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Spanish luxury brand Loewe has continued its expansion in Asia with the opening of a new flagship store in Tokyo’s renowned Ginza district. Japan remains a crucial market for the brand, and the latest outlet signifies a strategic expansion of its retail…
Maison Boucheron has opened its second largest store in the world – in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district – following on from the launch of the brand’s first in Paris, France. ‘From Paris to Tokyo: a cutting-edge and creative journey’ is the brand’s slogan for…
German luxury fashion house Hugo Boss has launched its first Boss flagship store on Tokyo’s famous shopping street the Ginza. Spanning two stories, the Hugo Boss Japan flagship occupies 480sqm of the Tokyu Plaza Ginza shopping centre. The store features a…
Cartier has reopened its flagship in Ginza, Tokyo following extensive renovations. The flagship store covers a surface of 10,764-square-feet. The Ginza boutique houses the luxury jewelry company’s men’s and women’s watch collections on the first floor,…
Shoppers washed their hands and sterilized their smartphones in the streets of Tokyo’s posh Ginza district on Saturday using handwashing stations that a Japanese start-up hopes will revolutionize access to clean water and better hygiene. WOTA Corp set up 20…
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…
Men’s clothing designer Dunhill London has opened a new flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo. The Dunhill Ginza store blends bar and barbershop environments to create “a masculine and contemporary space” alongside the latest collections by creative director Mark…
In a world-first concept, every aspect of the store is modular from the digital façade and displays to the decor. It offers customers immersion in the brand universe with its omni-channel buying experience. A highlight are the iTags, the brand’s connected…
Launched in 2008, the Diesel Ginza store in Tokyo has re-opened after being restyled by the brand’s own design team. A showcase for the Italian brand, the store covers three floors at the 12-storey Ginza Glasse shopping mall. The ground floor, which features…
Luxury Japanese department store Matsuya has opened its own online store in China. The company plans to use the store to lure repeat business from Chinese shoppers who have visited its Ginza flagship while on vacation, once they return home. Inbound Chinese…
Tokyo’s Ginza district is gearing up for the opening of its biggest shopping centre, Ginza Six mall. It occupies the site of the former Matsuzakaya Ginza department store, which closed in June 2013. Ginza Six mall has a total floor area of about 150,000 sqm…
The Mikimoto Ginza flagship store in Tokyo will reopen in June, the pearl retailer has confirmed. The store has taken more than two years to rebuild, fuelling expectation of a unique and outstanding design concept when the building is unveiled. The photo…
Italian luxury house Salvatore Ferragamo Japan has re-opened its wholly renovated and extended Tokyo flagship store, at Chuo-dori, Ginza. Covering 600 sqm, the new store is now Salvatore Ferragamo’s largest in Japan. Extending over three floors, it carries…
Tokyo’s new Lotte Duty Free Ginza is the largest duty-free store in the Japanese capital. Covering 4400 sqm, it occupies the entire eighth and ninth floors of the new Tokyu Plaza Ginza, at Sukiyabashi intersection, connecting the historic and cultural Hibiya…
Lotte Duty Free anticipates that sales at its spectacular new downtown duty free shop in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district will reach KRW150bn/$129m in its first year. At the opening today, the retailer also announced plans to open four to five stores in other…
Tensions between Japan and China are not confined to remote islands and historical disputes it seems – now an unlikely activity is causing tension between the two Asian powerhouses. Shopping. Japanese police are reportedly receiving increasing numbers of…
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