The interior of Cafe Yeonnam-dong 239-20 in Seoul, South Korea makes customers feel as though they’ have stepped into a cartoon world. Most cafe owners know it takes more than just great coffee to create a successful business. From an Instagram-worthy Wes…
Global fast-fashion retailer H&M plans to introduce further digital services and features to improve its customer experience both in physical stores and online. The brand launched a series of tests in selected stores last year while rolling out digital…
British accessories brand Olivia Burton, together with Asian retail specialist Norbreeze Group, has launched a concept store in Ion Orchard. For the first time in Singapore, the brand’s fashion jewellery collection and personalisation services are being…
Timberland US has opened the doors of its first specialty concept store: The Timberland Tree Lab. Located in the King of Prussia mall in Pennsylvania, the experiential Tree Lab features carefully curated product collections and brand stories in a…
KFC Japan is to open a new healthy food retail concept called The Table by KFC in Sendai City on August 5. The Table by KFC aims to offer deli-style foods, including salads, along with versions of its traditional favourites – like a full-size KFC chicken –…
Huawei introduced a new retail concept in its line-up of experience stores during a recent opening at SM City San Lazaro, Manila. The newly opened branch is the first in the city of Manila and the 44th in the country. SI 3.0, the design blueprint of the…
Jaguar’s engineering and design teams have torn up the rule book to create a bespoke electric architecture, matched with dramatic design. The result is no-compromise smart, five seat sports car and a performance SUV in one. Ian Callum, Director of Design,…
Sanrio, the global lifestyle brand best known for beloved pop iconHello Kitty, and Universal Parks & Resorts have opened the Hello Kitty Shop Featuring Hello Kitty and Friends at Universal Orlando Resort. The Hello Kitty Shop at Universal Studios Florida…
The UK’s largest coffee chain Costa Coffee has opened a new concept, Costa Fresco. A food-centric store, the first outlet has opened in central London, selling porridge, pastries, salads, quiches and cakes, as well as coffee. Costa says if the concept is a…
McDonald’s first opened its doors in Hong Kong in 1975. Fast-forward 40 years and McDonald’s is pioneering a new dining concept it’s calling McDonald’s Next in the bustling city on the South China Sea. Billed as a “food bar,” the open-concept eatery is…
The design team behind the new generation Starbucks Taiwan Longmen concept store set out to create a “theatre for coffee”. The new store features Starbucks Reserve coffees and is located in one of the busiest shopping and fashion districts in the city of…