Senior management of British luxury fashion house Burberry has taken a voluntary pay cut and the company has opted to retain base pay for all its employees during the Covid-19 crisis, without relying on UK government support for jobs. During the past three…
Luxury fashion label Burberry is retooling its Yorkshire trench-coat factory to produce non-surgical gowns and masks in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The supplies will be produced for patients and will be subject to approval from the Medicines and…
Burberry sales have declined by between 40 percent and 50 percent during the last six weeks as the coronavirus crisis takes its toll on retail. And in a statement released to the market, the company says it expects the figures to get even worse in the future,…
International luxury brand Burberry has launched an Augmented Reality (AR) shopping tool using Google Search that allows consumers to visualize its products within their immediate surroundings. The app embeds 3D images of the products in users’ environments…
Burberry sales slumped by half in Hong Kong in the third quarter – but the British luxury-fashion label is lifting its full-year forecast as revenue elsewhere compensates. Global same-store sales rose by 3 percent as consumers continued to embrace the new…
Burberry has launched an online game called Ratberry as part of its 2020 Lunar New Year campaign. The game builds on the popularity of B Bounce, the brand’s first online game launched in October last year. In the new game, Ratberry is the central character in…
Burberry has launched a digital flash pop-up experience powered by Google Lens at Ely’s Yard, Brick Lane in London. Three large Burberry porcelain fawns are displayed inside glass display cases in an industrial-like setting. By scanning one of the glass boxes…
Burberry Japan has opened a flagship store in Tokyo’s Ginza district, the label’s fourth new store to open in the last six months. Located at the exclusive Ginza Marronnier building, the Burberry Japan flagship store features a new store-design concept by…
British fashion house Burberry has reported sales and profit increases in the first half-year, despite the turmoil in Hong Kong, one of its largest international markets. “We are pleased with our performance in the half, as we remain on track to deliver the…
US department store Nordstrom has opened a 320,000sqft store in the world’s tallest residential building, Central Park Tower in New York. The five-storey store was designed by the firm in collaboration with James Carpenter Design Associates with two…
British fashion house Burberry in Thailand has opened a new store in Bangkok. The new venue, which features a fresh interior concept by designer Riccardo Tisci, is located at Central Embassy Mall. Burberry says the store’s design unveils a color palette of…
Analysts are warning that Burberry Hong Kong is bracing for a £100 million hit on sales from the city’s ongoing disorder. Burberry has declined to comment on the research note issued by Jefferies and reported by The Telegraph newspaper in London, and further…
Global luxury brand Burberry has collaborated with The RealReal, an authenticated luxury consignment marketplace, to help promote the concept of circular fashion. The purpose of the partnership is to promote the advantages of a circular economy for fashion by…
Burberry Bespoke has launched its first standalone counter at Takashimaya. Located on Level 1 of the shopping mall, the counter is designed in the style of ‘an English bar set in a gentleman’s club’, with green-colored marble top and brass fixtures. There is…
Burberry is hailing the success of new creative director Riccardo Tisci as its June-quarter same-store sales grew by 4 per cent. Sales growth in China was up by the mid-teens, with Asia Pacific overall nudging 10 per cent. “This was a good quarter in our…
Burberry is hailing the success of new creative director Riccardo Tisci as its June-quarter same-store sales grew by 4 per cent. Sales growth in China was up by the mid-teens, with Asia Pacific overall nudging 10 per cent. “This was a good quarter in our…