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UK perfume retailer The Fragrance Shop expanded its store portfolio to 33 stores last year. The retailer has enjoyed another bumper year with net sales up to £121 million, a 6 per cent increase, thanks to blockbuster launches from brands such as Chanel, Jean…
Chinese e-commerce company JD has opened its largest-yet unmanned store, in Xiong’an New District. In the Xiong’an Civic Service Center, the 246sqm outlet uses innovative technology as JD rolls out a “new-model industrial ecological chain”. Jingdong X…
Geox China has launched a pop-up store in Beijing’s APM Plaza, with Chinese actress Jing Tian being named as the face for its latest campaign. Geox founder Italian Mario Moretti Polegato says the fresh, lively and elegant image of the advertising campaign for…
Sa Sa holiday sales were strong enough to fuel optimism for the beauty products retailer’s full-year performance. Its unaudited sales for the Labour Day holiday show retail sales in Hong Kong and Macau increasing by 34.4 per cent year on year. Sales…
Armed with a mandate to pursue global growth, Seafolly’s new chief executive Paul Kotrba is eyeing off an expansion into China to further build on the Aussie swimwear brand’s international business, less than a month after opening its first retail store in…
Italian fashion label Ermanno Scervino has opened its first boutique in Hong Kong, in Ocean Center Harbour City. With four large windows and an external light box, it covers more than 130sqm and houses ready-to-wear collections and accessories for women and…
Manolo Blahnik’s Spanish footwear styles have arrived in Singapore with a standalone store in Marina Bay Sands. Architect Nick Leith-Smith, who has overseen all of Blahnik’s brick-and-mortar projects, designed the space, drawing inspiration from the cultural…
Louis Vuitton has debuted its Les Petits Nomades collection of decorative leather objects for the home, presented in a city palazzo during Milan Design Week. Contributing to the Les Petits Nomades collection are Atelier Oi, Humberto & Fernando Campana, Marcel…
Fashion brand Valentino aims to create a stylised handbag factory with its Candystud pop-up store in Beijing’s Sanlitun neighbourhood Running until May 17, it features two limited-edition Candystud bags as well as four exclusive sneakers and small leather…
With busy schedules occupying people’s lives, e-commerce sites are catching up with the rising demand. With e-commerce booming in Vietnam, shopaholics have been switching from walking from store to store to just sitting back and relaxing with their computers…
Global shoe brand Clarks has stepped out of its usual comfort zone with a range inspired by Marvel’s movie Avengers: Infinity War. The Clarks Kids range is described as “an exclusive multi-gender collection” (Yes, we are still wondering how many genders kids…
Hong Kong and China were the fastest-growing markets globally for edgy Italian outdoor-wear brand Moncler in the first quarter of this year. In every market in which the company operates, it achieved double-digit growth, even when unfavourable currency…
For 120 years, Schwarzkopf is a name synonymous with quality, reliability, expertise and innovation in the hair care, colour and styling industry. Schwarzkopf runway is the birthplace of many styling trends throughout the years. This year, the brand takes a…
Despite currency fluctuations knocking out €104 million (US$124.5 million) of revenue, Hermes International reports solid first-quarter sales with China again a hero. Excluding Japan, Asia achieved 16 per cent growth. Japan continued with outstanding growth…
Gap is ramping up its roll-out of Old Navy stores as the budget brand drives growth for the embattled US apparel giant. Gap Inc says it will open 60 new stores this year in the US, Canada and Mexico – twice the number of new stores it opened last year. It…
Cosmetics giant Estee Lauder says strong sales in Asia underpinned a solid 18 per cent increase in sales in the latest quarter, from US$2.86 billion to $3.37 billion. Net earnings surged 25 per cent to $372 million as Asian consumers gravitated towards more…
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