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After 10 years in the market, activewear brand Peak Philippines has opened its first concept store, at Robinsons Place Manila. Fuelled internationally with collaborations with such entities as the US National Basketball Association and world basketball…
Balmain Singapore has launched the first Southeast Asian outpost for the French fashion house with an emporium at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. It houses men’s and women’s ready-to-wear pieces from Balmain’s seasonal collections, including bags, shoes and…
Back in April, Vincent Jeanniard already joined the Esprit fashion group as Head of Global Marketing. The 46-year-old executive is leading the fusion of the company’s brand and go-to-market marketing teams into one department. The move is intended to ramp up…
Moncler Hong Kong has opened the French clothing label’s largest single-level flagship, covering 500 sqm in Harbour City. Designed in collaboration with architecture studio Gilles & Boissier, the store has an exterior decorated in white Calacatta marble and…
Bata Singapore has officially reopened its renovated concept store at VivoCity in line with the company’s global modernisation and its “Me & Comfortable with it” manifesto. Covering 241 sqm, the store carries Bata’s latest Insolia and Made-in-Italy…
“Spectacular” sales acceleration helped return watch company Swatch Group return to profits growth in its first half, says CEO Nick Hayek. And China is at the core of the rapid turnaround, suggesting the end has arrived of the luxury watch sector’s dry spell.…
Christine Cross and John Holland will retire from the board of outdoor apparel retailer Kathmandu, with the Kiwi-based retailer announcing replacement directors following an extensive international search. Holland has been a director of Kathmandu since the…
Super Retail Group has decided to discontinue the Amart Sports and convert its 65 stores into Rebel Sport as part of a consolidation strategy designed to defend against the entry of Amazon, Decathlon and JD Sports. The plan, which is due to be completed by…
Global beauty retailer Sephora has unveiled its first new concept mini-store format, in Boston. The Sephora Studio is contained within just 2000 sqft (190 sqm) and – in the company’s words – has an “emphasis on artistry and skincare services”. The store…
A “significant” drop in Bossini profit attributable to its owners is expected for the year to the end of June. Its board says the group expects only a small profit close to breakeven, compared to the profit attributable to the owners of HK$292 million (US$37…
A JW Anderson collaborative range will roll out at Uniqlo stores and at Uniqlo.com in September. Featuring British classic designs, the fall/winter range comprises 33 pieces for men and women featuring the signature London fashion brand’s graphic design…
It was only in April that top Chinese KOL Gogoboi launched his own WeChat boutique “Bu Da Jing Xuan,” a platform on which he curates selections of goods from luxury e-commerce retailers like Yoox, Net-A-Porter and Farfetch to sell to his fans (he’s got over 7…
French luxury goods group Hermes said on Friday (July 22) it expected first-half 2017 operating profitability to be close to the peak level of 33.9 per cent of sales achieved in the first half of 2016, thanks to foreign exchange gains. Hermes, known for its…
French fashion brand Louis Vuitton, part of luxury giant LVMH , said on July 21st it had launched an e-commerce website in China to tap a booming online shopping market. Louis Vuitton, which opened its first store in Beijing in 1992, said the website offered…
Abercrombie & Fitch has announced it is launching both its Abercrombie & Fitch and Abercrombie Kids brands on Alibaba Group’s Tmall this month. Abercrombie & Fitch Tmall is China’s largest platform for brands and consumers. Through Tmall, Alibaba reports…
Lanafira has announced that it is offering a wide range of long dresses for Muslim women around the world. The Malaysian based company has already created a major buzz in the Malaysian and South East Asian market and it is now expanding its brand to the…
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