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Australian bag brand Crumpler has added distributors in Taiwan and Mainland China as it looks to expand sales in greater Asia and open new stores there. Crumpler CEO Adam Wilkinson says the region is the brand’s fastest-growing market outside Australia, so…
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has opened the doors of its first global flagship store for its Vive VR headset. The Shenzhen store will offer consumers the chance to experience VR technology in a relaxed in-store environment. The brand wants consumers to…
BMW is recalling about 1.6 million diesel cars to fix a potential fire hazard in their engines, expanding repairs from just under half a million vehicles in Europe and Asia. The voluntary service action follows a BMW investigation that found coolant could…
Citi Private Bank appointed Sally Yeh as global market manager for Taiwan, who joins immediately. She joins the American bank from UBS, where she most recently led a team of offshore bankers working with entrepreneurs from Taiwan. She will be responsible for…
Taiwanese bookstore chain Eslite is planning to expand into Japan. The prominent bookstore business is using the move to build its international profile, and has announced its plans as amounting to a “new starting point for cross-culture ventures”. Eslite’s…
Starbucks Taiwan has opened a store made entirely of shipping containers in Hualien Bay Mall. The 29 containers have been stacked as building blocks designed to resemble the uneven foliage of a coffee bush at the yet-to-open mall that will launch as a tourist…
Tigerair Taiwan said it would start flying between Cebu City and Taipei on Dec. 1. Taiwan’s only low-cost carrier said it would offer a 2-day seat sale for the new route starting Monday. Tigerair will use the new Mactan-Cebu International Airport and will…
This month, the Taiwan Cooperative Bank (TCB) and Visa have implemented what both call Taiwan’s first standardized and EMV-compliant QR code payment. Part of Financial Information Service Co.’s “Standardized QR Code Solutions,” the new EMV solution will be…
International health and beauty retailer AS Watson has initiated a global VIP loyalty program. The group has announced the program to enhance its connectivity with customers, planning to extend it to all of its 130 million loyalty members in 24 markets by…
Foreign exchange losses hobbled the recovery of Hong Kong-headquartered fast-fashion label Bossini. In full-year results just released, Bossini reported a 3 per cent decline in total revenue to HK$1.958 billion (US$249.6 million), largely due to a decrease in…
The Taipei Living Mall retail complex is up for sale for NT$38 billion (US$1.23 billion). The mall’s owners, Core Pacific City, have described the project “a failure”. It was constructed on a syndicated loan of NT$12 billion two decades ago, and the debt is…
US luxury fashion retailer Fred Segal is planning to expand its business in Asia with new stores opening in Taiwan and Malaysia. The move picks up on previously delayed plans to grow internationally that were announced four years ago. New CEO Allison Samek is…
Sportswear retailer Adidas has failed in its bid to prevent a Taiwanese business from registering a visually similar trademark in Singapore. The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) rejected an Adidas lawsuit against Lutong Enterprise Corp,…
Singapore-listed restaurateur Jumbo Group has opened its first Ng Ah Sio Bak Kut Teh restaurant in Taiwan. The new venue, which specialises in peppered pork soup, is situated in a 1400sqft space in Taipei’s Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Mall, seating 86 guests. It is…
Japan’s largest factory outlet operator is considering opening a similar park in Thailand. The firm, Mitsui Fudosan Retail Management, is the developer of Mitsui Outlet Park, which attracts increasing numbers of Thai visitors each year. 120,000 Thai nationals…
7-Eleven Taiwan operator President Chain Store Corporation has opened its second unstaffed X-store in Taipei. Located in Xinyi District, the store recognises customers by facial-recognition card or iCash 2.0 card. There is also an intelligent ATM machine…
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