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After Hedi Slimane premiered Celine menswear via a co-ed catwalk show on September 28, the brand has announced that it will join the Paris menswear calendar in January 2019. Celine is currently negotiating a show date with the Fédération de la Haute Couture…
A Dior Backstage pop-up store is being opened at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). A partnership between Malaysia Airports, Parfums Christian Dior and Colour & Fragrances, the signature black lacquer store is positioned at KLIA’s international…
French luxury retailer Christian Dior has suffered a PR setback in China with the relaunch of its Saddle Bag, one of the brand’s most iconic items. Timed to coincide with a global influencer campaign, the launch was marred by a poorly-received advertisement…
Givenchy Beauty will open its first South Korean store this month. The cosmetics and skin-care line of the French luxury fashion house Givenchy has taken space in the Hyundai Department Store in the trendy southern Seoul district of Apgujeong. The first store…
Asia’s pre-owned luxury fashion market is continuing to grow, with shoes and t-shirts gaining ground, according to multichannel retailer Reebonz. Although bags continued to dominate, with an average of 77 per cent of total transactions in 2016 and 2017, both…
Sidney Toledano plans to step aside after 20 years as chief executive of Christian Dior Couture as corporate parent LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton seeks to inject new blood into its senior ranks. Wednesday’s announcement marks the end of an era at Dior,…
Christian Dior launched its new Tokyo store with a fashion show in the rooftop gardens of a luxury mall, where models showed new looks from its creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. Underlining Dior’s connection with Japan, which is an “important market” for…
Tight-fisted shoppers, unsteady economic growth and a shrinking population: Japan doesn’t exactly fit the image of a spending powerhouse these days. But you would never know it in Ginza — Tokyo’s answer to the Champs-Elysees or Fifth Avenue — where a new…
LVMH sales surged 15 per cent in the latest quarter to €9.88 billion (US$10.477 billion). That was nearly €400 million more than analysts had been expecting, with the result driven across all of the luxury group’s business units. Fashion and leather goods,…
Singapore is among seven international cities where Dior is launching pop-up stores to unveil its spring/summer ready-to-wear collection, the first designed by its new creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. The pop-ups revisit the Dior heritage in a…
Luxury travel retailer DFS Group has unveiled the final phase of T Galleria by DFS, City of Dreams store in Macau following a year-long expansion. DFS Group chairman/CEO Philippe Schaus says the the store offers travellers the breadth of a luxury shopping…
After winning a Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) tender, Lotte Duty Free has officially re-launched at Gimhae airport. The retailer now has 980.44 sqm of space, an increase of 329.2 sqm over its area last year. Lotte Duty Free had a 158.34 sqm presence at the…
Luxury brands need to use new technologies and offer experiences for their customers, the second Luxury Society keynote event in Shanghai has been told. UCO Cosmetics CEO Arthur Zhang told the event that the early-stage eCommerce model of simply providing a…
Chinese company Yaok has built an online reservation service for offline brand boutiques to tackle the online/offline conflict. It is the result of 10 years of market research the preparation, including five years of in-depth communication with more than 100…
Luxury travel retailer DFS Group Cambodia has marked the opening of its first store, T Galleria by DFS, Angkor, with a gala event for more than 300 guests. In the resort town and provincial capital of Siem Reap, near the ancient temple of Angkor Wat, T…
Singapore cosmetics startup BeautyFresh is eyeing the eCommerce potential in its home market and broader Asia. Stocking more than 70 international brands including Chanel, Dior, Jo Malone and Nars, the company ensures authenticity of its products by scanning…
