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Mixue
Food
1 min read

Chinese tea chain Mixue opens its first Australia outlet

Chinese tea chain Mixue has launched in Australia, opening its first store in Sydney’s World Square shopping centre. Two more locations are imminent in Brisbane and Melbourne. The Sydney store features floor-to-ceiling windows spanning an entire wall and red…

chatime
Food
1 min read

Chatime creates Instagrammable 3D-painted walls in Japan stores

Taiwanese shaken ice-tea brand Chatime has incorporated large areas of 3D-painted walls into the interior design of the tea shops in a move to target female customers who enjoy taking photos in its Japanese stores. The vivid 3D-painted walls were created by…

chatime
Food
1 min read

Loob takes Chatime Malaysia to court

A defamation suit filed by bubble tea brand Tealive against Chatime Malaysia will be heard next February. Tealive’s owner Loob Holdings was formerly the primary franchise holder for Chatime before a series of disputes resulted in Chatime owners La Kaffa…

chatime
Food
1 min read

Chatime to open first Singapore store this year

Malaysia’s Will Group is planning to open first Chatime Singapore outlet this year. The first two stores will be opened inside shopping malls, with a third scheduled for Jewel Changi Airport next year. The group is also negotiating to take over the Singapore…

chatime malaysia
Food
2 min read

Will Group eyes rights for Chatime in Singapore

Will Group Sdn Bhd, the master franchisee for Chatime in Malaysia, is eyeing the rights for Chatime in Singapore a year after it opens its first outlet there. Chatime Malaysia group managing director Aliza Ali said it has obtained the green light from Chatime…

chatime
Food
1 min read

Chatime Malaysia sues Tealive

Chatime Malaysia Sdn Bhd yesterday issued a legal letter to Loob Holding Sdn Bhd for the misrepresentation and defamation on Chatime implying that the brand had been replaced and renamed as Tealive. Chatime Malaysia group managing director Aliza Ali said Loob…

tealive
Food
3 min read

Malaysian bubble-tea stoush now question of loyalty

Malaysia’s Chatime bubble-tea stoush continues, with a fresh argument regarding outlet loyalties. Taiwanese Chatime franchise owner La Kaffa International says nearly 50 outlets will stay with it, while former Malaysian master franchisee Loob Holdings claims…

chatime
Food
1 min read

Chatime Malaysia outlets to rebrand

Chatime Malaysia bubble-tea outlets will be rebranded following a dispute between franchisor La Kaffa International of Taiwan and Malaysia’s Loob Holdings. The move follows a termination of the franchise contract because of irreconcilable differences. Loob…

sharetea
Food
1 min read

Sharetea bubble tea arrives in Vietnam

Taiwanese bubble-tea brand Sharetea has launched into Vietnam with a store on the walking street of Nguyen Hue in central Ho Chi Minh City. Sharetea has more than 450 stores in more than 18 countries. Its drinks are made from tea leaves and ingredients…

chatime malaysia
Food
1 min read

Chatime Malaysia master franchisor axed

Loob Holdings, which owns and runs the Chatime Malaysia outlets, says it will seek legal advice in response to news of a purported termination of the franchise agreement with La Kaffa International of Taiwan. Loob CEO Bryan Loo says that while the franchisor…

cityon
Real Estate
2 min read

CityOn.Zhengzhou to open fully leased

Taubman Asia, a subsidiary of US shopping centre group Taubman Centers, and China’s Wangfujing Group, have announced the line-up of retailers for its CityOn.Zhengzhou mall in Henan province, set to open on March 16. When it opens, the centre will be 100 per…