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Last year, a rank report is released the #10 Best Performing Brands of 2017. The ranking gathered a mix of brands, which stood up from the crowd for incredible brand activities throughout the year. This year, the ranking focuses on Asian brands, which have…
Decathlon Japan will open its first full-sized store next year as the French sporting goods retailer continues its rapid global expansion. The Decathlon Japan debut will come just a few months after the company opened its first store in South Korea. The…
Miniso Canada is on the brink of bankruptcy after an action brought against it by its Chinese parent company alleging fraudulent business dealings and the transfer and hiding of assets. The extraordinary situation was revealed by Canadian website which in its…
Tokyo retailer Istyle will open its fourth @Cosme store in Hong Kong this Friday. The new outlet will be launching as a specialty cosmetics store in East Point City mall in Tseung Kwan O, which has recently emerging as a shopping spot across a range of age…
Japanese retailer Lumine has opened its second overseas location with a launch at Jakarta’s Plaza Indonesia. The opening was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Japan, offering a “Tokyo Mood” retail…
Japanese carmaker Nissan announced it has ended its tie-up with its distributor in Vietnam, Tan Chong, without disclosing the reason. Malaysian-owned Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd, said it would stop importing and distributing Nissan vehicles and parts in…
Japan’s Summit supermarket will open first outlet in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi this month, with two more stores expected to open next year. The Vietnamese Summit stores will be operated by Fujimart Vietnam Retail, a joint venture between Summit parent…
Japanese discount retailer Oomomo has launched in Canada with plans for stores in most major cities. The first store opened in West Edmonton Mall in Alberta last month and was followed by another in Toronto this week, which attracted queues of customers to…
Cath Kidston Japan sales outperformed every other market in the year to March, but not enough to stem losses by the UK-based company. Sales in Japan rose by 5.4 per cent after a net four new stores took the brand’s network there to 32. Ten more Cath Kidston…
Japan Foods has entered a joint venture with Minor Singapore to support each other’s operations in Japan, Thailand and China. Japan Foods is to operate the partners’ Thai restaurants in Japan and support Japanese cuisine operations. Minor Singapore will…
Amazon Japan has revealed its most popular items sold on the online retailer’s platform in the last twelve months, with basics and sportswear taking the top spot in both fashion and accessories, and footwear categories. According to the ‘Amazon Ranking Grand…
Overseas spending by South Korean tourists ranks among the top of advanced economies, research data showed on December 5. Figures provided by the Korea Economic Research Institute, affiliated with the Federation of Korean Industries, put the proportion for…
Founded in the Seventies, when fashion designer and entrepreneur Roberto Cavalli launched the brand, the label has recently seen a rapid growth in the region. Effective from 1st December Ivan Perra reports directly to the CEO regarding the region. Prior to…
A brand-new store opened last week in Tokyo’s Harajuku fashion district but it has a twist: shoppers are meant to walk away empty-handed. The GU Style Studio store, opened by Asia’s largest clothier and Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing Co., is for customers to…
High-end Italian label Bottega Veneta is launching a new flagship in Tokyo this Saturday. The six-storey store at Ginza Chuo-Ku is the brand’s largest in the Asia region, and features men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, leather goods, handbags, eyewear,…
Pierpaolo Piccioli, creative director of Valentino, was in Tokyo last week to celebrate the brand’s Ginza Six store opening and its Pre-Fall 2019 runway show, titled “Valentino TKY,” of which Japan’s wabi-sabi aesthetic was credited as one inspiration. Kim…
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