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UK Fashion retailer new Look is to shutter 60 stores – but at least one analyst fears that may not be enough to arrest its sliding performance. The closures are a core feature of a company voluntary agreement (CVA) proposal to its creditors that will also see…
UNIQLO Singapore announces the launch of ‘Scan to Win’, a gamewhich offersnew and existing users of the ‘UNIQLO SG’ mobile app the opportunity to win UNIQLO couponswith every $20nett spend in-store. It is available at all physical UNIQLO stores in Singapore.…
Diptyque Singapore has opened its first store, a 423sqft (39sqm) space at Ngee Ann City. Previously, the French firm’s scented candles, perfumes, and face and bodycare range were available online or through smaller retailers and stores like Escentials and…
E-business last year was particularly strong for apparel retailer Giordano International. Overall, consolidated sales reached HK$5.4 billion, up 5.2 per cent. Group comparable-store sales and comparable-store gross profit rose by 5.2 and 5 per cent…
Asia will be a particular focus as UK fashion brand Victoria Beckham pursues further geographical expansion. This follows a £30 million (US$ 41.7 million) investment from NEO Investment Partners in December, plus the appointment of fashion-industry veteran…
Japanese confectionery and chocolatier chain Morozoff has opened its first Dubai store, at Wafi Mall. Launched by the Emerald Star Group, Morozoff Dubai offers not only cookies and cakes but also a gift collection to suit a range of celebrations and events.…
Michael Hill will spend $5.8 -$7.9 million closing all but six of its 30 Emma & Roe stores by the end of the financial year as part of its repositioning of the struggling brand. The move will see Emma & Roe exit its operations in New Zealand and New South…
Indonesian fashion e-commerce app Lyke is shutting down, and is encouraging its users to transfer to the JollyChick app. Lyke says most of its employees will be joining Chinese fashion and lifestyle e-commerce startup JollyChic, which entered the Indonesian…
Britain’s Burberry is set to lose its long-serving Chief Marketing Officer, Sarah Manley, who joined the luxury brand back in 2001, just one month after Christopher Bailey’s entrance into the top spot. Coinciding with Bailey’s last runway show for Burberry…
Adam Brotman, a longtime Starbucks executive who helped mold the Seattle coffee giant into one of the most technologically advanced retailers, is leaving the company after nine years for a top role at J.Crew. Brotman will join J.Crew as president and chief…
European department store Galeries Lafayette has announced the appointment of Arthur Lemoine to head of watch activities. Lemoine succeeds Daphné de Jenlis, who is taking sabbatical leave but remaining in the group. Reporting to the French group’s executive…
Italian luxury shoe label Aquazzura is to open a standalone store in Hong Kong as part of an ambitious global expansion plan. While the timing of the seven year old brand’s Hong Kong store opening has yet to be revealed it has been described by the company as…
Shoppers in emerging economies such as China and India are seeking a more luxury, personalised shopping service on their mobile, and many Asia Pacific shoppers are even willing to pay more for a product or service if the mobile shopping experience is better.…
Lancôme has unveiled its first travel retail pop-up in Asia Pacific, complete with an AR feature. The activation at the newly-refurbished King Power Rangnam is to mark the Year of the Dog for the luxury beauty brand. The scheme invovles a red facade, pup-up…
Fast-fashion retailer Mango has opened a new megastore in Madrid, located in one of the Spanish capital’s most prestigious shopping precincts. The 1711sqm store on Preciados Street is twice the size of the store it replaces, stocking mens and womens lines…
Trading conditions have continued to be challenging for clothing company Esprit Holdings. With the industry changing rapidly, the company says it has had fewer customers in its brick-and-mortar retail stores as well as increased competition in the e-commerce…
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