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Luxury retailer Opening Ceremony will shutter its entire store network this year. The store closures follow the brand’s sale to streetwear brands conglomerate New Guards Group. Boutiques in Japan, New York and Los Angeles will close down permanently as the…
H&M Group is to launch Monki in the Philippines, the second Southeast Asian market for the Swedish fashion group’s diffusion brand. The first store for Monki in the Philippines will open later this year at SM Megamall in Manila and will be followed by a…
Superdry has released woeful Christmas results with a sales slump that has forced the retailer to revise its underlying pre-tax profit projection from £41.9 million to be between nil and £10 million for the current year. Superdry has claimed the decline in…
Japanese apparel retailer Uniqlo will introduce the Ines De La Fressange 2020 Spring/Summer Collection next week. Selected items will be available online and at all stores from January 17 and the full collection will be exclusively available online, and in…
Fashion shoppers will choose their preferred brands in the year ahead based on the beliefs and values they seek, not past loyalties. The Samsung Fashion Institute says consumers’ needs will be increasingly fragmented this year and brands are also expected to…
New Hamleys toy store owner Reliance Industries plans to revamp the brand, according to a report in The Guardian. The article reveals that the new owners “have ambitious plans for the toy store” which has been passed “from one absentee foreign owner to…
Australian fashion brand Tony Bianco is launching its first international location in Beijing. The label is partnering with verteran Chinese retail specialist firm Shanghai Smile Commercial – which has ushered multiple foreign fashion brands into China – in a…
Luxury skincare brand La Mer has opened its first flagship boutique in Marina Bay Sands. Occupying a 375sqft space, the new store features gold, cream and forest green as theme colors. The marble floor resembles the sea that “forms the bedrock of the brand’s…
Luxury fashion retailer Missoni has launched a flagship store at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore The 150sqm store stocks a range of womenswear, menswear, beachwear and accessories. A central product featured at the launch is the brand’s new M Missoni…
There is no real surprise from Gap’s third-quarter figures released last week: sales are poor, profit is weak – although marginally better than forecast – and the outlook remains gloomy. Given the relative lack of effort from management on resolving the…
Uniqlo Korea has sparked yet another round of controversy, this time by distributing free Heattech shirts as part of a new marketing offensive. The Japanese apparel company, as part of its 15th Anniversary promotional event, is giving away 100,000 heat-tech…
After a much-anticipated wait, the Australian designer brand Tigerlily has today unveiled a new look and branding across its stores, website and social media, alongside the launch of its dreamy resort 2020 campaign. In December, the retailer will open its…
Hong Kong urban fashion retailer Popcorn General Store has launched in the Philippines at Ayala Mall Manila Bay in Pasay City. A PhilStar report lists a range of popular streetwear brands available at the store such as Supreme, ASSC, Chinatown Market, Rip N…
Range anxiety still remains one of the big deterrents for the masses to adopt electric vehicles (EV), and a charging time of four to five hours does not help matters for EV demand. However, the EV industry is rapidly evolving and charging times have…
Chinese fashion group EP Yaying is planning to expand beyond Asia by launching in the US and Australia by next year. The group is bullish about the increasing popularity of the Chinese culture-inspired fashion and believes it will resonate with foreign…
American clothing brand Stüssy is preparing to launch in Hong Kong, having just redesigned its Seoul location. The Hong Kong store will follow the design language established in the brand’s London, Los Angeles, Seoul and Amsterdam outlets as conceptualized by…
