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Ted Baker has opened a new flagship in Hong Kong – inspired by the style of the territory. The UK-based retailer has created a unique store design which incorporates famous Hong Kong themes such as the city’s skinny double decker trams. The end result is a…
Hong Kong police and Department of Health officials raided a retail shop in Cheung Chau on Monday for the suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered pharmaceutical products. The DH says that during its routine market surveillance, it found…
Southeast Asia’s leading ecommerce player Lazada is offering Hong Kong and China-based brands and merchants the opportunity to expand their businesses to the fast-growing region. Launched in the first quarter of 2012, Lazada Group operates Lazada, the leading…
Fashion brand Rebecca Minkoff plans to open up to six stores in Hong Kong by 2018 as part of a broader Asian rollout. The new 585 sqft store in Hong Kong’s Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui marks not only its standalone store debut, but the first step in a…
Planning requirements – not this week’s visa clampdown – will delay the proposed Hong Kong border mall. Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Gregory So, said the government still supports the concept – which would see 300 trading stores opened on…
Beauty products retailer Sa Sa International Holdings has been named “Best Investor Relations Company (Hong Kong)” for the fourth consecutive year by Corporate Governance Asia Magazine at the 5th Asian Excellence Awards. And CFO and executive director Dr Guy…
Paris-raised jewellery designer Amandine de Mascarel is plans to take her unique Hong Kong retail concept back to the home of fashion. de Mascarel already has three Tunique boutiques in Hong Kong and says a fourth will open in Causeway Bay in about one month…
Burberry says its first half sales rose nine per cent – with double digit growth in the US making up for declining sales in Hong Kong. “Asia Pacific delivered low single-digit percentage comparable sales growth,” the company said in a statement. Within this,…
Subtle gray tones, ‘cracked’ floor effects and strong lighting ensure Valentino’s boldly coloured fashion take centrestage in the newly opened Maison Valentino Hong Kong flagship. The new store, formally opened in February, was designed by the Italian brand’s…
UK eco-friendly cosmetics company Lush is going to open the first Lush Spa in Hong Kong in the fourth quarter of 2015, the beauty retailer said yesterday. Located at Lyndhurst Terrace of Soho Square in Central, the five-storey Lush spa will have a total space…
A revamp of Hong Kong’s iconic Times Square shopping centre led to an 11 per cent rise in retail sales to a record HK$10.5 billion (US$1.35 billion) last year. Owner, The Wharf Holdings, said its overall revenue from the mall rose 21 per cent to HK$2.544…
A Hong Kong REIT has made its first foray into mainland China, buying a Beijing mall. The Link Real Estate Investment Trust has paid 2.5 billion yuan (US$399.7 million) for the 800,000 sqft EC Mall in Beijing’s Zhongguancun district. “The EC Mall contributes…
Hong Kong jeweller Luk Fook has opened its first store in Korea. The store is within the Walkerhill Duty Free complex in the downtown Seoul suburb of Gwangjin‐gu and targets tourists. Wong Wai Sheung, Lufook Group chairman and CEO, said the group will…
Hong Kong based retail jeweller Chow Tai Fook is to partner in a US$4 billion casino project in Vietnam. Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, an affiliate of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, the world’s largest jewellery retailer by market value, has already committed to…
Retail sales Hong Kong fell 0.2 per cent in 2014 – but Harbour City mall bucked the trend with an increase in footfall, sales and market share. In its annual profit announcement, parent The Wharf Holdings said total sales in the centre grew by 3.4 per cent to…
Marc Jacobs International and ImagineX Group have established a 50-50 joint-venture companies in both Hong Kong and Macau to take over distribution of Marc Jacobs collections in Hong Kong and Macau. Marc Jacobs Hong Kong Distribution Co has taken over the…
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