Luxury houses, streetwear and the Asian designers shaping global style.
Swiss watch brand Tag Heuer is launching simultaneous collections in 10 leading global cities from September 16. Dubbed the “Heuer Globetrotter” exhibition, it will feature a curated selection of more than 400 vintage timepieces, each of the 10 displays…
Featuring 12 styles, the collection reinterprets the US skateboarding shoe brand’s classic styles through the lens of the iconic German fashion house. The designs were revealed at the Bread & Butter trend show in Berlin, and launches worldwide tomorrow at…
Fast fashion chain, Uniqlo, will open its fourth Queensland store at Westfield Chermside on October 5. The store will cover a sales area of 792 square metres, and will be the global Japanese retailer’s fourth store in Queensland, and 13th store in Australia.…
Gap Inc says it will shift its focus to its growing brands Old Navy and Athleta, and away from Gap and Banana Republic. The company said on Wednesday it will close about 200 Gap and Banana Republic stores in the next three years and open about 270 Old Navy…
International sunglasses retailer Sunglass Hut opened a new store in Hangzhou’s Intime Wulin store, which is the brand’s third store in the city following the ones in Hangzhou Kerry Centre and Hangzhou Bailian Outlets. Sunglass Hut has reached cooperation…
Tommy Hilfiger has tapped Hong Kong actor Shawn Yue as its first Asian brand ambassador for its menswear range. Yue, 35, a former model and star of Internal Affairs II, among other movies, will represent the brand in marketing across the mainland, Hong Kong,…
US sports brand Peak has unveiled what it says is the world’s first 3D-printed basketball boot. Peak is one of the world’s first footwear brands to apply 3D printing technology to a sports shoe. Three years ago, the company acquired advanced 3D printing…
Established in Tokyo in 1993, street-fashion brand A Bathing Ape has launched a global online store. Also known as Bape, the brand is known for its graphics, patterns and characters such as “Ape Head”, “Bape Camo”, “Bape Sta”, “Shark Hoodie” and “Baby Milo”.…
Someone forgot to inform Lululemon there is a slowdown in the growth of the athleisure category. The Canadian company’s latest results stand in direct contrast to those of many other sporting retailers, with both total and comparable sales surging ahead by 13…
Luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo Plc, which is being bought by U.S. retailer Michael Kors, said its pretax profit for the half year almost tripled, helped by its retail and licensing businesses. Pretax profit for the six month to June 30 was 18.1 million pounds…
H&M is releasing a Justin Bieber collection hot on the heels of the pop star cancelling his Purpose World Tour, which was to have included a concert in Singapore next month. Drawing its inspiration from the tour’s merchandise, the line includes hoodies,…
PVH Corp-owned fashion chain, Tommy Hilfiger, has opened its 10th full price store in Australia at Westfield Parramatta yesterday. Set over 145 square meters, the store design reflects the brand’s global retail concept, which is based on the brand’s heritage…
In a first for Singapore, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands has unveiled an interactive concept, the Virtual Closet. Located on the Grand Colonnade of The Shoppes, it is an interactive platform enabling shoppers to browse the latest collections from Burberry,…
Canadian winter-clothing brand Canada Goose, which listed last year, has already opened a store in Japan with plans also for a flagship. Its maiden store is for men only, opened in Tokyo’s Hankyu Department Store in Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, last week. The…
The Marks & Spencer Hong Kong and Macau business is expected to be sold to the UK department store’s long-established Middle Easter franchise partner Al-Futtaim. M&S issued a statement overnight confirming the two parties were in talks over a deal where the…
Myer will stock Amazon Kindle products in its store and online, after the retailers today announced a new partnership. Amazon’s heavily-speculatedventure into Australia, alongside a host of other international brands now entering the market, have been posed…
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