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Korea’s It’s Hanbul Cosmetics plans to expand into Japan by partnering with a local retailer. The company has brought its flagship brand It’s Skin to Japan via two pop-up stores inside ‘Niko and…’ stores in Tokyo and Funabashi, and plans to open eight more…
Furla Asia sales soared a stunning 50 per cent last year, powering the brand’s global sales to €499 million (US$618 million). Revenue from Asia-Pacific now accounts for 24 per cent of global sales and that share is steadily rising. Sales in Japan, a separate…
Samsonite Asia sales lept 16 per cent last year, a rate slower than the Hong Kong-listed company’s global growth, and predominantly driven by the acquisition of Tumi. The world’s largest travel luggage company achieved global sales of US$3.49 billion, up 23.3…
VF Corporation, parent of Wrangler, Timberland, Vans and the North Face, among others, has bought fast-growing footwear brand Altra. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Altra, launched in 2011 by Icon Health & Fitness, has already expanded into 1600…
The first Charlotte Tilbury Hong Kong store – also the first in Asia – will open on April 21. The British makeup artist will be opening a store-in-store at Lane Crawford Harbour City on Canton Road with a second store opening the following day at lane…
Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Group has made its Australian debut this week. While the company has yet to open a standalone store there, it has opened a counter for its mid-range brand Laneige inside Sephora stores and started selling the range online.…
Students from Hong Kong’s PolyU have partnered with Alibaba Group’s Vision and Beauty Team to develop AI technology for fashion retailers. The students, from the Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, have created…
High-end watch brand Audemars Piguet has opened a concept in Hong Kong which it believes will transform the way it interacts with its clients. Fusing hospitality and retail, AP House is designed like a luxurious apartment and located on the 21st floor of the…
DFS Group, the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, and premium Swiss watchmaker Mido, have joined together to commemorate Mido’s 100th anniversary with the release of an exclusive watch piece which is available exclusively at select T Galleria by DFS…
French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear, has died at the age of 91. Paying homage to its founder, the house of Givenchy says he was “a major personality of the world of French haute couture and a gentleman who symbolised Parisian chic…
Japanese casualwear manufacturer Fast Retailing will open a Uniqlo shop on Sumatra Island, its first outlet outside Indonesia’s most populous main island of Java. The shop will open at the Sun Plaza shopping mall in Medan this week, in the northern part of…
Global Prada sales fell 3.8 per cent last year – but rose 4.6 per cent in greater China. For all of Asia, the Italian luxury fashion brand’s sales were down 1.2 per cent, but in Japan, which it treats as a separate regional market, sales slumped 14.6 per…
Hollister sales helped drive a strong fourth quarter for parent Abercrombie & Fitch in both revenue and profit. In the past year, Hollister sales broke the US$2 billion sales threshold for the first time, rising 19 per cent in the final quarter to February 3,…
Hong Kong fashion eyewear brand Mujosh has arrived in the US market with successive grand openings of two stores in San Francisco and one in Los Angeles. Located at Stoneridge Mall and Westfield in San Francisco, and at Glendale Galleria in Los Angeles, the…
Gold was sold at a discount in India as demand remained subdued for a fourth straight week while buying in the rest of Asia picked up as prices fell for a third consecutive week.”Many consumers are busy in paying advance tax. Since this is last month of the…
Parkson Holdings is looking to open in several new locations with a presence in newer and more exciting malls while exiting those that do not fit in with the company’s market dynamics. The Malaysian department-store operator with a regional presence said it…
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