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US label Dsptch Japan has opened a store in Tokyo, at Crest Omotesando in Shibuya-ku. Dsptch is a San Francisco design company that specialises in backpacks, tech cases and camera straps. It focuses on combining practicality with sleek, stylish design. Each…
Titan Company Limited, the world’s fifth largest watchmaker and part of the Indian conglomerate giant TATA Group, is releasing a limited edition timepiece in Thailand created especially for the Thai market. Titan selected its Red Dot award-winning EDGE, the…
Lotte Duty Free, Hyundai Duty Free and Shinsegae DF have snatched licenses for new duty free shops in Seoul, showing that retail specialists will have the upper hand over non-retail firms struggling in the market. However, the big three firms still have to…
Nearly 156 million people — or 66 percent of Americans — plan to or are considering taking advantage of Saturday sales to complete their holiday gift lists, according to a survey released Friday by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights &…
Topshop has signed a deal with a Chinese partner that could lead to up to 80 stores being opened in mainland China with the first opening in spring/summer 2017. The British high street retailer has agreed a deal with Shangpin, which already sells the Topshop…
Filipino fashion retail brand Rusty Lopez opened its newest store in Jakarta on Thursday, featuring comfortable sandals and casuals made from Marikina, the Philippines’ shoe capital, according to a recent report of the Department of Trade and Industry’s…
Filipino fashion retail brand Rusty Lopez has recently opened a new store in Jakarta, featuring comfortable sandals and casuals made from Marikina City, the Philippines’ shoe capital known for producing durable and high-quality footwear, according to the…
Reliance Brands will launch Bally India after signing an exclusive distribution and marketing rights agreement with the Swiss luxury brand. Bally and Reliance plan to open a store in New Delhi next year and will look at further expansion afterwards in…
Japanese premium denim brand EVISU Group Limited announced the buy-back of the retailing and franchising rights for the China market. EVISU Group Limited, the parent company, has reinvested alongside Cassia Investments, a consumer-focused private equity fund,…
The global Dr Martens store network is set to double, despite lower revenue and profits in its latest trading year. Owned by European private-equity firm Permira, Dr Martens saw its revenue and profits drop as it closed wholesale accounts and invested in…
Why is selling white shirts a good business in China? It’s because the world’s second largest economy is seeing an increasing number of youngsters taking white collar jobs, according to John Cheh, vice-chairman and chief executive of Esquel Group. Esquel, the…
Luxury Italian fashion house Max Mara hosted its first runway show in Shanghai yesterday. It is presenting its pre-collection for fall 2017, as well as a capsule collection conceived in collaboration with Chinese artist Liu Wei, who also created the set for…
Footwear manufacturer and retail company Le Saunda Holdings announced a decrease of 8 per cent in its total retail sales year-on-year for the third quarter of its 2016/2017 financial year, according to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Same store…
Prada will shut its boutique at the Peninsula hotel shopping centre on December 31 in the latest sign that the retail slump is hurting high-end brands. The Italian luxury fashion label made its debut in the city with its 3,091 sq ft outlet at the landmark…
At only two years old, Korean-based label Blanc & Eclare has decided on New York City for its first North American venture. Launched by Korean pop superstar Jessica Jung, the label will open in a brick-façade store along SoHo’s Spring Street Jung left the…
A giant Zara Barcelona flagship store has opened its doors at Number 5, Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona’s tourist and commercial epicentre. Zara describes the store as one of its “most emblematic”, housed in a 1930s property which has been fully refurbished and…
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