London store in Hong Kong’s IFC Mall as “a strategic milestone” in the brand’s evolution and global expansion. “A new language of retail design builds an engaging visual conversation, where an open and clean…
T-shirts will be the primary focus of a new partnership between retail supply-chain company Li & Fung and US sewing technology company software. The aim is to create a fully digital manufacturing supply chain for apparel and textile products. Softwear’s…
Tiffany & Co has turned New York City’s yellow cabs to the jewellery brand’s trademark eggshell blue. Seven locations across the city have also been given the blue treatment, inspiring an Instagram scavenger hunt. The move celebrates chief artistic officer…
Sneaker specialist Aw Lab Malaysia has launched a flagship store in Suria KLCC shopping mall, Kuala Lumpur. It carries exclusive collections from such brands as Adidas, Nike, Puma and Reebok, and introduces two new labels to the Malaysian streetwear market,…
Desigual Singapore reopens its Orchard Road store today, the first to feature the fashion brand’s new design concept with its customer-oriented shopping experience. The 300sqm space will also be the first Singapore outlet for the brand’s sports category,…
Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) is set to buy Norwegian sportswear brand Helly Hansen for US$771 million. Helly Hansen, founded in 1877, has been progressively expanding its footprint to cover 40 countries, specialising in clothing for sailing, skiing,…
Factories in Vietnam produced 44 percent of Adidas footwear volume in 2017, up from 31 percent in 2012. The chief executive of Adidas expects a shift in its sourcing of footwear from China to Vietnam to continue although he shrugged off concerns on Wednesday…
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